Wooden Snowflakes

  • Nicholas Piper & Wendy Mitchell Piper
    Photos courtesy of Barter Theatre

  • Wendy Mitchell Piper
    Photos courtesy of Barter Theatre

  • Nicholas Piper
    Photos courtesy of Barter Theatre

  • Nicholas Piper & Wendy Mitchell Piper
    Photos courtesy of Barter Theatre

  • Wendy Mitchell Piper & Nicholas Piper
    Photos courtesy of Barter Theatre

  • Nicholas Piper & Wendy Mitchell Piper
    Photos courtesy of Barter Theatre

Synopsis

Life has left forty-year-old Eve Lawson bitter and cynical. She refutes not only the existence of God and true love but also any belief in America’s favorite folk hero, Santa Claus. Then her car slides off an icy Kentucky road on Christmas Eve and she finds herself seeking shelter at the home of Simon Peter Whitaker, woodcarver and Christmas expert nonpareil. Simon wholeheartedly embraces the magic of the season and everything it entails, including belief in the “jolly old elf”. As the night unfolds, Simon and Eve, Believer and Unbeliever, find themselves clashing time and time again as old wounds, long suppressed, struggle to the surface to be healed by the Love that is Christmas.

Cast

Simon Peter Whitaker forties; a naïve woodcarver
Eve Lawson forty; cynical pharmaceutical sales rep

Specs

Cast Size: 2 (1m, 1w)
Approximate Run Time: 1h 45m
Number of Acts: Two
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Production History

Wooden Snowflakes was first produced in 2007 by Barter Theatre (Abingdon, VA), Richard Rose, Producing Artistic Director

Wooden Snowflakes was produced in 2010 by Studio Roanoke (Roanoke, VA), Kenley Smith, Artistic Director



Reviews

"'Wooden Snowflakes' deserves to be a Christmas Classic."
Robert McKinney,Bristol Herald Courier
“… just about the perfect theatre experience for Christmas.”
Dan Smith, fromtheeditr.blogspot.com
Cast Size: 2 (1m, 1w)
Approximate Run Time: 1h 45m
Number of Acts: Two
Script Sample
Request Rights

Synopsis

Life has left forty-year-old Eve Lawson bitter and cynical. She refutes not only the existence of God and true love but also any belief in America’s favorite folk hero, Santa Claus. Then her car slides off an icy Kentucky road on Christmas Eve and she finds herself seeking shelter at the home of Simon Peter Whitaker, woodcarver and Christmas expert nonpareil. Simon wholeheartedly embraces the magic of the season and everything it entails, including belief in the “jolly old elf”. As the night unfolds, Simon and Eve, Believer and Unbeliever, find themselves clashing time and time again as old wounds, long suppressed, struggle to the surface to be healed by the Love that is Christmas.

Cast

Simon Peter Whitaker
forties; a naïve woodcarver
Eve Lawson
forty; cynical pharmaceutical sales rep

Reviews

"'Wooden Snowflakes' deserves to be a Christmas Classic."
Robert McKinney,Bristol Herald Courier
“… just about the perfect theatre experience for Christmas.”
Dan Smith, fromtheeditr.blogspot.com

Production History

Wooden Snowflakes was first produced in 2007 by Barter Theatre (Abingdon, VA), Richard Rose, Producing Artistic Director

Wooden Snowflakes was produced in 2010 by Studio Roanoke (Roanoke, VA), Kenley Smith, Artistic Director

Script Sample
Request Rights