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The Christmas Spirit

Full-Length Play, Comedy  /  4w, 5m

Frederick Stroppel

Julia Dowling has an unexpected visitor who intends to escort her off to the afterlife.

The Christmas Spirit

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    4w, 5m
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Christmas/Holiday
Accolades
Accolades
  • Winner! 2002 Florida Repertory Theatre Congress of Jewelers Play Series.

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Summary
Julia Dowling has an unexpected visitor who intends to escort her off to the afterlife. Infusing comedy into the classic Death Takes a Holiday, The Christmas Spirit is set in contemporary Long Island. Julia persuades Death to give her one more day to enjoy Christmas and invites him to be her guest at a festive party. The next day the house fills with bickering relatives, friends, the local priest…and Death, masquerading as a human, singing carols and drinking eggnog. Moments of high farce, drama, and even romance arise as bright holiday fantasies collide with a not-so-merry reality.

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Frederick Stroppel

Frederick Stroppel

Frederick Stroppel began writing for the theatre back in the 1980s; his first full-length play, The Price of Tea, was produced in NYC in 1986 at the Courtyard Playhouse in Greenwich Village. He became resident playwright of the Courtyard Players, and two years later, his play ...

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