Milking Christmas
by Brian Huther, Ben Auxier, Seth Macchi, and Ryan McCall
Macey Maid-a-Milking seems to be the only person in all of Christmastown to sense that something strange is going on; toys are coming out wrong, soldiers are out in force, and there must be an awful lot of naughty children, because coal production is higher than ever. Driven by a mission to keep the holiday perfect, she soon finds herself in a lot of trouble - with the future of Christmas hanging in the balance.
Milking Christmas received its world premiere at The Living Room in December of 2017.
"Honestly I thought it may either be A) a hallmark channel-style middle-age Christmas love story set in a small town named “Milking” that closely resembles The Gilmore Girls’ Stars Hollow, or B) would be some sort of parody of Christmas shows in which the authors skewer the commercialization — or “milking” — of Christmas for profit. To my udder surprise, MILKING CHRISTMAS is literally about a milkmaid who works at the North Pole, including a big production number surrounding milking a cow for Santa…
…and it’s a non-stop laugh riot."
- Jason Epperson, PerformINK
Photos by Leah Gunn
Written & composed by Brian Huther, Ben Auxier, Seth Macchi, and Ryan McCall
Directed by Missy Koonce
Musical director Ryan McCall
Macey Maid-a-Milking............................................................Elise Poehling
Chris Claus................................................................................Seth Macchi
Mrs. Claus.....................................................................................Ellen Kirk
Santa Claus...........................................................................Bob Linebarger
Citizen Cane / Lt. Puddings........................................................Nellie Maple
Clyde the Coal Miner.................................................................Brian Huther
Jingle the Elf / Ginger the Cookie....................................................Mike Ott
Krampsnickle / Christmas Mole....................................................Ben Auxier
Youth Ensemble.......................Cam Burns, Margaret Veglahn, Andrew Stout