Uh-Oh, Here Comes Christmas
Based on the books by Robert Fulghum. Adapted by Ernest Zulia and David Caldwell. Music and lyrics by David Caldwell.
Product Code: U25000
Musical
Comedy | Drama
Cast size: 3m., 2w., 1 pianist (may be expanded).
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Synopsis
Fifteen holiday stories from the international best-selling author of All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten have been crafted into an engaging evening of storytelling and song. This charming show takes a funny, heartwarming and often poignant look at the struggle to find the spirit of the holidays amid the avalanche of commercialism, stress and chaos that crashes down every December. The many delightful stories include a small immigrant child who comes trick-or-treating in a cheap Santa mask a few days before Christmas, inadvertently delivering the true meaning of the season to a grown-up with a serious case of "Scroogitis;" hilarious musings about a love/hate relationship with the vibrant poinsettia that arrives in most homes every December and hangs on and on and on, long after the holidays have ended; and a beautiful, deeply moving tribute to the winter solstice, celebrating nature's precious annual gift of rebirth. Uh-Oh, Here Comes Christmas is a refreshing alternative to A Christmas Carol and The Nutcracker and is a wonderful sequel to the stage version of All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten (possibly featuring the same cast). The four original songs and the many favorite holiday tunes can be performed with solo piano accompaniment or four-piece orchestration. Easy to stage, this charming event will rekindle the true spirit of the holidays in your adult and family audiences. NOTE: There is an unfinished sentence at the bottom of page 45 of the playbook. It should read: "This was the voice of a grandmother distilling her life into the music for a once-in-a-lifetime occasion, to honor what she loved and believed in." We regret the omission and will correct it in future printings.
Notes
Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available
Details
- Status In stock
- Type of Show Musical
- Product Code U25000
- Minimum Cast Size 6
- Pages of Dialogue 82
- Min. Royalty Rate $110.00/perf
- Approx. Run Time 120 min
- Staging Simple unit set.
Categories
- Target Audience Young Audiences | Middle School | High School | College and Adult | Family (all ages) | Senior Adults
- Performing Group High School | College Theatre | Community Theatre | Professional Theatre | Senior Theatre
- Genre Comedy | Drama
- ISBN(13) 9781583420706
Customer Reviews
Entertaining, thought-provoking, a good show that touches audience heartstrings.
[The authors and composer] have created a holiday gem. We hope to do it every year.
Great showÑour second time around! The audience response was great.
Uh-Oh, Here Comes Christmas was amazing. It is so student friendly and a director's dream!
This play is a sweet, funny approach to the holiday season. The stories make us stop and think as we prepare for Christmas. It gives the audience a time to think and reflect.
Great show; the refrigerator scene is unforgettable. Poinsettias are still being talked about. I directed and had fun with six chairs and two platforms.
Beautifully written, flexible casting, great show for the holidaysÑyou absolutely can't go wrong with this script!
Two years in a row and our audience still loved it. We're deciding whether to make it our holiday tradition. Great writing with serious and comic scenes, plus a few "Linus moments" for good measure. You can't go wrong with this script!
It doesn't get any better than Uh-Oh, Here Comes Christmas. Now a holiday tradition at Lourdes University, our audiences were bigger and the laughs louder than ever before!
Hints, Tips, and Tricks
Our refrigerator was static, but covered, then revealed. Select monologues were performed from a platform next to the stage, under a single spotlight. Our tallest poinsettia was a faux ficus tree, 6ft tall, with flowers pinned to the existing leaves......it looked great!
We found the intimate "Black Box" venue to work extremely well.
Try using presents as platforms to do the pieces on, brings a lot to the presentation.
We used platforms and chairs. For "Good Stuff" we cut a hole on the highest platform for the actor to crawl out of like he was going into the attic.
Production Map
| Location | City | State | Opens | Closes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newton Community Theatre | Newton | IA | 12/05/2025 | 12/14/2025 |
Gallery
Uh-Oh, Here Comes Christmas - Amelia Earhart Playhouse, Wiesbaden, Germany.
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