THEATER REVIEW
'A Cactus Christmas' could become local tradition
| Posted: Sunday, December 18, 2011
Beowulf Alley Theatre is on to something.
The company is staging the world premiere of Tucsonan John Vornholt's sweet play, "A Cactus Christmas."
The intention is to bring it back annually, and it's got the potential to become a holiday tradition in the Old Pueblo.
...there's a charm to "A Cactus Christmas."
PHOTO COURTESY OF BEOWULF ALLEY
Jon Benda, left, and Joseph Sanchez in Beowulf Alley Theatre's "A Cactus Christmas."
The play is a gentle, heartfelt story of prospectors Pete and his wife, Alice, who have holed up in an Arizona ghost town in search of a lost treasure.
Vornholt's script speaks of the Southwest cleverly and sometimes eloquently. "The sky," says Mona when she looks up and sees the stars, "looks like sugar sprinkled on black velvet."
Read more: http://azstarnet.com/entertainment/arts-and-theatre/a-cactus-christmas-could-become-local-tradition/article_362d2c39-0e73-572c-927f-0e86e4c83a73.html#ixzz1h8hR2E6f
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