by Chuck Graham, TucsonStage.com
Beowulf Alley put its Christmas trust in a production that feels honest, heartfelt and homespun.
It would take a real Scrooge to complain about the production values of this "Cactus Christmas."
Versatile theater veteran Jon T. Benda sets the pace with a campy portrayal of Pete the old desert rat who has dreamed for years of discovering the Treasure Trove of the Lost Turk, which he is convinced is hidden somewhere in the forgotten ghost town of Wishbone, Arizona.
Instead of pretending that Tucson is London in the time of Charles Dickens, or imagining you are on a family sleigh ride over the river and through the snowdrifts to Grandmother's house, have a more distinctly Sonoran desert experience in a Christmas play with Tucson's own southwestern lore.
Read the entire review here: A Cactus Christmas
