The Runaway Presents Author:Judith Martin, Donald Ashwander Play developed in rehearsal with Irving Burton and Pilar Garcia. A right-now Christmas fantasy of runaway presents, from the Paperbag Players of New York. This mini-play has 6 modern characters and as many Presents as you wish. The characters wear modern clothes, the Presents are gift-wrapped. The only scenery is a large cardboard carton (top an... more »d bottom removed) with a different scene painted on each side: a Christmas tree, a ticket booth at a movie theatre, the front of a pizza store, and a warehouse window with lots of Christmas parcels painted beneath it. Ideal for in-school performance.
To the tune of Donald Ashwander"s "Wrap and Tie" song, the play traces the wonderfully unlikely adventures of a group of runaway Christmas Presents. In vain the entire town pursues them. Sadly everyone goes to a party without presents, where they discover that Christmas is beautiful without expensive gifts. Astonished, the dizzy, hide-away Presents return to share the fun in a singing, dancing finale for everyone.« less