First Draft Staged Reading: A Christmas Conversion

Join us for a FREE First Draft staged reading presentation of "A Christmas Conversion" written by David Ahlvers and directed by Carissa Meisner Smit. ONE NIGHT ONLY - Sunday, July 13 at 7pm!🎭

🎟Admission is FREE! To learn more about EDP's New Works Program and to reserve your free seats, please visit: www.EdmondsDriftwoodPlayers.org/new-works/

Synopsis: Christopher is a renowned gay conversion therapist who believes his world view is the one, true perspective. But, on Christmas Eve he is forced to challenge his own truth when three ghosts force him to confront his past, meet his present, and see his future. Adapting Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, we follow Christopher as he navigates the reality of his practice, its impact on the people around him, and discovers his true self.

Features the acting talents of: Asa Sholdez, Atticus Koontz, Trent Latta, Henry S Brown, Jr., Thomas A. Glass, Ceila Valle-Olguin, Dawn Simpson, Betsy Davis, Travis Hickox, Patrick Tolden, Adam Nyhoff, Tom Fraser, and Shelby Windom.

Expected Run Time: 75 minutes, with no intermission. A Playwright Feedback session will be held after the reading and is encouraged but optional to stay and participate.
Content Warning(s): Adult language, sexual themes and situations, themes of self-harm

First Draft is a FREE staged reading series, but we ask that you reserve tickets, in case of changes to capacity prior to the event. We are seating at 100% capacity, festival seating (not assigned). We will be checking people off on a door list upon arrival, so you will NOT receive printed tickets in the mail or at Will Call.
Our concession and bar will NOT be open.

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