MERRY CHRISTMAS, MULCH PILE!
Mercy Street Theatre Company
December 2015 / 2016
Santa Claus has quit his job, run away, and is living under a bridge in suburban America. His best friend is Laura, a young trans woman working to gain the acceptance of her Mother and Father, who always ruin everything. Laura and Santa encounter singing trees, collectivist elves, and adulthood in their quest to find the thing between selfish and selfless.
Merry Christmas, Mulch Pile! was produced by Mercy Street Theatre Company (Chicago) in the Winter of 2015 & '16. The 2015 run raised money for Chicago House's TransWorks initiative. In 2016, we were able to assist Project Fierce Chicago as they raised money to purchase a home for unhoused queer youth in the city's South Side. These are two incredible organizations that I hope you will take the time to check out (and support).
2016 Production:
Director – Jake Fruend
Production Design – Alaina Moore
Lighting – Slick Jorgensen
Set – Christopher Semel
Technical Director: Jordan Siragusa
Production Manager – Camille Smith
Stage Manager – Amanda Gustafsson
LAURA – Alexia Jasmene
SANTA – Nicholas Caesar
MOM – Annelise Dickinson
DAD – Andrew Clancey
MRS. CLAUS – Heather Branham Green
COMET – Chris Syvie
TREE #1 – Ian Michael James
TREE #2 – Kelsey Wang
ELF #1/NURSE – Samantha Michelle Nava
ELF #2 – Sonja Lynn Mata
SNOWMAN – Clint Worthington
2015 Production:
Director – Jake Fruend
Dramaturg – Jerico Bleu
Lighting – Slick Jorgensen
Set – Elyse Balough
Costume – Alaina Moore
Sound – Eli Van Sickel
Production Manager – Danielle Stack
Stage Manager – Becky Cagney
LAURA – Natalia Nicholson
SANTA – Michael Ryczek
MOM – Annelise Dickinson
DAD – Stephen Dunn
MRS. CLAUS – Stephanie Murphy
TREE #1 – Nellsyn Hill
TREE #2 – Nicholas Caesar
NURSE – Agapinan
COMET – Chris Sylvie
ELF – Juliana Brecher
SNOWMAN – Charlie Davis
