Volcano Theatre Company - The Golden Bay Times

Christmas is supposed to bring families together, but for Wendy, the holiday season threatens to expose a secret she would rather keep neatly wrapped and hidden beneath the tree. Her marriage has ended in divorce, and there is just one problem: her deeply religious mother has absolutely no idea. Determined to preserve the illusion of marital bliss, Wendy devises a wonderfully questionable solution. She offers her former husband money to accompany her home for Christmas and pretend they are still happily married. What begins as a seemingly manageable deception quickly becomes a holiday gathering where maintaining appearances requires increasingly creative explanations, awkward conversations, and an impressive amount of improvisation. With old tensions bubbling beneath the festive decorations and family expectations threatening to overwhelm everyone involved, Wendy discovers that pretending to be married might be considerably more complicated than actually being married. Written by Ken Levine, whose television credits include MASH*, Cheers, and Frasier, this mischievous holiday comedy combines family dysfunction, romantic complications, and escalating misunderstandings into an entertaining Christmas farce. Between carefully rehearsed lies, unpredictable relatives, and the peculiar challenges of spending Christmas with an ex-spouse, the festivities promise plenty of laughter and absolutely no guarantees of peace on Earth.