{"id":211877,"date":"2026-11-01T21:39:02","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T02:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=211877"},"modified":"2026-11-01T21:39:08","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T02:39:08","slug":"vwct-offering-holiday-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2026\/11\/01\/vwct-offering-holiday-production\/","title":{"rendered":"VWCT offering holiday production"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Submitted information <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Forget the traditional holiday plays &#8212; Van Wert Civic Theatre is bringing a fresh twist to the holiday season with its upcoming production of <em>Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some!)<\/em>, directed by Joelle May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What happens when three actors decide they&#8217;ve had enough of performing <em>A Christmas Carol<\/em>? They take on just about every other holiday story instead. This fast-paced, 90-minute comedy takes audiences on a hilarious journey through the season&#8217;s most beloved traditions, from <em>The Grinch<\/em> and <em>Frosty the Snowman<\/em> to Rudolph and other pop culture favorites. With outrageous costumes, hilarious antics, and plenty of unexpected surprises, it&#8217;s a festive theatrical adventure guaranteed to keep audiences laughing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The cast features Adam Shanaman as Adam, Travis Nihiser as Travis, and John Havill as John, with Stephanie Wagner appearing as the Yuletide Presenter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Performances are scheduled for December 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, and 19 at 7:30 p.m., with Sunday matinees on December 13 and 20 at 2 p.m. All performances will take place at Van Wert Civic Theatre, 118 S. Race St. in Van Wert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tickets are $18, with a special presale price of $16 for seniors. The holiday box office officially opens on Black Friday, November 27. Tickets can be purchased online at <a href=\"https:\/\/vwct.org\">vwct.org<\/a> or by calling 419.238.9689 and leaving a message.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Submitted information Forget the traditional holiday plays &#8212; Van Wert Civic Theatre is bringing a fresh twist to the holiday season with its upcoming production of Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some!), directed by Joelle May. What happens when three actors decide they&#8217;ve had enough of performing A Christmas Carol? They take on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-211877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arts","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-11-09 05:57:36","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211877"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211877\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":211878,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211877\/revisions\/211878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}