‘The Rented Christmas’ continues to bring cheer at OTA

By Emily Matthiessen • December 12, 2024 1:30 am
Sequim Gazette Photo by Emily Matthiessen “The Rented Christmas” continues weekends through Dec. 22 at Olympic Theatre Arts. Actors describe the show similarly to a feel-good Hallmark movie.
Sequim Gazette Photo by Emily Matthiessen “The Rented Christmas” continues weekends through Dec. 22 at Olympic Theatre Arts. Actors describe the show similarly to a feel-good Hallmark movie.

Olympic Theatre Arts, 414 N. Sequim Ave., continues its run of “The Rented Christmas” through Dec. 22.

The play by Norman C. Ahern Jr. and Yvonne Ahern, reworks a short story by J. Lillian Vandervere, that follows John Dale (Sean Stone), a lonely business man who hasn’t truly celebrated Christmas since his parents’ death many years ago, so he hires Anne Weston (Rebecca Maberry) to create a Christmas for him.

The OTA Singers, under direction by Ron Adler and music director Morgan Bartholick, will perform 15-20 minutes before each show with a few festive songs with an audience singalong.

Shows take place at 7 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and 2 p.m. Sundays with no intermission. Tickets are $15 for students and $20 for adults and can be purchased at the door or at olympictheatrearts.org.