Start the holidays with 'A Christmas Cactus' at Clague Playhouse

Clague Playhouse continues their 84th season with “A Christmas Cactus” by Eliott Byerrum and directed by Douglas A. Farren.

Christmas Eve is no bed of roses for struggling private eye Cactus O'Riley (Nicole Daniel) who has a bad case of the holiday blues. The last surprise package she needs is a lovelorn deputy D.A. (Justin Sherman), a pair of armed-and-goofy fugitives (Assad Khaishgi and Craig Stadden) hunting some dead private eye named Jake Marley, and her secretary, Fred’s (James Rankin) overbearing mother (Nancy Allen), who mistakes a tense hostage situation for just the perfect little holiday murder mystery party. Comedy, mystery and romance converge in this uplifting contemporary Christmas tale where goodwill and justice triumph.

“A Christmas Cactus” runs Friday, Nov. 11, through Sunday, Dec. 11, on Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 12, and Thursday, Dec. 1, are sold-out. There is no performance on Thanksgiving, Nov. 24.

Tickets are $16 for adults and $15 for seniors (60+) and students, and may be purchased by calling the Box Office, 440-331-0403 Wednesday through Saturday from 1-6 p.m. Cash, check, Discover, MasterCard and Visa are accepted. Clague Playhouse is located on Clague Road, south of Detroit Road. Free parking and handicapped accessible.