THEATER | Soap opera star returns home to Osseo to pull off a Christmas "Miracle"

Photo by Doug Wallick (Creative Commons)
Yellow Tree Theatre is a professional theater created in a space vacated by an Osseo furniture store. The stage was created by dropping black curtains and building risers on three sides for a small audience. Two months ago, with rehearsals set to begin, they suddenly lost the rights to their holiday show: Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol. Three weeks later, playwright Jessica Lind, a co-founder of the company, had written Miracle on Christmas Lake and they were back in business.
| miracle on christmas lake, a play presented through december 28 at yellow tree theatre, 320 5th ave. s.e., osseo. for tickets ($17) and information, see yellowtreetheatre.com. |
Miracle at Christmas Lake is a madcap holiday farce that has the audience laughing at the miscues and mishaps that occur. My friend Sue, who is Norwegian, could identify with all of the inside jokes about lutefisk and hotdish. “It was just like being at my family’s Christmas party,” she said. The actors are so convincingly bad that I started to believe that I was actually in Christmas Lake watching their production.
In the end, the play is a huge success. Colin gets his financial backing, two cast members find true love, and everyone lives happily ever after. A happy ending: isn’t that we all want for Christmas?
Jean Gabler is program manager for undergraduate business programs at the University of St. Thomas.

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Nothing Less Than I'd Expect at Yellow Tree
Though I haven’t seen Yellow Tree Theatre’s Christmas show, I am glad that you saw what I’ve seen there on previous visits. That this young theatre is a jewel in the Twin Cities market. I expect more great things from them. We attended “String” this fall and laughed and cried and fell in love with all of them.
Also, thank you for not down-playing goodness. So many critics pooh-pooh positive entertainment.
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