The Christmas season is barely underway, and already the television lineup looks like Hallmark exploded all over it. There are dogs named Christmas, a plethora of people home for the holidays, and plucky heroines who can inspire their rustic small towns to understand the "true meaning of Christmas," find love and tie their own elaborate bows without any help at all. These are the kind of Christmas stories that drive many of us to distraction. They're not simple, they're not believable and they make us all feel like lesser people because we don't have the energy for that kind of unfettered, slightly insane Christmas spirit. Artisan Center Theatre has the perfect antidote to the maddening crush of annoying Christmas storytelling with... More >>>