DIXON COMMUNITY THEATER
Presents
THE CHRISTMAS EXPRESS
A Comedy in Two Acts by Pat Cook
Performance Dates
December 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14
Auditions
September 29 & 30, 2025
Rehearsals
Mondays thru Thursdays, October 9 thru December 4
(No rehearsals the week of Thanksgiving)
Synopsis
It’s 1958 and nobody comes to Dixon anymore. As Hilda and Satch, her assistant, argue over what time it is, Hilda intones, “This town is the worst place in the world!” She dreams of faraway places and only finds tedium in managing the Dixon Railroad Station. That is, until Leo Tannenbaum drops in out of nowhere the day before Christmas Eve. Suddenly, an old radio that hasn’t worked in years springs to life, the local group of carolers (which normally yowls like a gang of cats being bathed) begins to sound like the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and the whole town gets into the Christmas spirit. Coincidence? Is Leo doing all this? This nostalgic theatrical greeting card is full of eccentric small-town characters, wise-cracking their way to finding the true wonder of Christmas.
And on the way they make us all wish we could take a ride on the Christmas Express.
Characters
HILDA TROWBRIDGE – a rather grumpy manager of the Dixon Railroad Station.
SATCH BRUNSWICK – Hilda’s assistant, but with a bright and simple outlook on life. MAGGIE CLOONEY – a mail carrier with a kind spirit.
LEO TANNENBAUM – a jolly, light-hearted, pixie-ish man.
PENELOPE BLAISEDALE – editor at the Dixon Tribune, always looking for a story. MR. FAIRFAX – a strangely ominous man.
MYRNA HOBSNAGLE – a local socialite and secretary at the town hall.
DONNA FAY CUMMINGS – a stubborn newlywed.
JERRY CUMMINGS – Donna’s equally stubborn husband, a small town guy, a little slow. DEBORAH SMITH – a slightly disheveled woman.
It’s 1958 and nobody comes to Dixon anymore. As Hilda and Satch, her assistant, argue over what time it is, Hilda intones, “This town is the worst place in the world!” She dreams of faraway places and only finds tedium in managing the Dixon Railroad Station. That is, until Leo Tannenbaum drops in out of nowhere the day before Christmas Eve. Suddenly, an old radio that hasn’t worked in years springs to life, the local group of carolers (which normally yowls like a gang of cats being bathed) begins to sound like the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and the whole town gets into the Christmas spirit. Coincidence? Is Leo doing all this? This nostalgic theatrical greeting card is full of eccentric small-town characters, wise-cracking their way to finding the true wonder of Christmas.
And on the way they make us all wish we could take a ride on the Christmas Express.
Characters
HILDA TROWBRIDGE – a rather grumpy manager of the Dixon Railroad Station.
SATCH BRUNSWICK – Hilda’s assistant, but with a bright and simple outlook on life. MAGGIE CLOONEY – a mail carrier with a kind spirit.
LEO TANNENBAUM – a jolly, light-hearted, pixie-ish man.
PENELOPE BLAISEDALE – editor at the Dixon Tribune, always looking for a story. MR. FAIRFAX – a strangely ominous man.
MYRNA HOBSNAGLE – a local socialite and secretary at the town hall.
DONNA FAY CUMMINGS – a stubborn newlywed.
JERRY CUMMINGS – Donna’s equally stubborn husband, a small town guy, a little slow. DEBORAH SMITH – a slightly disheveled woman.