“The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus”
By: Pat Cook. Based on the book by L. Frank Baum.
Presented by the Brown Grand Players
November 22, 2024 at 7:00PM
November 23, 2024 at 7:00PM
November 24, 2024 at 2:00PM

Auditions for “The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus” will take place on Wednesday, September 25, 2024 at 7:00PM at the Brown Grand Theatre (310 W 6th Street, Concordia, KS). For questions about auditions, please reach out to the Brown Grand Players via Facebook.

Have you ever wondered just where Santa Claus came from? L. Frank Baum knew. The same man who created The Wonderful Wizard of Oz lets us in on his secret: the story of Saint Nicholas as told to him by Necile, the nymph who found Claus and raised him as her own in the world of Knooks, Faeries, Ryls and, yes, even the dreaded Awgwas. “Beware the Awgwas,” Necile warns Claus. “they hide under beds to frighten human children!” And so Claus decides he must leave the world of the Immortals and live among the humans, making toys to make children happy. He gets help from Jack Frost, who shows him the Frost Gale, allowing Claus and his sleigh to fly, and from two runaway Knooks, Lem and Barlo, who want to hear the children laugh. This delightful tale answers once and for all how Santa Claus made the first toy, why he climbs down chimneys and, most of all, how he learned to laugh that great “Ho, ho, ho.”