The Ringwald Presents MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYONE! (EXCEPT CHRISTINA)

Taking a break from the usual SantaLand Diaries performances, this year The Ringwald will stuff your stockings with Merry Christmas to Everyone! (Except Christina), a sort-of Mommie Dearest Christmas!

Joan Crawford is at the end of her tinseled rope. Her children are driving her mad, her movie career is floundering, and to top it off, she's expecting Ralph Fisher at her home to do a live Christmas Eve broadcast. It all proves too much and Joan wonders if she should just check out of life altogether. However, a Christmas miracle is at hand as Joan is subsequently visited by three ghosts that evening who hope to right her outlook on life. But when one of those ghosts is Bette Davis, can these ghosts really help?

Merry Christmas to Everyone! (Except Christina) is hilarious Christmas spoof weaving together Mommie Dearest, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, A Christmas Carol, A Charlie Brown Christmas and your other gay and/or Christmas favorites. It's a big gay Christmas gift from the theatre that brought you The Facts of Life: The Lost Episode, Thank You for Being a Friend: The Unauthorized Golden Girls Musical, Mommie Queerest, and Whatever, Baby Jane!

The production is directed by Dyan Bailey, stage managed by Andy Lograsso-Gaitens and features Joe Bailey as Joan Crawford, Richard Payton as The Ghosts, Brandy Joe Plambeck as Christina, and Kevin Kaminski as Christopher.

Tickets can be purchased at www.TheRingwald.com or at the theatre, located at 22742 Woodward Avenue in downtown Ferndale. The Ringwald box office opens 45 minutes before performances and tickets can be purchased with cash or credit card. For more information, please call 248-545-5545.

The Ringwald opened their doors eleven years ago on May 11, 2007 with Fatal Attraction: A Greek Tragedy. Quickly, The Ringwald became a mainstay of Detroit's theatre community. Past highlights include: Clue, Company, Merrily We Roll Along, Life Sucks, The Rocky Horror Show, Heathers The Musical, The Legend of Georgia McBride, Mr. Burns: a post-electric play, Glengarry Glen Ross, Stupid F-ing Bird, Angels in America, Into the Woods, A Streetcar Named Desire, August: Osage County, Mercury Fur, The Bad Seed, The Book of Liz, and Evil Dead: The Musical. The Ringwald was named 2009, 2012 and 2013 Best Theatrical Troupe by Real Detroit and Best Place to See Local Theatre in 2010, 2011 and 2012 by the readers of Metro Times.

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