The Rented Christmas

by Norman C. Ahren and Yvonne Ahern

How do you have that good, old-fashioned Christmas if you don’t have a family?

John Dale hasn’t enjoyed a ’real Christmas’ for years. So, on the spur of the moment, he decides to ’rent’ a Christmas from Anne Weston, who owns the local rent shop. Anne is at first flustered with the requirements: a tree with presents, Christmas carols and also a wife and five children. Anne feels she has solved the problem of a Christmas family by calling the actors’ guild. But the young actors come down with the measles, so she turns to the local orphanage. When the guild can’t locate a ’mother,’ Anne steps in to play the role herself. Based on the short story by J. Lillian Vandervere, the story of how John Dale’s rented Christmas turns into a new life for all concerned makes this a warm story for the holiday season. 

When:

Friday, December 5, 2025: 7:30 pm

Saturday, December 6, 2025: 7:30 pm

Sunday, December 7, 2025: 2:00 pm and 6:00 pm

Where: 

STAGEtwo@321

321 N Congress Ave.

Evansville, IN 47715