The Plays
Who Killed Santa? - Available here from Original Works Publishing.
Full-length adult comedy. 3 men, 2 women, 1 flexible. Unit set.
The Choose-Your-Own-Ending Musical-Murder-Mystery Holiday-Who-Done-It.
Santa is hosting his annual December party attended by the usual holiday favorites, Frosty, Tiny Tim, The Little Drummer Boy, and Rudolph. Everyone has a bone to pick with Santa, some old, some new. Tempers flare after the introduction of the sexy new Little Drummer Girl, and Santa ends up with a
candy cane through the heart. No one will confess, no one
can leave, and
Christmas is in jeopardy. The characters are visited by a couple of less-than-helpful detectives whose only ultimate contributions are to the
body count. As the tension builds, all the dirty secrets of the iconic holiday
characters are revealed. Eventually, the suspects are narrowed down, and with the help of the audience, the murderer is finally convicted and sentenced.
Who Killed Santa? is an alternative adult show featuring four possible endings, parodies of holiday songs, drag, and gratuitous violence. It's been produced independently in Milwaukee 2008, '09, '11, '12, at Denver's Dangerous Theatre 2008, '09, '10, '12, and Omaha's Bluebarn Theatre in 2012. The 2008 production at Denver's Dangerous Theatre was the best selling show in the theatre's history. Bluebarn Theatre pre-sold their entire run and extended. It was the fastest selling show in the 20+ year history of the theatre.
The Milwaukee production features large rod puppets (like Avenue Q). This works extremely well and adds a great effect. The Rudolph and Frosty puppets look like their iconic cartoons. You can see the puppets in our preview video at www.whokilledsanta.com
Press
The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
"It's Christmas' dirty little secret."
"...a show that generates humor from start to finish by gleefully exposing the disconnect between the Christmas we were promised and the one we usually get, under the tree and in everyday life."
Thirdcoast Digest
"a pitch-perfect, raunchy send-up of every other holiday show in town and on TV."
OnMilwaukee.com
"...an effective antidote to the syrupy sentimentality of the holidays."
Milwaukee Examiner
"...I dare you to keep from laughing..."
Young Nonprofit Professionals Network
"...stunningly original and, well frankly addictive."
"Let the hilarity ensue . . . and it DOES – non-stop, in fact – not even when the audience has a chance to catch its breath during the intermission, as we were still laughing and wiping our eyes from the first act."
Totaltheatre.com
"...hysterically funny, completely improbable and undeniably entertaining..."
"It spoofs nearly every Christmas tradition one can imagine, all the while holding together the play’s interesting plot twists."
Stuck
Full-length Comedy. 2 men, 4 women.
A modern-day screwball comedy finds Ella, an agoraphobic elevator operator, privy to one wife’s obsession with proving that her traveling husband, Ian, is unfaithful. Ella reveals the secrets of her confined lifestyle (she lives in the elevator,) as Ian discovers the truth about his marriage.
Stuck had a development production at The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater in 2008, followed by its professional premiere at In Tandem Theatre in Milwaukee, WI, in early 2010. Both productions were very successful.
"Haven has centered the play around a fascinating character..."
"...Exceedingly enjoyable..."
"...thoughtful comedy..."
- ExpressMilwaukee.com
"Stuck is not simply a screwball comedy; it’s a call to arms for those trapped in jobs they hate, biding their time in a dead relationship, or paralyzed by their own fears of moving forward."
- Third Coast Digest
"...Flawless, a delight from start to finish, thanks to the excellent script..."
- Waukesha Freeman
Pink Champagne
Full-length Comedy. 4 men, 1 woman.
Commissioned by the Milwaukee Gay Arts Center.
Gene and Amy, a small-town couple in a strained marriage, chase down their recently outted 17-year-old son to Gene’s estranged gay father’s house. An impromptu family reunion ensues.
"Haven’s comedy holds wisdom, surprises and delivers candid realities of traditional family values put in an untraditional framework."
-Quest
The Playdaters
One-act adult comedy. 2 men, 3 women.
Spencer and Erwin play a game of pranks on unsuspecting girls through an internet dating website. As the rules of the game break down, so do the rules of a conventional romantic comedy. Spencer wants to have a real relationship with a one-dimensional character, and Erwin learns that he can control his simple stage world in the most astounding ways.
"...comedic and genuinely touching..."
-Las Vegas Review-Journal
Get a Life
Full-length adult comedy. 1 man, 3 women.
Marcus’ new apartment is haunted by the ghost of a pornstar with some unfinished business. Can Marcus keep the girl in his life without his overbearing mother finding out? And can he learn how to have fantastic sex in the meantime?
Odd Ducks
15-minute comedy. 2 men, 1 woman, 1 flexible.
The ducks of the Bellagio Fountain on the Las Vegas strip have their own hit show and their own questions about the fakery of Las Vegas, show business and humanity.
"...a beautifully realized satire..."
-Las Vegas Review-Journal
Full-length Comedy. 2 men, 4 women.
A modern-day screwball comedy finds Ella, an agoraphobic elevator operator, privy to one wife’s obsession with proving that her traveling husband, Ian, is unfaithful. Ella reveals the secrets of her confined lifestyle (she lives in the elevator,) as Ian discovers the truth about his marriage.
Stuck had a development production at The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater in 2008, followed by its professional premiere at In Tandem Theatre in Milwaukee, WI, in early 2010. Both productions were very successful.
"Haven has centered the play around a fascinating character..."
"...Exceedingly enjoyable..."
"...thoughtful comedy..."
- ExpressMilwaukee.com
"Stuck is not simply a screwball comedy; it’s a call to arms for those trapped in jobs they hate, biding their time in a dead relationship, or paralyzed by their own fears of moving forward."
- Third Coast Digest
"...Flawless, a delight from start to finish, thanks to the excellent script..."
- Waukesha Freeman
Pink Champagne
Full-length Comedy. 4 men, 1 woman.
Commissioned by the Milwaukee Gay Arts Center.
Gene and Amy, a small-town couple in a strained marriage, chase down their recently outted 17-year-old son to Gene’s estranged gay father’s house. An impromptu family reunion ensues.
"Haven’s comedy holds wisdom, surprises and delivers candid realities of traditional family values put in an untraditional framework."
-Quest
The Playdaters
One-act adult comedy. 2 men, 3 women.
Spencer and Erwin play a game of pranks on unsuspecting girls through an internet dating website. As the rules of the game break down, so do the rules of a conventional romantic comedy. Spencer wants to have a real relationship with a one-dimensional character, and Erwin learns that he can control his simple stage world in the most astounding ways.
"...comedic and genuinely touching..."
-Las Vegas Review-Journal
Get a Life
Full-length adult comedy. 1 man, 3 women.
Marcus’ new apartment is haunted by the ghost of a pornstar with some unfinished business. Can Marcus keep the girl in his life without his overbearing mother finding out? And can he learn how to have fantastic sex in the meantime?
Odd Ducks
15-minute comedy. 2 men, 1 woman, 1 flexible.
The ducks of the Bellagio Fountain on the Las Vegas strip have their own hit show and their own questions about the fakery of Las Vegas, show business and humanity.
"...a beautifully realized satire..."
-Las Vegas Review-Journal
