HOLIDAYS ON THE ROCKS
GUARDIAN
Written by Madison Menendez and Broderick Miller / Directed by Broderick Miller
A family drives to a hotel in Austin, Texas, to spread the ashes of their recently deceased teenaged daughter. To repay a kindness, the housemaid of the hotel - who is also a voodoo priestess - allows one of the mourning friends to communicate with the spirit of the dead girl. Comically and poignantly, the friend and spirit help family and friends come to peace with their grief and mixed emotions. Silent night…if only…
THE LAST CHRISTMAS
Written by Cessa Desario, Stella Holt, and Broderick Miller / Directed by Broderick Miller
Two sisters who haven’t spoken to each other for over 20 years are compelled to spend one last Christmas with their mother and dying father. Each sister has stubbornly blamed the other for a past incident from their youth - and the day of reckoning has finally arrived. Oy, to the world…
UNTIL EDEN
Written by Simon Bock, Ben Cole-Calderon and Broderick Miller / Directed by Broderick Miller
It’s Christmas Eve at the the Church of Eden, a popular cult-like church headquartered in North Dakota. A movie star has been invited to the festivities…while unbeknownst to all, some Church members are planning an escape from their “happy” prison. Oh run, all ye faithful…
LET’S THINK OF A GAME TO PLAY
Written by LouLou Brazill Baltz, Nicki Klar and Broderick Miller / Directed by Broderick Miller
While the parents go out for a grown-up dinner, they leave their kids in the care of Cousin Kevin. What starts off as a benign evening of babysitting slowly turns into an intense battle of wills between the naughty and the nice.
CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF
Written by Tennessee Williams (Matriarchal Adaptation by Broderick Miller) / Directed by Broderick Miller
Um, not sure how to tie this in to the holidays, but hey, it’s Big Daddy’s birthday and the whole family’s on hand to celebrate…and…manipulate…and scheme…and dig through the ruins of the family past until everyone is miserable. Which is kind of how some family holidays go, right?
