1M,1F. One-Act (10 min). Santa's wife experiences her magical "changes" on the most important day of Santa's year!
- Semi-Finalist in Minnesota Shorts Festival of Plays
in 2012
"A thoroughly delightful and hilarious story about Mrs. Claus and Santa discussing her change of life. This is a short play that could be done by any holiday-themed festival with a sophisticated audience. Not for children, but very funny." (Martha Patterson, Playwright, 2015)
"With patrons eyes still aglow with laughter, Tobin and Wood donned Mr. and Mrs. Claus outfits for
MRS. CLAUS GETS MENOPAUSE
. Santa is preparing to make his Christmas Eve run when Greta Claus reveals that she has been to see Hermey the dentist’s brother Hymie, who’s training to be a gynecologist. Hysterical chaos erupts as Mrs. Claus succumbs to a menopausal meltdown about rumors of Santa and one of his elves, being left alone Christmas Eve and the fact that she will never have children. The audience doubled over with laughter as Wood exclaimed to Tobin’s dumbfounded Santa, “Is it my fault we haven’t done the Christmas Kringle in almost 20 years?” (April Boyle,
Portland Press Herald
, 2016)
"I love
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because it's clear Daniel Guyton knows and appreciates the lore of the characters. But he uses the established history of the characters as a springboard to several contemporary comic moments, some of which are just bawdy enough to make an elf blush." (Steven G Martin, New Play Exchange, 2020)
"Your plays were the best at Christmas Shorts. Enjoyed them with an oversold-out house today!" (G Mark Cole, Onstage Atlanta, 2011)
"Daniel, that play was so much fun. The performers were great, and you wrote a wonderful script." (Noah Fredericks, KYRS Radio, 2014)
- Produced at Onstage Atlanta's Merry Little Holiday Shorts
in Atlanta, GA, 2011
- Produced at ACME Theatre's New Works Winter Festival
in Maynard, MA, 2012
- Published by ArtAge Senior Theatre Resource Center
, 2013
- Produced as a Radio Drama by KYRS Radio (92.3fm)
in Spokane, WA, 2013
- Produced by Out of Box Theatre's Santa After Hours
in Marietta, GA, 2013
- Produced by Suffolk County Community College
in Selden, NY, 2013
- Produced by Mostly Harmless Productions
in Schenectady, NY, 2014
- Produced by AlphaNYC
in Manhattan, NY, 2015
- Produced by Sun City Grand Drama & Comedy Club
in Surprise, AZ, 2016
- Produced by Footlights Theatre
in Falmouth, ME, 2016
- Produced by Chief Theatre
in Yampa Valley, CO, 2018
- Produced by Dalton Little Theatre
in Dalton, GA, 2022
Total productions (so far): 11
PR for MRS. CLAUS GETS MENOPAUSE
at Chief Theatre by Audrey Dwyer of Steamboat Today
(2018)
Review of MRS. CLAUS GETS MENOPAUSE
at Footlight Theatre by April Boyle of Portland Press
Herald (2016)
Article on MRS. CLAUS GETS MENOPAUSE
at ACME Theatre in the Beacon Villager
(2012)
Review of REBEL WITHOUT A CLAUS
and MRS. CLAUS GETS MENOPAUSE
at Onstage Atlanta by Playgoer of TheaterReview.com
(2011)
