The Gingerbread Suite
Who doesn’t believe in love at first sight.
It’s Christmas and fifty-seven-year-old Mike Riley is unemployed, divorced, and living in his brother’s basement. Is it any wonder he’s depressed? Especially, since he’s spending the holidays in the Gingerbread Suite at the Prairie Dog Inn Regina.* It isn’t until Mike meets Claire McKenzie and the two spend a romantic night together that his luck begins to change. Now, on Christmas Eve determined to change his life Mike purchases the Two Turtle Doves Holiday Romance Gift Basket and hopes to make his relationship with Claire more than a one-night stand.
A Comedy in One Act – 1M, 1W, Single Set, 60 minutes
CAST OF CHARACTERS
Mike Riley Mike is 57 and has had a run of bad luck after getting divorced and losing his job, but when he meets Claire at her Company Christmas party, he hopes his luck has finally changed for the better.
Claire McKenzie Claire is 57 and tired of always being the dependable one so when she meets Mike and they hit it off she decides to act on impulse and have a one-night stand.
VOICE ONLY
Diane – Mike’s daughter
Holiday Channel Announcer One
Holiday Channel Announcer Two
Character ages can be adjusted a few years up or down.
SETTINGS
The Gingerbread Suite at the Prairie Dog Inn Regina.
Scene i: December 24, 8:00 A.M.
Scene ii: December 24, 8:00 P.M.
Scene iii: December 25, 8:00 A.M.
The script has both a Canadian version and an American Version. In the American version of the play the action takes place at the Prairie Dog Inn in Omaha Nebraska. In the text of the play Canadian locations are replaced with American locations
NOTE: The Gingerbread Suite is part of the full-length play Under the Mistletoe
The Gingerbread Suite can be performed as a stand-alone 60-minute one-act play however it can be combined with The Candy Cane Suite which is another 60-minute play that takes place in the same hotel and is part of the full-length play Under the Mistletoe – Not every romantic evening goes as planned.
