Away In The Basement: A Church Basement Ladies Christmas (book by Greta Grosch, music and lyrics by Drew Jansen). Directors: Steve Dietrich and Jenny Weber

Away In The Basement: A Church Basement Ladies Christmas is the first festive installment of the popular Church Basement Ladies musical comedy series. In December, 1959, the East Cornucopia Lutheran Church of the Prairie, located in Minnesota, is preparing for the Sunday School Christmas program. The 3 mavens of the church basement kitchen (Karin, Mavis, and Vivian), along with Karin's teenage daughter Beverly and the widowed church leader, Pastor Gunderson, must prepare goodie bags, handle the kitchen duties, and save the day as the annual Christmas program descends into chaos! Hilarity ensues as the group of 5 handle the program preparations. As they work throughout the day, the ladies share gossip (has the new parish worker caught Pastor Gunderson's eye?) - debate church politics (which kids should have been versus were cast as Mary and Joseph) - honor the kitchen matriarch, Vivian - and hilariously recount disasters from holidays past.

Away In The Basement: A Church Basement Ladies Christmas features:
Abbey Stamper as Beverly Engleson
Dawn Stamper as Karin Engleson
Sheryl Koontz as Mavis Gilmerson
Cheryl Gover as Vivian Snustad
Derek Dunavent as Pastor Gunderson

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