CHRISTMAS ON MARS by Harry Kondoleon, directed by Kirsten Brandt, The Old Globe

Scenic design by Nick Fouch, costume design by Angela Calin, lighting design by David Lee Cuthbert and sound design by Paul Peterson. Stage management by Diana Moser.

The cast features Jack Ferver (as Nissim), David Furr (Bruno), Colette Kilroy (Ingrid) and Sarah Grace Wilson (Audrey).

PRESS:

Imagine laughing at pain and crying at comedy and you’ll have some idea of the wild and woolly tone of Harry Kondoleon’s “Christmas on Mars.” And such contradictions don’t begin to describe the emotional zigzags of this one-of-a-kind script, now in a roller-coaster of a production directed by Kirsten Brandt… She’s [Brandt] three for three at the Globe now, having assembled a quartet of actors who make emotional and comic sense of ‘Christmas on Mars”, a show that, more crudely staged, could easily sink into a shapeless mishmash.  – CRITIC’S CHOICE San Diego Union Tribune

Quirkily directed and cleverly cast…  Brandt is meticulous in her character studies, she knows how to build an edge and energy into scenes, and she finds humor in the most unexpected places. She’s the ideal director for the work of Kondoleon,  – North County Times

The acting could not be better and neither could Kirsten Brandt’s direction.  – San Diego Community News Group

…Brandt’s eye for the ridiculous and wacky, and the play beings to spiral into deeper land deeper levels of humor, absurdity, tragedy, and yes, humanity.   – Sandiego.com