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Welcome to The Garden Theatre’s production of Who’s Holiday!

At first glance, Matthew Lombardo’s play presents itself as an irreverent riff on a familiar holiday tale—a sharp, rhyming satire that delights in subverting nostalgia. But beneath its humor lies a more nuanced examination of what it means to grow up, to survive, and to carry the past forward. Who’s Holiday! asks us to look beyond the myth of perpetual cheer and instead sit with the complicated emotional terrain that the holidays so often illuminate.

As a one-woman show, Who’s Holiday! places Cindy Lou Who directly in conversation with us—inviting the audience to serve as witness, confidant, and collaborator. In this intimate theatrical form, the line between performer and audience dissolves, allowing Cindy Lou’s story to unfold with immediacy, vulnerability, and surprising generosity.

As humans, we are constantly negotiating the space between joy and grief, and the holiday season magnifies that tension—asking us to celebrate even as we reckon with loss, disappointment, or longing. Through Cindy Lou’s journey, we witness the resilience required to hold both truths at once: to laugh through pain, to find humor in the absurd, and to claim agency over the narratives we inherit.

This marks our second year bringing Who’s Holiday! to The Garden Theatre, and returning to this piece has revealed new layers of meaning, urgency, and compassion. I am deeply grateful to Chaney Moore, whose fearless performance anchors this production, and to the creative team whose trust, playfulness, and collaboration continue to shape this work with care and intention.

To our audience: thank you for sharing this space with us. I hope Who’s Holiday! offers room for laughter, reflection, and recognition—and reminds you that joy and grief are not opposites, but companions. Even in the messiness, hope persists.

So sit back, lean in, let your worries feel small—

There’s room here for laughter, for grief, and for all.

If joy bumps into sorrow, just let it be so—

With a wink and a sigh…

Now hush—lights are dimming—

And off we all go!

xx.

Sloane Teagle

Director, Who's Holiday!

The Garden Theatre Associate Artistic Director