Of course, we are a theatre so it was a little more lively than your typical holiday office party!
We had over 120 people in attendance including all full and part-time staff with their families and the adult cast members of the current production. There was food aplenty including appetizers, a huge buffet full of tasty catered dinner eats, a Roast Beast (or, uh, beef brisket) carved and served by our Artistic Director, a dessert bar teeming with peppermint dark chocolate truffles, brownies, cookies of every variety, and an ice cream sundae station made by the senior staff, and all the soda, wine and beer your little heart could desire! There was much cheerful conversing and booming laughter, good Christmasy music, a raffle with over 30 gift certificates handed out to gleeful recipients hooting and a’hollaring, a bottle of wine and a scratch off lottery ticket as a party favor for all staff, an ugly Christmas sweater contest (oh, the hideousness!) a silly theatre-centered rendition of “Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire” lovingly sung by our Executive Director and Artistic Director, a reading of “Twas the Night Before Christmas/DOGZILLA” for all the kids (um, and adults) by our Director of Education, lots of karaoke, a competitive game of Green Bay Packers corn hole set up in the lobby (Packers corn hole, made by our wonderful Production Operations Manager, I kid you not! It was awesome!), and I did a mulled wine Fire Bowl for all to imbibe in.
Theatre holiday parties = the best.
Are you having an office party this Christmas?
