Chicago playwright Doug Armstrong shares memories from 1989 about writing his now

nationally, critically acclaimed holiday theatre comedy A Christmas Twist (a parody of Dickens’ A Christmas

Carol and Oliver Twist). Los Angeles stage and television actors Lauren McCormack and Jen Ray (from the hit

ABC series The Middle) are interviewed about their co-starring roles in the Los Angeles revival of A

Christmas Twist at the Victory Theatre Center directed by State of the Arts’ own Paul Stroili who also

co-stars in the production. The State of the Arts/Breakdown Services Sweepstakes claims another weekly

winner. McCormack and Ray recall embarrassing career moments.

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