The hilarious holiday musical sketch comedy show that embraces and skewers all the iconic moments of the Christmas season – FANTASIA.
The production will begin a limited engagement run in NYC at St. Luke’s Theatre, 308 West 46th Street in Manhattan beginning on Tuesday, November 17th.
The official opening will be on Tuesday, December 1st, and continue through December 23rd.
Created by brothers Shaun and Brandon Loeser and directed by Tania Pearson-Loeser, the critically acclaimed seasonal sensation has run for over 13 years in Los Angeles and is jam-packed with a biting blend of yuletide snark and sentiment. www.santasia.com
SANTASIA’s relentless assault on your holiday funny bone will have you hurting from laughter. Stocking stuffed with everything from dysfunctional family sketches to charm, wit, love, and beautiful sentiment, it conjures up memories of your own Christmas past. The hysterical holiday classic has been compared to the “Carol Burnett Show”, “Kids in the Hall”, “In Living Color”, and “Saturday Night Live”.
Santasia is appropriate for children ages 13 and over due to strong language. Children under the age of 4 are not permitted in the theatre.
With dynamic choreography, on-point holiday parody, side-splitting sketch comedy, and classic Rankin and Bass-inspired Claymation movies, this multi-media Santasia is the fresh face of Vaudeville Comedy.
Shaun Loeser (Co-Writer, Director, and producer) is originally from Chicago, having trained with legendary improv guru Del Close at iO Chicago. He is both a professional actor and stuntman having appeared in American Horror Story: Hotel, The Amazing Spider-Man, Conan, True Blood, The Tonight Show, NCIS LA, Pair of Kings, GCB, Step Brothers, iCarly, My Name is Earl, The Sarah Silverman Program, The Comebacks, Numbers, General Hospital, Kambakkht Ishq, among other Television series and films.
Brandon Loeser (Co-Writer and producer) is a Chicago native who studied at iO Chicago under the direction of famed improv teacher Del Close. In addition to acting, he is also a stuntman and comedian. Brandon has appeared numerous times on Grimm, Superstore, Conan, True Blood, Justified, Children's Hospital, Supah Ninjas, The Dark Knight, The Tonight Show, Chasing 3000, Changeling, General Hospital, and Disaster Movie.
Tania L Pearson-Loeser (Co-Writer, Associate Producer, and choreographer) is a professional choreographer, actor, and stuntwoman. She has choreographed for Conan O'Brien's “Not Permitted to Perform on Television National Tour," "Conan" and "The Tonight Show" and has appeared in the television series Chuck, Alice in Wonderland, Criminal Minds, Without A Trace, True Jackson VP, Pushing Daisies, Brothers and Sisters, Late Night With Conan O’Brien, General Hospital and Days of Our Lives.
The cast of SANTASIA features Brandon Loeser, Shaun Loeser, James Elden, Lon Gowan, Chey Kennedy, and Richard Lee Warren.
SANTASIA’s set designer is Rich Warren, the lighting designer is Wynn Zucchero, the sound designer is Brandon Loeser and the musical director is Stacey Quinealty.
Performances are on Tuesdays at 8 PM and Wednesdays at 2 PM.