{"id":16,"date":"2025-06-30T13:31:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T13:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcclellandmedia.com\/stageeast\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2026-04-17T11:06:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T14:06:55","slug":"dinner-theatres","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mcclellandmedia.com\/stageeast\/dinner-theatres\/","title":{"rendered":"Dinner Theatres"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Charlie Rhindress has been writing, directing and producing dinner theatre shows since 1994. His first show was co-written with Karen Valanne and produced at Live Bait Theatre in Sackville, NB. Since that time he has written or co-written more than 30 dinner theatre scripts and his holiday shows have become an annual tradition in the Sackville\/Amherst area.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The cast of 2024’s “Grandma and Eunice: The Christmas Bachelorettes.” (l to r) Paul Brisk, Morgan Grant, Carley Varner-Joudrey, Heather MacIntyre and James Hand. The same cast will appear in “Grandma’s Christmas Movie Extravaganza!”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For more information about 2025’s “Grandma’s Christmas Movie Extravaganza!” click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Rhindress’s Dinner Theatre Scripts to Date:<\/p>\n

The Krazy Family Christmas Reunion<\/strong>\u00a0(written with Karen Valanne), 1994<\/p>\n

Murder at the Curling Club<\/strong>\u00a0(written with Karen Valanne), 1995<\/p>\n

Hallowe\u2019en Part 1, Granma\u2019s Back<\/strong>\u00a0(written with Karen Valanne), 1995<\/p>\n

One Krazy Christmas<\/strong>\u00a0(written with Karen Valanne), 1995<\/p>\n

Rock \u2018n\u2019 Roll High<\/strong>\u00a0(written with Karen Valanne), 1996 and 2006<\/p>\n

Possessed by Esther Cox<\/strong>\u00a0(written with Karen Valanne), 1996 and 2019<\/p>\n

A Rockin\u2019 Little Christmas<\/strong>\u00a0(written with Karen Valanne), 1996 and 2017<\/p>\n

Cryin\u2019, Lovin\u2019 or Laughin\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0(written with Karen Valanne), 1997<\/p>\n

Summer of Love<\/strong>\u00a0(written with Karen Valanne), 1997 and 2002<\/p>\n

Christmas at the Malt Shop<\/strong>\u00a0(written with Karen Valanne), 1997<\/p>\n

Class of \u201973 \u2013 The Reunion<\/strong>\u00a0(written with Karen Valanne), 1998<\/p>\n

Julio and Herb\u2019s Christmas Celebration<\/strong>\u00a0(written with Karen Valanne), 1998<\/p>\n

Granma\u2019s Shotgun Wedding<\/strong>\u00a0(written with Karen Valanne), 1999<\/p>\n

A Millennium Christmas<\/strong>\u00a0(written with Karen Valanne), 1999<\/p>\n

Granma\u2019s Wake<\/strong>\u00a0(written with Karen Valanne), 2000<\/p>\n

The Complete History of Broadway (sort of)<\/strong>\u00a0(written with Karen Valanne), 2000<\/p>\n

Christmas at the Sock Hop<\/strong>\u00a0(written with Karen Valanne), 2000<\/p>\n

U-Pick<\/strong>\u00a0(written with Dave McClelland and Karen Valanne), 2001<\/p>\n

Rockin\u2019 Around the Christmas Tree<\/strong>\u00a0(written with Karen Valanne), 2001<\/p>\n

History of Rock \u2018n\u2019 Roll<\/strong>\u00a0(written with Karen Valanne), 2002<\/p>\n

Christmas Carol<\/strong>\u00a0(written with Karen Valanne), 2002<\/p>\n

Beach Party<\/strong>\u00a0(written with Karen Valanne), 2003<\/p>\n

Class of \u201973<\/strong>\u00a0(written with Karen Valanne), 2003<\/p>\n

A Disco Christmas<\/strong>\u00a0(written with Karen Valanne), 2003<\/p>\n

Great Balls of Fire<\/strong>\u00a0(written with Karen Valanne), 2004<\/p>\n

The Christmas Apprentice<\/strong>\u00a0(written with Karen Valanne), 2004<\/p>\n

Desperate Maritime Housewives<\/strong>\u00a0(written with Karen Valanne), 2005<\/p>\n

Desperate Maritime Christmas<\/strong>\u00a0(written with Karen Valanne), 2005<\/p>\n

Rise Again<\/strong>\u00a0(written with Karen Valanne), 2006<\/p>\n

Jingle Bell Rock<\/strong>, 2006<\/p>\n

Anne of Springhill<\/strong>, 2007 and 2017<\/p>\n

CSI: Christmas Scene Investigation<\/strong>, 2007<\/p>\n

Uh Oh, Canada<\/strong>, 2018<\/p>\n

No Room at the Inn<\/strong>, 2018<\/p>\n

Grandma\u2019s Family Christmas<\/strong>, 2019 (A rewritten version of\u00a0The Krazy Family Christmas Reunion<\/em>\u00a0which was originally cowritten by Karen Valanne.)<\/p>\n

Grandma’s Bubble Trouble<\/strong> (Online), 2020<\/p>\n

Grandma’s Coming Out for Christmas<\/strong>, 2021<\/p>\n

Grandma & the Silver Belles<\/strong>, 2022<\/p>\n

How the Grandma Stole Christmas<\/strong>, 2023<\/p>\n

Grandma & Eunice: The Christmas Bachelorettes<\/strong>, 2024<\/p>\n

Grandma’s Christmas Movie Extravaganza, <\/strong>2025<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Charlie Rhindress has been writing, directing and producing dinner theatre shows since 1994. His first show was co-written with Karen Valanne and produced at Live Bait Theatre in Sackville, NB. Since that time he has written or co-written more than 30 dinner theatre scripts and his holiday shows have become an annual tradition in the … Continue reading Dinner Theatres<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-16","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcclellandmedia.com\/stageeast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcclellandmedia.com\/stageeast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcclellandmedia.com\/stageeast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcclellandmedia.com\/stageeast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcclellandmedia.com\/stageeast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/mcclellandmedia.com\/stageeast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":236,"href":"https:\/\/mcclellandmedia.com\/stageeast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions\/236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcclellandmedia.com\/stageeast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}