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The Holiday Spectacular was a show derived from a class of the same name, taught/directed by [[Billy Merritt]] with improv-song coaching by [[Eliza Skinner]]. The show was comprised of scenes/beats capped off by improvised songs. 

Many improvisers who participated in this remember it as one of their favorite shows.(Who doesn't love being in a holiday show where you can dress up as a Christmas tree and sing and dance?) 

The first performance of The Holiday Spectacular was November 25, 2003.  The original cast was [[Amanda Allan]], [[Rob Cacy]], [[Kevin Cragg]], [[Stephen Gardella]], [[Lori Hamilton]], [[Jen Hammaker]], [[Maggie Kemper]], [[Erika Kern]], [[Jen MacNeil]], [[Madalyn Mako]], [[Kevin Napier]], [[Ernie Privetera]], [[Ryan Rogers]], [[Nate Shelkey]], [[Jacob Shwirtz]], and [[Zach Tabacco]].

[[Jen Hammaker]] played the Theremin for the Fantazy Dance portion of the show.  [[Nate Shelkey]] accompanied songs on Guitar and [[Ernie Privetera]] on piano.

Performers over the years have included:
*[[Betsy Todd]]
*[[Ben Schwartz]]
*[[Marian Rosin]]
*[[Michael Jeffrey Cohen]]
*[[Angela DeManti]]
*[[Jeff Scherer]]
*[[Susannah Beckett]]
*[[Phillip Wedo]]
*[[Lynn Bixenspan]]
*[[Josh Sturgis]]
*[[John Ward]]
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