Cast members Catherine Deadman and Mike Bass | Photo: Washington Improv Theater

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This past weekend marked the eighth annual premiere of 's show, in which audience's own life-based suggestions are used to create a particular family's holiday experience. According to cast member , the Friday show featured a family snowed into a church with Pastor Jay who carried a guitar but never played it, Uncle Roscoe (no relation to anyone) but the boy scout leader, two twentysomethings destined for love but from dysfunctional families, and 15-year-old Russell and his misguided parents. Sounds like a recipe for holiday magic!

In addition, WIT's many other troupes including , , , , and also presented shows running the gamut from monoscenes to tales with singing to exploring worlds within worlds to stories that are told backwards to a format cryptically entitled "The Slacker."

Full details on WIT's holiday run schedule (Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, now thru Jan. 2) are available .

-- is a Washington D.C.-based comedian whose credits include NBC Stand Up for Diversity finalist and Last Comic Standing. More importantly, she is on and her stand up and improv performance schedule stays current .