The Public Theater of San Antonio, the city’s professional theater, kicks off its holiday offerings this year with A Beautiful Day in November on the Banks of the Greatest of the Great Lakes by Kate Benson. This new production reopens the Cellar Theater for the organization since its last production in that space in 2019. The production runs from October 14 through November 6, 2022, under the direction of Allison Price.

The New York Times calls the play “a quirky comedy that cleverly transforms an extended family’s Thanksgiving dinner into a fiercely fought competitive sport.” Director Allison Price adds “Great Lakes is a high energy exploration into the game that is Thanksgiving. We get into the hilarious, the absurd, and the stress of getting everyone together. The family we make is the family that breaks us.”