“Christmas in July: Return Day!”

With the youth summer-camp season coming to an end at the YMCA, the annual Sisbarro Acting School, with only five unbelievable days to prepare, produced its annual theatrical performance, featuring 23 school-age thespians from kindergarten through high school.

The story highlighted the chaotic, crowded, and crazy day after Christmas, when shoppers and gift recipients rush to stores to return gifts. The reasons for the returns and the exhausted store employees (who by the end of the day heard every excuse imaginable) had the audience roaring. Imagine what happened when the store owner refused to accept any returns that “receive cash back” or “credit exchanges only!” Add the zaniness of all the strange returns and how the staff handled the ridiculous requests, and you have a comedy show well worth viewing.

Gina Sisbarro, the owner of Sisbarro Acting School, greeted the audience with “Merry Christmas,” and set the stage with the storyline. Sisbarro stated that “every child will have success” and that her goal was “to show each camper the joy it is to act on stage.”

The laughs and smiles throughout the show by the audience and the smiles of the young thespians, coupled with a rousing applause by the audience at the conclusion of the performance, testified that the goal was achieved.