Holiday hilarity ensues with “The Other Christmas Show”

For this episode, we’re headed back to the film set with director, writer and actor Adam Griswold for his upcoming movie, “The Other Christmas Show,” which premiers on March 15. Here’s a look at the story behind the story.

For years, Aaron Hawthorne and his theater company staged ambitious musical productions in a suburban New England theater, and ultimately went their separate ways when the shows failed to find much of an audience. 

However, when Aaron learns that a famed Broadway producer is staging a new production of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol in his hometown theater, he sees it as a chance to finally be noticed and reunites his old team to scrape together a Christmas show of their own to be performed the night before. 

As the team powers through the setbacks and complications of bringing their show to life, it starts to become apparent that the Broadway troupe that’s invaded their town may have a hidden agenda. 

Joining us for this interview is Adam, along with cast members Bob Tourangeau, Ritik Rao and longtime friend of the show Kate Eppers. We talk about how this film came to be and hear from the cast about their roles and experiences on set. Adam shares how he brought such a massive cast together and the different locations used in the filming process.

Adam’s been making movies through his company, Smoking Bottle Entertainment, for the past decade, and talks about his past films and what it’s been like to working in the New England film scene.