Enjoy the company of the Church Basement Ladies as they prepare for the Sunday School Christmas Program.

It’s 1959, and the day of the Sunday School Christmas Program has arrived! While the children rehearse upstairs in the sanctuary, the ladies of the church kitchen are busy below, putting the final touches on Nativity costumes and stuffing the beloved goody bags. But as always, surprises await—and when things start to go off-script, it’s up to the ever-resourceful Church Basement Ladies to save the day with their trademark humor, grit, and grace.

This festive installment, Away in the Basement, is the third in the beloved Church Basement Ladies musical comedy series. With witty dialogue, heartfelt moments, and a nostalgic nod to life in the Midwest Lutheran church community of the 1960s, this show is both laugh-out-loud funny and warmly familiar.

Inspired by the bestselling book Growing Up Lutheran by Janet Letnes Martin and Suzann Nelson, the Church Basement Ladies series celebrates the unsung heroes of the church kitchen—the women who serve with humor, humility, and a whole lot of Jell-O.

Come experience a delightful dose of holiday cheer with a show that’s equal parts silly, sweet, and sincerely touching.

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