Theatre NOVA, Ann Arbor’s professional theatre with an exclusive focus on new plays and playwrights, presents the world premiere of “The Year Without a Panto Claus” by Carla Milarch and R. MacKenzie Lewis.

2017 was a bummer of a year. When Santa gets depressed, he decides to pack it in and disappear. Two of his elves search far and near looking for some genuine Christmas cheer. Arriving at a few decidedly un-Christmas-y locations, they face the wrath of the Heat and Snow Miser twins, the tropical town’s grumpy citizens, and a mysterious Russian bombshell named Vixen.

Times are as follows:

•  7:30 p.m. Fridays
• 3 and 7:30 p.m. Saturdays
• 2 p.m. Sundays.

Parking is free