Nearly two years since its last production was halted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Washington Community Theatre players return with a Christmas-set comedy this weekend.

“My Three Angels” is a play by Samuel and Bella Spewack based on a French play. It takes place in French Guiana around the turn of the 20th century, and director Lynn Loula sums up a somewhat complicated and farcical plot, “The convicts are the angels and of course at first we see them as convicts and expect them to be bad and they even have maybe an idea that they might help themselves to some of the things in this store run by the Ducotels. But the Ducotels and the convicts kind of fall in love with each other, they almost become one big family. So when the bad uncle who owns the shop and might be throwing them out comes to town, the three angels save the day.”

The cast of local thespians is led by Chad Goings, Quill Heisdorffer, and Todd Patterson. This is Patterson’s third Washington Community Theatre production, and he shares how it feels to finally tread the boards after a few years of no productions, “It’s intellectually stimulating. It’s difficult to do, it’s really difficult to do well and then when you’re actually performing there’s this kind of high wire feeling. Like you’re in front of people and you’re sort of baring your soul and there’s this adrenaline rush you get that’s kind of hard to replicate, at least safely.”

Performances of “My Three Angels” take place this Thursday through Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at the Washington Community Center, with tickets at $12 for adults and $6 for students. Loula says the community center’s lobby will be filled with decorations with some other surprises in store to make it an enjoyable holiday event for families to attend. You can hear more about the play during today’s Halcyon House Washington Page on air and at kciiradio.com.