21 year-old Rémi leaves his small town in Quebec for the first time to go sell Christmas trees in New York City in order to pay off a debt that threatens his future. Dumped in the heart of the Bronx, he meets Laura, a deadpan French activist, who will be his colleague for the next month. Together they will meet the vibrant community around their street corner and learn to survive the absurd trials of Christmas tree sales.
After being left at home by himself for the holidays, 10-year-old Max Mercer must work to defend his home from a married couple who tries to steal back a valuable heirloom.
Nancy Helms is a member of ACTRA, Equity and UDA is a dialect and voice coach, theatre director, stage and screen actor, voice-over artist and opera and music theatre performer who taught at Banff Arts Centre in the Department of Theatre at Concordia University, and ART in Boston (American Repertory Theatre).