Paula Vogel's intense and compact one-act play, The Long Christmas Ride Home was produced at the Strider Theater at Colby College. While we're not without pride about our own involvement in the production – creating the puppets and training puppeteers – we're really writing to celebrate the accomplishments of everyone involved in the show. A challenging text that calls for three bunraku-style puppet figures, The Long Christmas Ride Home demands huge commitment from its cast – as actors and puppeteers – and they delivered unstintingly in a beautiful production under the direction of Colby theater professor Todd Coulter.