Hallmark movie Twas the Night Before Christmas cast is led by Torry DeVitto and Zane Holtz. Others starring are Richard Waugh, Amanda Barker, and more.
Twas the Night Before Christmas is a holiday rom-com movie with a bit of drama sprinkled here and there. The film displays the story of a former actress that is given an opportunity to direct a town’s Christmas Eve courtroom production where it is discussed about the original owner of the famous poem “A Visit From St.Nick”.
The director of this new movie is Gary Yates. He is also one of the screenwriters of the movie. Gary Yates is a movie director, producer, and screenwriter from Canada. Before Yates became a filmmaker, he also worked as a magician for 10 years. He is known for directing films such as Seven Times Lucky, High Life, Niagara Motel, Taken in Broad Daylight, One Winter Proposal and many more.
The other screenwriter is C.Jay Cox. He was also involved with screenwriting for the movies such as New in Town, Latter Days, Sweet Hole Alabama and a few others. The producers such as Shane Boucher and Caitlin Delaney and executive producers Jesse Prupas and Jonas Prupas are involved in the production of the movie.
Twas the Night Before Christmas Movie Cast
The main cast of Twas the Night Before Christmas are Torrey DeVitto, Zane Holtz, and Richard Waugh. But many other supporting roles are also played by star-studded actors.
Torrey DeVitto as Madison Rush
Torrey DeVitto stars as Madison Rush who is the main cast of the movie. In the movie, she is a former actress trying to take a new step in her life. Now she is given a new opportunity to direct a debate for the town’s annual Christmas Eve and prove her skills. She defends Livingston as the original writer of “A Visit from St. Nicholas” in the play.
Torrey DeVitto whose birth name is Torrey Joel DeVitto is an actress, advocate, philanthropist and producer. She is also well-known for the NBC drama called Chicago Med. She initially appeared on shows like “Dawson’s Creek,” “Scrubs,” and “The King of Queens”, later also guest-starring on the Nickelodeon program “Drake & Josh.”
She is best known for her role in the television series “Vampire Diaries” as Meredith Fell and as Melissa in the show “Pretty Little Liars.” Her feature film debut was in the horror sequel “I’ll Always Know What You Did Last Summer”. She has also had roles in the film “Killer Movie” and in the film “The Rite.”
Zane Holtz as Connor Avery
Zane Holtz stars as Connor Avery, a co-star of Madison who is trying to balance time for his acting and his daughter, Josie. While acting in the play, Connor and Madison seem to have developed some chemistry between them. In the play, he defends Clement Clarke Moore as the original writer of “A Visit from St. Nicholas”.
Zane Holtz, born in Vancouver in 1987 is a Canadian actor and model who has a role currently as recurring on CBS’ crime thriller, “NCIS.” He has worked as a model and as an actor in movies, television series and web series. He began modeling when he was five years old and acted in his first commercials on his 10th birthday.
Holtz has starred as Richie Gecko on the El Rey network television series “From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series” who is the more violent and unpredictable of the two brothers on the run from the FBI.
Holtz also played Luke Stephens, a war veteran who becomes embroiled in another violence after he returns home in “Battle Scars”.
Richard Waugh as Livingston
Richard Waugh stars as Henry Livingston Jr. in the movie who also argues himself to the genuine article than a normal acting cosplayer. In the play for Christmas Eve, he acts as the anonymous writer of “A Visit from St. Nicholas” holding his argument against Clement Clarke Moore portrayed by another actor.
Richard Waugh is born on February 28, 1961, and is a Canadian actor and voice actor. He is best known for voicing Albert Wesker in the video games Resident Evil – Code: Veronica, Resident Evil Zero, and Resident Evil 4.
Richard started his acting career with a role in “Married… With Children”. Richard Waugh has worked on roles in the TV movies such as “The Firing Squad”, “No Contest” and “Gridlock”. He also appeared in TV movies such as “FX: The Illusion”, “Possessed” and “Suburban Madness.”
He also has made an appearance in the film “Ice Bound: A Woman’s Survival at the South Pole”. He played Agent Thorn in the 2003 remake of “The In-laws”.
Other Crew
Other than the three mentioned above, other important cast members of Twas The Night Before Christmas according to IMDB are:
- Amanda Barker as Edna Prescott
- Tanisha Thammavongsa as Hayley
- Sophie Bastelle as Lena DeLorean
- Shawn Ahmed as Jefferson
- Jennie Esnard as Judge
- Ava Weiss as Beth Prescott
- Jonathan Neil Alexander as Sean
- Morgan Saunders as Josie Avery
- Yvette McKoy as Sophia Farentino
- Duane Keogh as Walter
- Evert Houston as Historian
Twas the Night Before Christmas Filming Location
Twas the Night Before Christmas was filmed on Sparks Street in Ottawa, Canada.
According to the Twitter post of the Ottawa Film Office, the filming location of the movie was Sparks Street in Ottawa.
Due to its beautiful location for filming Christmas movies, Ottawa has become the Christmas movie capital. Over 170 new Christmas movies are to going to be released on streaming platforms such as Hallmark, Netflix, Lifetime, etc. that were shot in Ottawa.
Wellington Vision Care was used in “The Most Colorful Time of the Year (2022)”. Hallmark’s “Boyfriends of Christmas Past (2021)” was also filmed in locations such as Stella Luna Gelato Cafe in Wellington West, and Churchill Seniors Recreation Centre in Westboro.
Twas the Night Before Christmas Hallmark Release Date and Plot
Twas the Night Before Christmas will be released on the Hallmark channel on 17 December 2022.
The story for Twas the Night Before Christmas tells the story of Madison Rush, a former actress who is seeking to broaden her career. She sees an opportunity to direct a play as her way to prove her skills. At the same time, the drama played as a mock trial featuring lawyers who debate against each other if “A Visit from Saint Nick” original author was Clement Clark Moore, or Henry Livingstone Jr. and lets the audience decide as a jury.
Madison casts an old costar, Connor Avery portrays as the defense lawyer for the drama. Though there is a spark of feeling with Connor, Madison had made a rule not to date a co-star as that may hamper the play. They are joined in the play by the town’s fiery Moore and Livingston who cosplays their character that is really convincing when they act.