Cherie Evans/Contributed imageIn “The Santa Interviews,” Santa Claus interviews a cast of characters for the position of cookie supervisor. Here Santa (Doug Evans) and Gimble (Isabella Evans, center) interview Prancer, played by Hailey Arends.

Go! staff

BAKER CITY — Local actors have collaborated with an acting troupe in Texas to create a holiday-themed DVD to raise funds for the nonprofit organization Cancer for College.

Copies of “Just Be ‘Claus’ It’s Christmas” are on sale now for $15 each at Random Resales, 2450 Cherry St. Each DVD comes with a treat box.

DVDs can also be purchased online at www.actorsstudioinc.com/shop-or-donate-now.

This is a production of Actors Studio Inc. The short plays recorded in Baker City were directed by Cherie Evans. The skits filmed in Texas were directed by Leanne Hinkle, who recently relocated there from Baker County.

Proceeds from the DVD sales will go to Cancer for College, which provides college scholarships to cancer survivors. The nonprofit was founded by Craig Pollard, who was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s disease at age 15. He beat that, but then the cancer came back when he was 19 and attending the University of Southern California. During his senior year at the USC Business School, Pollard wrote a business plan for a charity that would provide college scholarships to cancer survivors. He called it Cancer for College.

The local connection to that nonprofit is Isabella Evans, who beat leukemia and is a four-time recipient of a Cancer for College scholarship. She is currently a senior at Eastern Oregon University. She also stars in several of the plays featured on “Just Be ‘Claus’ It’s Christmas.”

Actor Will Farrell is a major supporter of Cancer for College, and he will match any funds raised by the sales. (Each year Farrell pledges to match up to $250,000 — to learn more, visit www.classy.org/campaign/will-ferrells-holiday-miracle-match-madness-donation-challenge/c376289.)

Plays featured on the DVD include “The Gift of the Magi,” “The Fruitcake Zone,” “Elf Locker Room,” “Scrooge’s Christmas Eve” and “The Santa Interviews.” Local actors include Doug Evans, Isabella Evans, Lisa Ensworth, Kendall Cikanek, Jarren Cikanek and Max Jacoby. Gary Hutton created the DVD.

Fundraiser for Cancer for College featuring actors from Baker City and Texas

$15 for the DVD and treat box

Random Resales, 2450 Cherry St.

Or online: www.actorsstudioinc.com