Photos: ‘How the Princh Stole Christmas!’

Shopping and other Christmas preparations preoccupy the residents of Howville. Suzanne Jolie Narbonne is at right.

Matt Walker, top, is the Princh in a Troubadour Theater Company Christmastime lark that’s set not in Dr. Seuss’ Whoville but in the similarly vivid Howville.

Rick Batalla as Howville’s Mayor Bill Focker and Lisa Valenzuela is his wife in “How the Princh Stole Christmas!”

Matt Walker is the Princh and Katie DeShan is a young resident of Howville in Troubadour Theater Company’s show at the El Portal in North Hollywood.

Max the dog, played by Beth Kennedy, is none too sure about the plan cooked up by the Princh, portrayed by Matt Walker.

Residents of Howville excitedly prepare for the season in “How the Princh Stole Christmas!”