‘Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus’ on stage in Ojai

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Enjoy a heartwarming holiday play in Ojai. “Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus,” takes place in New York City in 1897 and tells the story of a young girl who writes to the New York Sun to ask about the existence of Santa Claus. Her letter changes the depressed viewpoint of the writer assigned to craft the answer, with touching results. Ojai Art Center Theater, 113 S. Montgomery St., Ojai. 7:30 p.m. Fri. $18. (804) 640-8797; https://www.ojaiact.org.