The saying goes that you may not be able to change the world, but you can change the world for one person. For stage star Sam McLellan, that saying rings true and he can pinpoint the person who changed his trajectory.

It is a story of love, relationships, and pie. Waitress the musical is stopping at the Midland Center for the Arts this week and brings with it the sweet aroma of a poignant and touching story of Jenna, a waitress and creator of extraordinary pies. She tries to find herself and purpose despite a tumultuous marriage and small-town dynamics. She begins to realize her full worth when a relationship with the local physician begins to bloom.

For many people, the sounds of “Christmas Time Is Here” from the 1965 television special A Charlie Brown Christmas, is a welcomed holiday classic to be playing overhead in your local department store. But, in a little town in Mid-Michigan, the phrase doesn’t exactly ring true as they celebrate the joys of the holiday season 365 days a year.