WATERVILLE — “The Long Christmas Ride Home,” a play about the past, present and future on a snowy Christmas Eve for a troubled family of five, will be staged at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Sat. Nov. 12 at Colby College’s Strider Theater.

The free event features puppets designed by Figures of Speech Theatre, an internationally regarded puppet theater based in Freeport. It is not intended for young audiences.