PrimaryStages Productions Presents: A Christmas Story
Yocum Institute for Arts Education, Schumo Theater
December 3-11, showing times vary
By Philip Grecian. Based on the motion picture A Christmas Story, © 1983 Turner Entertainment Co., distributed by Warner Bros., written by Jean Shepherd, Leigh Brown, and Bob Clark; and on the book In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash by Jean Shepherd. Produced with permission from Dramatic Publishing
Humorist Jean Shepherd’s memoir of growing up in the midwest in the 1940s follows 9-year-old Ralphie Parker in his quest to get a genuine Red Ryder BB gun under the tree for Christmas. Ralphie pleads his case before his mother, his teacher, and even Santa Claus himself at Higbee’s Department Store. The consistent response: “You’ll shoot your eye out!” All the elements from the beloved motion picture are here, including the family’s temperamental exploding furnace; Scut Farkas, the school bully; the boys’ experiment with a wet tongue on a cold lamppost; the Little Orphan Annie decoder pin; Ralphie’s father winning a lamp shaped like a woman’s leg in a net stocking; Ralphie’s fantasy scenarios and more. A Christmas Story is a theatrical holiday perennial for all to enjoy!
The Artistic Team:
Producer, Beverly Houck
Director, Adam Danoff
Stage Manager, Dakota Kolbe
Lighting Design, Jeff Cusano
Costume Design, Martha VanKouwenberg
Cast:
Ralph, as Adult - Joel Gori
Ralphie Parker - Quentin Hart
Mother - Allison Schiding
The Old Man - Jeffrey Jones
Randy - Rosie Angstandt
Miss Shields - Andrea Kennedy Hart
Flick - Paul Head
Schwartz - Kathryn Kreska
Esther Jane Alberry - Chloe Smith
Healen Weathers - Ella
Scut Farkas - Austen Kennedy
Black Bart/ Tree Salesman/ Delivery Man - Emilio Serio
Desperados/ Classmates: Cami Conner & Jacinda Motley
A Christmas Story is supported by the Stabler Foundation, PA Council on the Arts and the Yocum
Charitable Trust.