Cast
A Christmas Story cast:
Ralph…………… Kenny Hayes
Mother………… Christina Roman
Old Man………. Roy Van Hooydonk
Miss Shields… Nancy Thompson
Christmas cast:
Performs Dec 1, 3, 5, 9, 11, 13, 16, 18, 19.
Ralphie………… Jonas Blackburn
Randy………….. Cooper Dunn
Flick…………….. Ryan Berube
Schwartz………. Isaiah Levesque
Scut……………… Grady McVey
Esther Jane….. Frédérique Guyot
Helen…………… Maya Nussbaum
Red Ryder cast:
Performs Dec 2, 4, 8, 10, 12, 15, 17, 19 (matinee).
Ralphie………… Alexandre Phaneuf
Randy………….. Madeleine DoCanto-Primeau
Flick…………….. Jacob Segreto
Schwartz………. Alex Friesen
Scut……………… Duncan Thompson
Esther Jane….. Meghan DoCanto-Primeau
Helen…………… Lilliana McGinnis
Tickets
Single admission:
$25 – Adult ticket
$22 – Senior ticket
$12 – Youth/Student tickets
Packages:
$60 – Family 4-pack
$40 – Christmas gift bundle (Includes two tickets to any show in the 103rd season, and a Holiday Greeting card)
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Production Details
Adapted By: Philip Grecian from stories and film by Jean Shepherd
Director: Brian Cano
Genre: Comedy
Running: Dec. 1 – 19, 2015
Matinee: Dec. 13 & 19
One boy. One holiday wish. And the grown-ups who conspire to make certain it doesn’t come true. The Christmas cult-classic based on the hit movie bursts onto the OLT stage in all its glowing-leg-lamp, wet-tongue-on-metal, pink-bunny-suit, “you’ll-shoot-your-eye-out” glory! Holiday hilarity for the entire family.
“Adapted for the stage by Philip Grecian based on the film A Christmas Story © 1983 Turner Entertainment Co. distributed by Warner Bros., written by Jean Shepherd, Leigh Brown and Bob Clark and the book In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash by Jean Shepherd”
About the Playright
Philip Grecian began his show business career as a ventriloquist and magician at the age of four. By the age of 15, he had written a three-act comedy which was produced at a local theatre. At the age of 16 he was a founding director of a community theatre. Two years later he was asked, without audition, to be a part of the Creede Colorado Repertory Theatre, where he spent a season acting and writing. He has worked as a writer/director for film, video and audio production. Grecian’s televised live radio version of Dracula earned him an Emmy in 2010. Grecian adapted the story of Jean Shepherd’s memoir of growing up in the 1940s’ Midwest to create one of his most celebrated works, A Christmas Story.
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