A Christmas Story
by Jean Shepherd
adapted by Philip Grecian
directed by Dale Jones
Nov. 30, Dec. 1,2,7,8,9,14,15, 7:30 p.m.
Dec. 16, 2:00 p.m.
The Davies Foundation Auditorium
52 Church St., Kingston, ON
Nine-year-old Ralphie Parker spends most of his time dodging a bully and dreaming of his ideal Christmas gift, a genuine Red Ryder BB gun. Ralphie pleads his case before his mother, his teacher, and even Santa Claus himself, but receives little encouragement.
Philip Grecian's stage adaptation incorporates other incidents from humourist Jean Shepherd’s semi-autobiographical collections of short stories, In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash and Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories.
Left to right: Blythe Hallford, Jason Bowen, Jo-anne Smith, Elliot Whitehorn-Gillam, Charlee McKinlay, Piper McKinlay, Violet Young. |
The play contains all the elements of the beloved motion picture, 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.
Cast |
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| Ralph | Tony Sturman |
| Ralphie | Blythe Hallford |
| The Old Man | Jason Bowen |
| Miss Shields | Cindy Chappell |
| Mother | Jo-anne Smith |
| Esther Jane Alberry | Aslyn Cannon |
| Helen | Madeline Hudson |
| Schwartz | Charlee McKinlay |
| Flick | Piper McKinlay |
| Randy | Elliot Whitehorn-Gillam |
| Scut Farcus | Violet Young |
Production Crew |
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| Producers | D.T. McNichol Hal Potter |
| Director | Dale Jones |
| Stage Manager | Lisa Murphy |
| Asst. Stage Managers | Anna Lindgren-Tanga Nicole Cannon Marlene Buttress |
| Set & Lighting Design | David L. Smith |
| Sound Design | Kim Coffman Dressel |
| Costume Design | Jen Buder |
| Chief Carpenter | D.T. McNichol |
| Props & Set Dressing | Wayne Orr |
| Makeup | Hayley Hudson |
| Sound & Lighting Operators | Bill Morrow Anthony Kaduck Kevin White |
| Set Construction & Painting | Bob Brooks Grant Buckler James Gow Lorna Jodoin Dave Oliver Wayne Orr Liz Schell Berndt Steglich Dylan Walsh John Woollett |
| Archival/Promotional Photography | Grant Buckler |
| Lobby Photography | D.T. McNichol |
| Poster Design | Katie Flower-Smith |
| Lobby Art Curator | Kingston School of Art |
| Front of House Co-ordinator | Cindy Chappell |
| Enhanced Digital Program Design | Douglas Connors |