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The performance runs approximately two hours with an intermission.
Don’t miss the final year and production of everyone’s favorite holiday tradition, It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play. Only seven actors bring the entire town of Bedford Falls to life in a 1946 radio play – complete with sound effects – to tell the story of George Bailey, whose troubles lead him to wish he had never been born. He is visited by the angel Clarence who comes to Earth on Christmas Eve to help George realize how many lives he has touched and just how blessed he has been and how different the world would be had he never been there.
Our intimate Glenview theater space is transformed into the studio of New York radio station WBFR on Christmas Eve in 1946 for this warmhearted adaptation of the famous Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed film. But at Oil Lamp Theater, the magic isn’t only on the stage! Audiences will be captured by the tinsel-and-holly enchantment of a traditional Christmas from the moment they enter the theater. The tree is up in the lobby, holiday music is playing, and complimentary hot chocolate and cookies make for a festive and delightful experience!
CAST:
Connor Green as Jake Laurents
Mary Margaret McCormack as Sally Applewhite
Rose Leisner as Lana Sherwood
Clifford Katskee as Harry Heywood
Tim Kough as Bud Collyer
Matt Schufreider as Freddie Filmore
Caitlin Wolfe as Stage Manager/Sound Effects
Katie Luchtenberg as Sally, Lana, and Stage Manager Understudy
Jim Banta as Jake and Freddie Understudy
Bruce Bennett as Harry and Bud Understudy
CREATIVE TEAM:
Director: Stephen Smith
Stage Manager: Jojo Wallenberg
Costume Designer: Ellen Markus
Lighting Designer: Nick Chamernik
Set Designer: Jay Pastucha
Technical Director/Carpenter: Greg Korak
Chicago theatres will present a wide variety of festive plays, musicals, dance, and comedy offerings this Holiday season. In support, the League of Chicago Theatres will create a comprehensive Holiday Theatre Guide that will be available for distribution in mid-November.
Oil Lamp Theater has announced the appointment of Elizabeth Mazur Levin as its Artistic Director. A veteran of the “North Shore's Hidden Gem” since 2012, Mazur Levin brings a fresh yet experienced perspective to Oil Lamp's evolving artistic mission. A staple of the Glenview community since 2012, the 60-seat Oil Lamp Theater produces six shows a season, with a strong emphasis on exploring the themes of love and relationships.
Chicago theatres will present a wide variety of festive plays, musicals, dance, and comedy offerings this Holiday season. In support, the League of Chicago Theatres will create a comprehensive Holiday Theatre Guide that will be available for distribution beginning in mid-November.
Executive Director Jay Pastucha and Associate Artistic Director Stephen Smith are thrilled to announce that we are bringing our holiday tradition of It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play to our audiences for the ninth year.
Executive and Artistic Director Keith Gerth and Associate Artistic Director Stephen Smith announce Oil Lamp Theater's 2019 holiday show, It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play by Joe Landry. This special presentation, directed by Keith Gerth, will be performed from November 29 through December 29, 2019 - with extra Saturday matinees and Sunday evening performances added -- at 1723 Glenview Road, Glenview.
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