Carolyn Popadin and the Long Island Rep Present THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS

Carolyn Popadin and the Long Island Rep present Lowell Swortzell's play about Clement Moore, who wrote the famous poem now synonymous with Christmas. Watch the poem come to life on stage in this holiday gem for the whole family. Produced by special arrangement with The Dramatic Publishing Co. of Woodstock, Illinois.

Theater 294, 294 Farmingdale Rd. (Route 109), E. Farmingdale. Fri. Dec. 16 @ 7 p.m, Sat. Dec. 17 @ 3 p.m. and Sun. Dec. 18 @ 3 p.m. Theater 294, 294 Farmingdale Rd. (Route 109), E. Farmingdale. Tix $12/ $10 students/children Tix. @ www.longislandrep.com.

On Christmas Eve, 1822, Clement Clarke Moore's house is not as quiet as a mouse-in fact, everyone is stirring. The three children await the arrival of St. Nicholas. Mother and father arise thinking they hear intruders. Cousin Harriet enlists the children to copy the poem their father has just written for them, which she hopes to have published for all young people to enjoy.

But father, as a distinguished professor who fears being known as a poet for children, burns the poem so it can never leave the house. At first heartbroken, the children unite to save the poem for posterity by improvising it through a riotous enactment. How they convince their father that his verses should be shared with children everywhere brings about the hilarious, happy ending.

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