Photo Flash: Meet the Cast of IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE at Buck Creek Playhouse

Join the Buck Creek Players as we continue our 44th season of quality theatre with IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE: A LIVE RADIO PLAY by Joe Landry. Opening on Friday, December 1st, and continuing for three weekends through Sunday, December 17th, curtain times are at 8 p.m.on Fridays and Saturdays, with 2:30 p.m. matinees on Sundays. All performances will be held at the Buck Creek Playhouse, 11150 Southeastern Avenue. Admission is $18 for adults and $16 for children, students, and senior citizens (ages 62 and up). Reservations are recommended, and may be reserved securely online with no added fees at www.buckcreekplayers.com, or by calling our automated reservation line at 317-862-2270. Group discounts are also available for parties of ten or more when purchased online in a single transaction.

Hailed as "magical" by The Boston Globe and "fresh and inventive" by the Chicago Sun-Times, IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE: A LIVE RADIO PLAY transposes the cinematic classic (and holiday television tradition) to the theater by staging the story as if it was a 1940s live radio broadcast in front of a studio audience. Five actors perform the voices of dozens of characters while a live foley sound man helps create the atmosphere. As in the film, everyman George Bailey must learn that "no man is a failure who has friends" (and a little divine intervention), when he must face off against local robber baron (and all around curmudgeon) Henry F. Potter. It's "a surefire reminder of what this season is all about" (Edge Magazine).

Cathy Cutshall makes her directorial debut at BCP after most recently costuming our productions of BONNIE & CLYDE: THE MUSICAL (June 2017), M*A*S*H (March/April 2017), EVERY CHRISTMAS STORY EVER TOLD...AND THEN SOME! (December 2016), and DIRTY BLONDE (September-October 2016). Joining Cutshall on the production team are Rebecca Droeger (Producer); Matthew Soverns (Music Director); Aaron B. Bailey (Set Designer/Technical Director); Melissa DeVito (Costume Designer); Sue Kuehnhold (Lighting Designer); D. Scott Robinson (Sound Designer); Nicole Droeger (Stage Manager); and Kelly Cutshall (Properties).

For more information or directions to the playhouse, please visit the theater's website at www.buckcreekplayers.com.

Photo Credit: Gary Nelson