Stoneham Theatre to Present MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET, 11/29-12/29

Stoneham Theatre is celebrating this Holiday season with a classic, Miracle on 34th Street. Based on the Twentieth Century Fox motion picture and adapted by the Mountain Community Theatre from the novel by Valentine Davies, this live stage adaptation is sure to be a Holiday delight.

Miracle on 34th Street tells the story of Kris Kringle who agrees to serve as a last-minute replacement for Santa in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Kris is so convincing that he is offered a job as the Santa for Macy's Department store. He claims to be the real Santa Claus, but how can he convince the doubters, including an 8-year-old girl who longs to find something to believe in?

Ilyse Robbins, director of last season's hit musical Thoroughly Modern Millie, returns to Stoneham Theatre to direct Miracle on 34th Street. "I feel that this show is not simply about faith in Santa, Christianity, or even God," Robbins shared. "I think it is a show about faith in people, in us, and in possibility."

Robbins' cast of 19 includes real-life husband and wife team Jesse Hinson (Seminar) and MariAnna Bassham (The Rimers of Eldritch) as love interests Fred Gailey and Doris Walker, William Gardiner (Lumberjacks in Love) as Kris Kringle, and young company actress and Stoneham resident Sydney Newcomb (Starmites Lite) as Susan Walker. Miracle on 34th Street marks Newcomb's Stoneham Theatre Mainstage debut. Stoneham Theatre is proud of its young company comes to Mainstage program, which gives young actors the opportunity to work alongside professional actors.

Miracle on 34th Street opens on Friday, November 29, 2013 and runs through Sunday, December 29, 2013. Show times are Thursdays at 7:30pm, Fridays at 8:00pm, Saturdays at 3:00pm and 8:00pm, and Sundays at 2:00pm plus a 7:00pm show on Sunday, December 29, 2013. There is a post-show talkback after the Sunday, December 1st performance. For tickets, call the Stoneham Theatre Box Office at (781) 279-2200, or visit www.stonehamtheatre.org.