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It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play at Fulton Theatre

Dates: 12/5/2025 - 12/28/2025

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Fulton Theatre

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Lancaster,PA 17603

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Every life matters.  

This beloved American holiday classic comes to captivating life as a live 1940s radio broadcast. With the help of an ensemble that brings a few dozen characters to the stage, the story of idealistic George Bailey unfolds as he considers ending his life one fateful Christmas Eve.

Cast and Creative team for It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play at Fulton Theatre

Cast

Bailey Blaise

Ms. Applewhite
Couldn’t be happier to be back at the Fulton & back in wonderful Lancaster! Previously at the Fulton: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Anastasia, White Christmas, and The Play That Goes Wrong. Regional credits include: Utah Shakespeare Festival (2022 Finlayson Acting Award recipient for her work in Trouble in Mind and Clue), Maine State Music Theatre, Arrow Rock Lyceum, Beef & Boards, Rubicon Theatre Company, Musical Theatre West, and the Musical Theatre Guild. University of Alabama alumni - roll tide. Immense gratitude to Marc, Joey, Chuck & to all of you for supporting live theatre! For Grandma Sharyn. @Bailey_Blaise


Zack Calhoon

Mr. Laurents
Zack is thrilled to be back in Lancaster. Fulton credits include: Roat in Wait Until Dark, Tom in The Glass Menagerie. Other credits include: Leonard in BUZZ (Alabama Shakespeare Festival, directed by Carrie Preston) Fountainhead/John in Water by the Spoonful (Premiere Stages), Ever Montgomery in Dancing Lessons (Kitchen Theatre Company/ Geva Theatre Center), Hamlet in Hamlet, The Real Thing, King Lear, Henry IV Part 1, In Fields Where They Lay, You’ll Have Had Your Hole (US Premiere), The Commission, True West, The Credeaux Canvas, Romeo in Romeo & Juliet, Proteus in Two Gentlemen of Verona, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Film/TV: FBI: Mosted Wanted (CBS), The Subject, Braid, Do Not Go Gentle (BBC).


Robert Anthony Jones

Mr. Heywood
Broadway/Tours: The Phantom of the Opera (North American Tour), Finding Neverland (Lunt-Fontaine Theatre-Final Broadway Company), 101 Dalmatians (Madison Square Garden). Off-Broadway: Arhens and Flarhety’s Lucky Stiff (AMT Theatre), Bunnicula (Original Off-Broadway Cast Recording-Daryl Roth Theatre). Regional: Jesus Christ Superstar (Herod-Fulton Theatre-Deidre Goodwin-dir.), 42nd (Abner-Gateway Playhouse-Randy Skinner-dir). TV/Film: Queen of Knives (Amazon Prime and AppleTV), Kris Kringle (YouTube) www.robertanthonyjones.com Insta: justcallmeraj


Dani Marcus

Ms. Sherwood
(she/her) is delighted to be reunited with director, Chuck Ragsdale, having performed with him in the First National Tour of Tony Award winning A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder. She was seen Off-Broadway last year in Deadly Stages (Phoebe) and has done several shows with The National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene including, Amerike-The Golden Land and The Pirates of Penzance. Beloved Regional credits include, originating the role of Harriet in Jane Austen’s EMMA at The Old Globe and TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, Indecent (Chana) at Palm Beach Dramaworks, Lucky Stiff (Annabel) with Center REP, and Beach Blanket Babylon (Snow White). Along with co-creator and director, (and new husband) Tim Werenko, she co-wrote, co-produced and starred in the award-winning web series Running Lines, streaming on YouTube. Danimarcus.net


Bruce Winant

Mr. Filmore
is thrilled to spend the holidays again at the Fulton, appearing last year as Scrooge in A Christmas Carol. Also at the Fulton: Grandpa Joe in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Buster in Misery. Bruce has appeared in 9 Broadway shows including Les Miserables, Miss Saigon, Ragtime, An American In Paris, Chicago, Phantom of the Opera, Fiddler... and others. On TV: Your Friends and Neighbors, Law and Order, Law and Order SVU, The Good Fight, Marvelous Mrs Maisel, Bull, Blue Bloods, The West Wing, Star Trek: TNG and several others. Love to Kristin, Arden and Jayce. Thanks to Joey and Marc. www.brucewinant.com.


Elizabeth Mercier

Swing
Is thrilled to make her Fulton debut this holiday season! Before this, she spent the last year as a lead production vocalist with Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (Oceania Vista). Recent credits: Pretty Woman (Ens, U/S Vivian; Broadway Palm), Beautiful (U/S Betty & Marilyn; Walnut Street Theatre), Footloose (Ariel Moore; Revival Productions), and Hello, Dolly (Ens, U/S Ermengarde; Candlelight Dinner Theatre). Elizabeth would like to say a special thank you to family and friends for the continuous support!


John Murphy

Swing
John is grateful to return to the Fulton Theatre, where he last appeared in concert productions of The Secret Garden and Ragtime. Earlier this year, he concluded the National Tour of Look Both Ways with The Kennedy Center and made a cameo in Happy Gilmore 2. Other credits include Jekyll & Hyde (HDG Opera House); Spring Awakening (City Theater Company); Cinderella (Argyle Theatre); Home for the Holidays (Delaware Theater Company); Grease, Clue, Godspell, and Don’t Dress for Dinner (Millbrook Playhouse); and Into the Woods, Hello, Dolly!, and The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Candlelight Theatre); Snow White (Children Storybook Theater). Love and thanks to his family and the incredible creative team for letting him be a part of this wonderful theatrical life! IG: @johnpmurphymusic


Dasnielle Poznanovic

Swing
Danielle is ecstatic to be making her Fulton Theatre debut! Select Regional Credits: Carole Alternate in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (Broadway Palm); Lead Vocalist in Swing!, Ensemble/Jenna Cover in Waitress, Mrs. Hubbard in Murder on the Orient Express (Prather Productions); Jo March in Little Women (Servant Stage); Florika in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Riverside Center VA); Snow White Alternate/Swing in Disenchanted (Prima Theatre); Mrs. Walker in The Who’s Tommy (Thingamajig Theatre). Special thanks to Marc, Joey and the rest of the Fulton team, and love to Mom, Dad and Jeremy. Merry Christmas! @Danielle.poznanovic/ daniellepoznanovic.com


Ian Wettlaufer

Swing
Ian J. Wettlaufer is more than excited to be back at the Fulton with It’s a Wonderful Life. Recent credits include Jekyll and Hyde (Fulton), Heathers (Genesius), The Tempest (Lancaster Shakespeare Theatre), Big: the Musical (Genesius). He graduated from Millersville University with a B.S. in Speech Communications w/ a concentration in Theatre. He would like to thank his family and friends for their never-ending kindness and support


Creative Team

Chuck Ragsdale

Director


William James Mohney

Scenic Designer


Victoria Layser

Costume Designer


Bill Simmons

Lighting Designer


AJ Robbins

Sound Designer


Katelin Walsko

Props Designer


Joey Abramowicz

Casting Associate


Sofia Shirey

Production Stage Manager


Tirzah Byers

Production Assistant/Foley




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