It's a Wonderful Life: The Radio Play at The Theater Project
Dates: 11/29/2025 - 11/30/2025
📍 Theatre: The Theater Project
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The Theater Project’s twenty-year tradition continues with a live radio play rendition of It's a Wonderful Life, performed on November 29-30 in Summit, NJ. The production features Matt McCarthy and Anna Gunderson as George and Mary Bailey, alongside a talented ensemble including Emily Bonaria, Lee DeCecco, and several young actors. Audiences will experience the nostalgic charm of a 1947 radio broadcast, complete with real-time sound effects, as the story of redemption and community unfolds. Director Mark Spina emphasizes the show's importance as an expression of gratitude and connection during the holiday season.
Cast and Creative Team for It's a Wonderful Life: The Radio Play at The Theater Project
Cast
Brian Madden
Ensemble
Lynn Marie Macy
Ensemble
Jeff Maschi
Ensemble
Brian Parks
Ensemble
Terry Nickerson
Ensemble
Dalton Gorden
Ensemble
Skylar Bellew
Ensemble
Emma Jordan
Ensemble
Gary Glor
Ensemble
Aubrey McCarthy
Ensemble
Sophia Rivas
Ensemble
Kavin Vyas
Ensemble
Andre DeSandies
Ensemble
Lee DeCecco
Ensemble
Emily Bonaria
Ensemble
Anna Gunderson
Mary Bailey
Matt McCarthy
George Bailey
Creative Team
Joel Allegretti
Press Representative
Mark Spina
Director
News About It's a Wonderful Life: The Radio Play at The Theater Project
The Theater Project Shares Year-End Roundup
December 23, 2020 Artistic Director Mark Spina notes that The Theater Project (TPP) was “off to a running start” in January 2020. Having just moved to their new home in Union, TPP was running their monthly new play reading series, Opening Nights in the Afternoon, and had just wrapped up their one-act play competition.
The Theater Project Presents IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE A RADIO PLAY
December 03, 2020 For over twenty years, IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE: THE RADIO PLAY has been an integral part of The Theater Project’s repertoire––and a Union holiday tradition for the last five. While so many things must change in celebrating the holidays this year, TTP is offering its yearly holiday staple to help keep community traditions alive.About the Theatre
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