Miracle on 34th Street and Other Gifts at Dukesbay Theater

Join our actors in the 1940s “radio studio” as they perform shows designed to pique the imagination, live on microphone with live sound effects. The evening's main event will be a late 1940s adaptation of the holiday classic Miracle on 34th Street; A second radio show, a Christmas episode of Father Knows Best, will be performed as the evening’s first act, with vintage radio commercials sprinkled liberally throughout the shows.

In Miracle on 34th Street, an older gentleman going by the name of Kris Kringle fills in for an intoxicated Santa in Macy’s annual Thanksgiving Day parade and is such a hit that he is soon appearing regularly at the chain’s main store. When Kringle surprises everyone by claiming to actually be Santa Claus, it leads to a court case to determine the state of his mental health, his authenticity, and the meaning of these things to his lawyer and a woman and her daughter who have grown close to him.

Acting in this production are Christian Carvajal, Jimmy Gilletti, Joseph Grant, Simone Jolly, Otto Kelley, Nicole Lockett, Tim Samland, Ben Stahl, and Andrea Weston-Smart. The show is directed by James Venturini, who also provides the show’s live sound effects.