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'It's A Wonderful Life' in theater
The Ti Festival Guild Players are presenting the famous story
by Lohr McKinstry
The Ticonderoga Festival Guild Players are preparing to perform "It's A Wonderful Life, A Live Radio Play." From right are Tim Blanchard, Nicole Kristensen, Chris Fingland, Ellen Leonforte, Chet Lastowski, Maletta Hourgan, and Mike Donahue.
TICONDEROGA – The Ticonderoga Festival Guild Players are currently in rehearsal for "It's A Wonderful Life, A Live Radio Play."
This production by Joe Landry "will give the audience a welcome break from a 24-hour-a-day news cycle and take us back to a simple, whimsical, gentle holiday time," guild Director Judy Walker said.
The theater will be transformed into a 1940s radio studio where six actors will deliver the lines of all the characters from the classic Frank Capra film starring Jimmy Stewart.
The show is supported by a retro sound technician, using things like cornflakes, garbage cans, combs and wind chimes to supply the sound effects for this Christmas play.
"It's A Wonderful Life," directed by Vincent Smith, will delight the entire family, Walker said.
The play will run from Thursday, Dec. 8, through Saturday, Dec. 10, with evening performances at 7 p.m. On Sunday, Dec. 11, there will be a 1 p.m. matinee.
All performances will be at the Ticonderoga Community Building on 134 Montcalm St. in Ticonderoga. Tickets are available at Libby's Bakery Café or the Ticonderoga Natural Foods Co-Op, both on Montcalm Street in Ticonderoga. Ticket information is also available by calling Walker at (518) 984-0088.
This program is made possible, in part, with funds from the Decentralization Program of the State Council on the Arts, and administered by the Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts.
The play will be produced by special arrangement with Playscripts Inc.
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