A Christmas Story, written by Philip Grecian, is based on the 1983 film, written by Jean Shepherd, Leigh Brown and Bob Clark, and In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash by Jean Shepherd. The Studio Arena production is directed by John McCluggage. In this nostalgic family favorite, nine-year-old Ralphie’s quest for a Red Ryder BB gun gets repeatedly thwarted by warnings of, “You’ll shoot your eye out!” The stage version comes complete with an exploding furnace, a gaudy leg lamp and the ill-fated lamppost experiment based on the sinister “triple-dog dare.”
There is no performance on Christmas Eve, but there are additional performances on Thursday, December 15 at 2pm and Monday, December 26 at 7pm.