A Christmas Story
By Philip Grecian
December 2 - 18, 2022
"Grecian's script retains Shepherd's wry, tongue-in-cheek humor." — Orange County Register
Produced by special arrangement with THE DRAMATIC PUBLISHING COMPANY of Woodstock, Illinois.
Cast & Production
Cast
Ralphie Parker
  Brycen Richter +
  Everett Poe *
Ralph Parker
  Randy Margison
Esther Jane Alberry
- Penny Badtke +
Kiera Koczorowski *
Flick
- Cooper Stavrou +
Lily Honaker *
Helen Weathers
- Lily Turner
Miss Shields
- Roseanne Mader
Mother
- Janice Zimmerman
Schwartz
- Justice O’Dowd
The Old Man
- Kevin Kelly
RandyÂ
- Danica Larson +
Clara Poe *
Santa ClausÂ
- Jim Kelleher
Scut FarkusÂ
- Dakota Walk
Black Bart & Leg Lamp Delivery Man
- Kyle Poe
Red Ryder
- Matthew Craig
EnsembleÂ
- Hailey Badtke
Matthew Craig
Elliot Joung
Olivia Steffen
+ indicates Candy Cane Cast
* indicates Jingle Bell Cast
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Creative Team
- Author
- Philip Grecian
- Based On
- The motion picture A Christmas Story, ©1983 Turner Entertainment Co., distrbuted by Warner Bros., written by Jean Shepherd, Leigh Brown, and Bob Clark; and on the book In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash by Jean Shepherd.
- Director
- Regina Reynolds
- Producer
- Darius Russelle
- Stage Manager
- Janice Albrecht
- Set Designer
- Art Jones
- Set Construction
- Jim Sands
Matthew Craig - Set Painters & Dressers
- Regina Reynolds
Miranda Monticelli - Light DesignÂ
- Ken Albrecht
- Light Tech
- Ken Albrecht
- Sound DesignÂ
- Gene LeFave
- Sound Tech
- Ken Albrecht
- Costume CoordinationÂ
- Regina Reynolds
Lindsey Yates-Badtke - Props
- Janice Albrecht
- Fight Captains
- Adam Armstrong
Isaac Armstrong - Puppet Crafter
- Kathy LeFave
Mitten & Scarf Crafter Emilia Reynolds
Publicity
- Michelle Self
- Photography
- Iva Trocke
Poster Hanger
- Glenn Szalkowski
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About The Show
Humorist Jean Shepherd’s memoir of growing up in the midwest in the 1940s follows 9-year-old Ralphie Parker in his quest to get a genuine Red Ryder BB gun under the tree for Christmas. Ralphie pleads his case before his mother, his teacher and even Santa Claus himself at Higbee’s Department Store. The consistent response: “You’ll shoot your eye out!” All the elements from the beloved motion picture are here, including the family’s temperamental exploding furnace; Scut Farkas, the school bully; the boys’ experiment with a wet tongue on a cold lamppost; the Little Orphan Annie decoder pin; Ralphie’s father winning a lamp shaped like a woman’s leg in a net stocking; Ralphie’s fantasy scenarios and more. A Christmas Story is destined to become a theatrical holiday perennial.
