THEATRE PROGRAM
Adapted by Philip Grecian
Based on the memoir by Jean Shepherd
Directed by Brett Kelly
December 27-30, 2023
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.
Ralph – Peter Whittaker
Ralphie – Chance Kelly
Mother– Elle Attson
The Old Man – Bernie Horton
Randy – Grayson Kelly
Miss Shields – Michelle Makitra Robb
Flick – Cameron Pereira
Schwartz– Milo Tibbits
Esther Jane– Molly Penton
Helen – Evelyn Park
Scut Farkas – Connor Corcoran
Desperado – Michaela Agnew
Black Bart – Cameron Wood