Join Palestine Community Theatre (PCT) at the historic Texas Theatre in downtown Palestine, 213 W. Crawford, for some Christmas fun and music as they present “A 1940s Radio Christmas Carol,” the long-awaited sequel to the popular “The 1940’s Radio Hour.”
It’s Christmas Eve, 1943, and the Feddington Players, as portrayed by several PCT veterans, are now broadcasting from a hole-in-the-wall studio in Newark, NJ, and set to present their contemporary “take” on Dickens’s “A Christmas Carol.”
Whether it’s the noisy plumbing, missed cues, electrical blackouts, or the over-the-top theatrics of veteran actor, but radio novice, William St. Claire, this radio show is an entertaining excursion into the mayhem and madness of a live radio show. St. Claire’s escalating foibles and acting missteps propel the show to a simultaneously comedic and heart-wrenching dramatic climax: St. Claire has an on-air breakdown, and begins to connect his own life with that of the classic Dickens tale.
In order to “save the show,” the company improvises an ending to Charles Dickens’ classic as a film noir mystery, featuring a hardboiled detective, a femme fatale, and an absurd rescue of Tiny Tim (and the Lindbergh baby) from the clutches of a Hitler-esque villain named Rudolf!
Seamlessly combining drama and comedy, heartbreak and hope, “A 1940’s Radio Christmas Carol” will sing its way into your heart. Step back in time with the Feddington Players, and get into the holiday spirit with “A 1940s Radio Christmas Carol” directed by PCT veteran, John W. Lamb.
This Christmas, live stage production will open Thursday, December 8, with curtain at 7:30 PM, and there will be a complimentary reception on Friday, December 9, at 6:30 PM before the show.
Tickets for all performances are available at the door, Palestine Chamber of Commerce, Palestine Visitors Center, Blake Furniture, Discount Pools, and the PCT website, www.thetexastheater.com/ticket-info.html.
Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for students ages 4 to 18. You have only four chances (Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 7:30 PM and Sunday at 2:00 PM) to see the show, so get your tickets early.
The attached picture is of the cast during rehearsal. Should anyone wish to visit a rehearsal prior to opening for other pictures and/or interviews with the cast, dress rehearsals will begin next Tuesday, Nov. 29, at 6:30 p.m. There are rehearsals Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays at 6:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2:00 p.m. Press Night will be Tuesday, December 6, at 6:30 p.m. All will be at the Texas Theatre.
