Downers Grove resident featured in BrightSide Theatre's "It's A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play"

Tin Penavic states that “the most exciting thing about this show is the way we will be able to transport  a modern audience to watch a period radio broadcast for the first time and see their reactions to the process that it was.  I play multiple characters in the show and I connect the most with Peter Bailey, George’s father, although all of them are a joy to play.”  The most challenging for this show is, “creating a distinct persona for each character and making sure the audience will remember them during the course of the show,”  Penavic says.  But the chance for his family, especially his young son, to see him perform in this show is most rewarding. 

Tin’s credits with BrightSide include: Run for your Wife, God of Carnage, Moonlight and Magnolias and most recently Bleacher Bums. 

Celebrate this holiday season by gathering your friends and family of all ages and step back in time to 1946 on Christmas Eve at the WBST Radio Studios and be a part of the live audience broadcast of “It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play.”  Watch as 5 actors bring this beloved American classic to captivating life as they play 50 different characters, create all the live sound effects and perform the music in this inventive retelling of the timeless story.  With the perfect blend of Christmas cheer and theatrical magic, audiences will fall in love all over again with George Bailey and the angel named Clarence who saved his life on Christmas Eve.

Location: Theatre at Meiley-Swallow Hall, 31 S. Ellsworth, Naperville

Dates: November 28-December 14

Curtain Times: Fridays & Saturdays at 8 pm, Saturdays and Sundays at 3 pm (no matinee on 11/29)

Tickets: $25  Seniors/Students $23  www.brightsidetheatre.com or call 630-637 7469 (SHOW)

Audience members will be invited to bring a wrapped toy to place under the Christmas tree on the set or make a monetary donation to DuPage County Toys for Tots.  One pair of tickets to BrightSide Theatre’