"It's a Wonderful Life" Returns to Havre de Grace

Imagine a time before television was king and radio ruled the airwaves. It was an age when everyone tuned in to hear Amos and Andy, The Lone Ranger or The Shadow.

On December 12, 2015, the Lewis Lane Players (the Havre de Grace Drama Guild’s community theater troupe) will yet again be offering a unique opportunity to relive this time gone by and be part of the “studio audience” for a live radio play adaptation of a Christmas classic. Returning for it’s second year, “It’s a Wonderful Life! A Live Radio Play” is coming to Havre de Grace.

George Bailey grew up a wide-eyed dreamer. He had grand plans to travel the world and build great things. But one circumstance after another kept pulling him back to the small town of his childhood, Bedford Falls. George constantly puts others before himself, but when his self-sacrificing lifestyle causes everything around him to collapse, he finds himself standing on a bridge contemplating ending his own life. Only the intervention of Angel Second Class Clarence Oddbody, who shows George what the world would be like if he had never been born, makes George realize just what a wonderful life he has.

Actors with the Lewis Lane Players will be portraying these classic roles and creating sound effects that stimulate the imagination right before the eyes and ears of our “studio audience,” just like they were in the radio shows of the 20s, 30s and 40s.

There is only one performance of this show, on Saturday, December 12 at 7:00 pm. The show will be at the Lewis Lane Players’ home “black box” theater, “Theater 351,” inside the Havre de Grace Activity Center, 351 Lewis Lane (next to the middle school). Tickets are $10 for adults and $8 for children (0-11) and seniors (55+). Tickets may be purchased in advance inside the Parks & Recreation office of the Activity Center, Monday through Friday from 9:00 am to 4:30 pm, or online at the Havre de Grace Drama Guild’s website.

Given the limited seating, it is highly likely that this show could sell out, so patrons are advised to get their tickets ahead of time. Tickets will be available at the door only if there are seats remaining.

Bring in the holidays with this Christmas classic courtesy of the Lewis Lane Players!