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URL:https://kingstonhappenings.org/events/a-christmas-story-the-play/
SUMMARY:A Christmas Story ! The Play
DESCRIPTION:CENTERstage Productions is thrilled to present the play adaptat
 ion of A Christmas Story by Philip Grecian. Based on the motion picture A 
 Christmas Story\, © 1983 Turner Entertainment Co.\, distributed 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. Directed by 
 Rik Lopes.\nHumorist Jean Shepherd's memoir of growing up in the midwest i
 n the 1940s follows 9-year-old Ralphie Parker in his quest to get a genuin
 e Red Ryder BB gun under the tree for Christmas. Ralphie pleads his case b
 efore his mother\, his teacher and even Santa Claus himself at Higbee's De
 partment Store. The consistent response: "You'll shoot your eye out!" All 
 the elements from the beloved motion picture are here\, including the fami
 ly's temperamental exploding furnace\; Scut Farkas\, the school bully\; th
 e boys' experiment with a wet tongue on a cold lamppost\; the Little Orpha
 n 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 Christma
 s Story is destined to become a theatrical holiday perennial.\nFeaturing H
 arvey Ryan (Ralphie Parker)\, Eric Ryan (Ralph Parker)\, Molly Feibel (Mot
 her)\, Howie Riggs (The Old Man)\, Eli Molinaro (Randy)\, Jessica Boyd (Mi
 ss Shields)\, Tatiyana Tillman (Flick)\, Luke Pomeroy (Schwartz)\, Linus R
 amakrishnan (Scut Farkus)\, Coraline Dell’Amore (“Toady”)\, Abby Kle
 in (Esther Jane)\, and Lois Musgrove (Helen). The ensemble includes Jill B
 esterfield\, Ronnie Carlson\, Liz Crew\, Brooke Dye-Fuentes\, Kathleen Kle
 in\, Archer Ryan\, Conan Ryan\, Lou Simone\, and Shawn Wodraska.\nPRODUCED
  BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT WITH THE DRAMATIC PUBLISHING COMPANY OF WOODSTOCK\
 , ILLINOIS\n\n\nDecember 5–21\, 2025Fridays at 8 PMSaturdays at 8 PM\, 3
  PM Matinees on December 6 &amp\; 20Sundays at 3 PM\nTickets $25\n\n
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 entertainment,Theater
LOCATION:Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck\, \, 
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