George Bailey, Clarence, and the Bedford Falls community will come to life this Christmas season in December, in a fresh, inventive reimagining of the beloved holiday story. It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play will perform three shows at Great Oaks Banquets & Events Theater on December 11th at 7:30 PM, December 15th at 2:00 PM, and December 18th at 7:30 PM.

Provision Theater Artistic Director Timothy Gregory will direct this ensemble of local actors featuring all the well known, and some not so well known, characters of the iconic town of Bedford Falls. The performers will also help in the creation of a full range of live, playful sound effects and music that will lift up the show.

Hailed as “magical” by The Boston Globe and “ fresh and inventive” by the Chicago Sun-Times, It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play transposes the cinematic classic to the theater by staging the story as if it was a live radio broadcast in front of a studio audience. Five actors perform the voices of dozens of characters while creating foley sound effects. As in the movie, everyman George Bailey must learn that “no man is a failure who has friends” (and a little divine intervention), when he must face off against local robber baron (and all around curmudgeon) Henry F. Potter. It’s a surefire reminder of what the holiday Christmas season is all about.

Great Oaks Banquets & Events Theater on…

December 11th at 7:30 PM – Tickets $25 per person, $10 (ages 10 & under) – Show Only
December 15th at 2:00 PM – Tickets $25 per person, $10 (ages 10 & under) – Show Only
December 15th at 2:00 PM – “Dinner & Show” (meal 12:30 PM and show 2:00 PM) $50/ticket (Adults), $25/ticket (ages 10 & under)
December 18th at 7:30 PM – Tickets $25 per person, $10 (ages 10 & under) – Show Only

Dinner can be purchased separately in Great Oaks Banquet Hall prior to the Dec 11th & 18th Wednesday evening performances. Our Sunday, Dec 15th performance at 2:00 PM offers the dinner theater option of a full lunch meal starting at 12:30 PM. So, that’s dinner and a show all for $50 in the Great Oaks Banquet Hall prior to the performance if you want to make it a truly memorable Christmas experience with the loved ones.