It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play |
December 12 — December 23It’s a Wonderful Life, one of the all-time classic Christmas stories, comes to life onstage in a 1940s-style radio broadcast. Join Simon Helberg as the down-on-his-luck George Bailey whose guardian angel shows him what his town would have been like had he never been born. This timeless masterpiece guarantees to warm your heart this holiday season.
Adapted by Joe Landry
From the screenplay by Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, Frank Capra, and Jo Swerling
Directed by Cameron Watson
80 minutes, no intermission
Tickets start at $25
Members receive 20% off
Cast
Creative Team
Cameron Watson (Director)
Cameron returns to the Playhouse after directing last year’s Miracle on 34th Street. He directed the critically-acclaimed revivals of The Little Foxes and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at Antaeus Theatre Company, and the world premiere of Sharr White’s Stupid Kid at The Road Theatre. Other credits include The City of Conversation (Ensemble Theatre Company), Cock (Rogue Machine), All My Sons (The Matrix), Trying (The Colony), I Never Sang for My Father (New American Theatre), I Capture the Castle (Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey) and Rolling with Laughter in London’s West End. Cameron wrote and directed the Miramax feature film Our Very Own, starring Allison Janney in an Independent Spirit Award-nominated performance. He created the hit comedy series Break a Hip, which just garnered Christina Pickles a 2018 Primetime Emmy Award. Online: breakahip.com.
Joe Landry (Playwright)
Joe Landry’s plays have been produced across the country and internationally, and include It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play, Reefer Madness, Vintage Hitchcock: A Live Radio Play, Eve & Co., Beautiful, Hollywood Babylon, and Numb. Mr. Landry attended Playwright’s Horizons/NYU, founded Second Guess Theatre Company in Connecticut and is a member of the Dramatists Guild of America. He is currently developing new projects for the stage and screen.
Kate Bergh (Costume Designer)
Casa Valentina (LADCC Award, Ovation Nomination), Miracle on 34th Street, Art, Sleepless in Seattle, Amahl and the Night Visitors (Pasadena Playhouse). School for Lies, City of Conversation, Metamorphosis, Woyzcek (Ensemble Theatre), Hopscotch, the Mobile Opera (The Industry with Ann Closs-Farley), 100 Aprils, Super Variety Match Bonus Round, Bled for the Household Truth, Cock (Rogue Machine), Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally (Theater Planners), The Graduate, Twelve Angry Men (Laguna Playhouse), Gigi, Cabaret (Backstage Garland Award; Reprise Theatre), Prisoner of Second Avenue (El Portal Theatre), Side Show, Shrek the Musical (3D Theatricals – Ovation Nomination), The House in Scarsdale (Theatre at Boston Court). Kate works in all mediums telling stories with costumes – theater, opera, dance, film, television, commercials.
Jared A. Sayeg (Lighting Designer)
Pasadena Playhouse: Shout Sister Shout!, Casa Valentina, Breaking Through, Kiss Me Kate, Under My Skin, ART, Blues for an Alabama Sky. His designs have been seen throughout the U.S., Broadway, Off-Broadway, West-End, Canada, Spain, Edinburgh & Las Vegas. National Tours: Blithe Spirit starring Angela Lansbury, The Who’s Tommy with Alice Ripley, Queen of Spades starring Placido Domingo (Madrid) and Rolling with Laughter at Her Majesty’s Theatre (West-End). Broadway: The Illusionists, Bravo Bernstein, Gotham Glory (Carnegie Hall) and was on the design teams for: PRIMO, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Woman in White and Radio City Christmas Spectacular. Principal designer for the USA International Ballet Competitions. Youngest member of the United Scenic Artists- Local 829 and serves as a trustee to the executive board.Online: www.jaslighting.com
Jeff Gardner (Sound Designer & Foley Artist)
Jeff is excited to be back again for the Holidays. He previously performed foley at the Playhouse for Miracle On 34th Street. Previous designs include The Cake (Geffen Playhouse), The Madwoman Of Chaillot, A Raisin In The Sun and Noises Off (A Noise Within); Native Son, The Hothouse and Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (The Antaeus Company); Trevor (Circle X Theatre), Les Blancs and Honky (Rogue Machine); The Recommendation (IAMA Theatre Company), Her Portmanteau (Boston Court Pasadena) and Dry Land (Kirk Douglas, Block Party). Jeff can also be seen performing live sound effects for L.A. Theatre Works and is resident sound designer for the Westridge School in Pasadena. Online: jeffthomasgardner.net
Jennifer Slattery (Production Stage Manager)
Pasadena Playhouse: Our Town, King Charles III, Belleville, Bordertown Now, and Native Gardens (ASM). Broadway: Bullets Over Broadway, Spider- Man: Turn Off the Dark, Guys and Dolls, Oleanna, and Cry-Baby. Other NYC: The Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Heading East (The Asia Society), NY2022, Shir a Shalom (Guggenheim Works & Process). Regional: Next to Normal (East West Players), Restoration Comedy, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Titus Andronicus, Othello (The Old Globe), and work with La Jolla Playhouse, New Harmony/USI, the Rude Mechs, 7 Devils Playwrights Conference, and ZACH Theatre. Jenny is on the faculty at California Institute of the Arts. Education: MFA (UCSD), MA (UT Austin), and BA (University of Florida).
Jordan E. Moore (Assistant Stage Manager)
Jordan is thrilled to return to the Pasadena Playhouse after having previously interned as a stage manager for their production of Culture Clash’s Bordertown Now. She has also interned as a part of the Production Management team at The John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in Washington DC. There, she worked on high-profile events such as “The Mark Twain Prize for American Humor”, “The Kennedy Center Honors”, and the Suzanne Farrell Ballet Company’s All-Balanchine Program. She is currently in her 2nd year of pursuing her MFA in Stage Management from California Institute of the Arts.
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