A Christmas Story, the underground classic holiday film, comes to life on stage thanks to the Acadia Players.
Humorist Jean Shepherd's memoir of growing up in the Midwest of the 1940's follows 11-year-old Ralphie Parker in his quest to get a genuine Red Ryder BB gun under the tree for Christmas in Hohman, Indiana. Ralphie pleads his case before his mother, his teacher and even Santa Claus himself, at Goldblatt's Department Store. The consistent response: "You'll shoot your eye out." All the elements from the beloved motion picture are here, including the family's temperamental exploding furnace; Scut Farkas, the school bully; the boys' experiment with a wet tongue on a cold lamppost; the Little Orphan Annie decoder pin: Ralphie's father winning the lamp shaped like a woman's leg in fishnet stockings; Ralphie's fantasy scenarios and more.
The show runs November 26th and 27th at 7 p.m. and November 28th at 3 p.m. at the Grand Opera House in Crowley. Tickets are $12 for adults and $8 for children and students. For more information or to purchase tickets online, visit www.acadiaplayers.com.
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