Georgia Shakespeare Presents A CHRISTMAS STORY 10/16

Georgia Shakespeare announces the regional premiere of A Christmas Story, directed by Drew Fracher, written 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 Rob Clark and based on the book In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash by Jean Shepherd. The cast is announced, following the final round of "The Search for Ralphie" on October 16. "The Search for Ralphie" was a series of city-wide open call auditions conducted in September, with semi-finals and finals in October. The show runs December 7-26; evening performances begin at 7pm.

The 25TH Anniversary Season closes with the perennial favorite, A Christmas Story. Ralphie Parker wants just one thing for Christmas, just one thing: An Official Red Ryder Carbine-Action 200-Shot Range Model BB Rifle with a Compass in the Stock. But can Ralphie survive the last several days before Christmas and overcome the seemingly insurmountable obstacles to his owning the precious Red Ryder BB gun? "You'll shoot your eye out, kid."

"We are thrilled to bring this family classic to life on our stage," said Producing Artistic Director Richard Garner. "This production wraps up our highly successful 25th Anniversary Season and I can't think of better way to bring it to a close. A Christmas Story captures the magic of the holiday season and offers a new holiday tradition for all of Atlanta!"

"The Search for Ralphie" took place across Atlanta over successive weekends in September. The judges were: radio and TV personalities Holly Firfer and Tom Sullivan; Atlanta-based actor Brad Sherrill; Whole World Improv Theatre's Artistic Director Chip Powell; Georgia Shakespeare's Producing Artistic Director Richard Garner and Education Director Allen O'Reilly, and Director Drew Fracher. The judges saw over 150 auditions throughout the open calls and callbacks. The cast will be announced soon.

Georgia Shakespeare is grateful for its sponsors
Season Sponsors: AirTran Airways, Bank of America, The Georgia Council for the Arts, Oglethorpe University
Shake at the Lake Sponsors: Presenting Sponsor Bank of America, The Kendeda Fund, The Coca-Cola Company, The Charles Loridans Foundation, CornerCap Investment Counsel, Alston + Bird, LLP
Summer Festival Sponsor: CornerCap Investment Counsel
Shrew: the Musical Sponsor: Callner, Portnoy and Strawser PC, PBA:30, Reporter Newpapers
The Odyssey: a Journey Home Sponsors: DocAuto, Inc., Turner Broadcasting. Funding also provided by The National Endowment for the Arts
A Christmas Story: Publix Super Markets Charities
Georgia Shakespeare is supported in part by the Georgia Council for the Arts, through appropriation of the General Assembly. The Council is a Partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes a great nation deserves great art.

We are also grateful to our hosts for "The Search for Ralphie"
The AJC Decatur Book Festival
Imagine It! The Children's Museum of Atlanta
Chocolate Perks, Duluth
Bloomingdale's Lenox Square
The "Atlanta Parent Magazine" Block Party

ABOUT GEORGIA SHAKESPEARE
Founded in 1985, Georgia Shakespeare creates thoughtful, bold and passionate interpretations of a diverse body of work rooted in Shakespeare and branching out to embrace the best writers and ideas of all eras. On the stage and through educational programming, we strive to entertain, to ignite the imagination and to creatively explore the journey of the human spirit. Our vision is to make Georgia Shakespeare a national model for establishing a welcoming creative home where artists and audiences unite in a shared discovery of the power of adventurous classic theatre. Georgia Shakespeare is a proud member of Theatre Communications Group, Shakespeare Theatre Association of America, Southeastern Theatre Conference, League of Resident Theatres (LORT), and Atlanta Coalition of Performing Arts.

Georgia Shakespeare is the Professional Theater in Residence at Oglethorpe University, and is located at 4484 Peachtree Rd NE,?Atlanta, GA 30319.

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