Humorist Jean Shepherd’s memoir of growing up in the midwest in the 1940s follows 9-year-old Ralphie Parker in his quest to get a genuine Red Ryder BB gun under the tree for Christmas. 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 a lamp shaped like a woman’s leg in a net stocking; Ralphie’s fantasy scenarios and more. A Christmas Story is destined to become a theatrical holiday perennial.
Cast and Creative team for A Christmas Story at Biloxi Little Theatre
Cast
Ralph - Jay Huffstatler
Ralphie - AJ Wright
Mom - Vicky Mathews Burrage
The Old Man - Bill Collins
Miss Shields - Jessica Crosby
Flick - Mikey Richards
Schwartz - John Quave
Esther Jane - Bethany Webster
Helen Weathers- Gracie Mills
Randy - Aidan Fayard
Scut Farkas/Black Bart - Trace Bush
Toadie - Killian McCaleb
Santa Claus - Dan Murphy
Evil Elves - Dosha Quave
Jadey Olivia Kramer
Desperado One - Austin Thomas
Voiceovers/Desperado Two - Radio Announcer etc - Dimitri Schwartz
Mall Rats - Chloe Nguyen, Victoria Robinson, Joseph Agler
Lead Mall Rat - Andy Baygents
Students - Nolan Halat, Emma Robinson, Madelyne Lenaz, Katelyn Richards
Student Extras- Cierra Kramer, Shugee Theriot
Production Team
Brandy Mills - Director
Apryl Lyn Hall - Assistant Director
David Lee and Bill Collins -Set Build
Kyle Francis Finan - Stage Manager
Charlene Deaton - Production Manager
Costumes- Dolive Richards
Lights - Kyle Murphy
Sound - Raymond Mata
Student Production Team
Student Assistant Director -Erin Schlitz
Student Stage Manager - Gabrielle Tina Hebert Baygents
Student Production Manager - Shelby Tapper
Student Make Up Designers- Cassidy and Colby Logue
Student Props Mistress- Faith Webster
Student Props Person- Linda Little