'Amahl and the Night Visitors' and 'The Gift of the Magi' Come to Leddy Center 12/2

Director Elaine Gatchell presents two musical Christmas love stories, Dec. 2-11, portraying the essence of our holiday season. Gian Carlo Menotti's immeasurebly beautiful "Amahl and the Night Visitors" is the poignant story of an 8 year old crippled boy, played by 8 year old Ryan Dever of Exeter, who lives alone with his mother and is visited by three Kings. The mother is exquisitely played by Jessica Squire of Portsmouth. The three Kings are Don Latham of Hampstead as Kaspar, Paul Gustavson of Danville as Melchior, and Craig Johnson of Epping as Balthasar. Including a chorus of shepherds performing Menotti's gorgeous, Shepherds Arise! this is a Christmas love story you will not soon forget.

Sheila Allen-Harris of Epping and Don LaDuke of Litchfield take on the famous roles of Della and Jim in O. Henry's classic Christmas love story, "The Gift of the Magi". With music by Peter Ekstrom, this story will be the magnificent second act of the Leddy musicals of Christmas love presentations.

"Amahl and the Night Visitors" and "The Gift of the Magi" are sponsored by Ben Franklin/ACE Hardware in Raymond, NH and DF Richard Energy Group. Tickets are $18. and $16., depending upon seating. Reserve your tickets on line at leddycenter.org or by calling the box office at 603-679-2781, Monday through Friday, from 3pm to 5pm. Shows are Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30pm and Sundays and one Wednesday, Dec. 7, at 2pm, Leddy Center is a non-profit 501c3 NH Arts and Education Organization.