Meet Ralphie! Tyler Sautner Leads Phoenix Productions' A CHRISTMAS STORY

Linden resident Tyler Sautner will be playing the lead role in Phoenix Productions' upcoming November revival of A Christmas Story. This show will take place at the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank for a two-weekend run beginning November 11th.

Tyler is a well-known young actor and member of the Linden community. He is a middle schooler, and makes his debut with Phoenix Productions after performing in academic and community theatre around New Jersey.

In A Christmas Story, plays the iconic Ralphie, the central character whose only dream for Christmas is to own a "Red Ryder Action BB Gun with a compass in the stock and this thing that tells time." According to Tyler, " Ralphie is this innocent character who really wants this BB gun. I can relate to him because there's something that he really wants and and he's willing to try different types of things to get it," Tyler does a job of bringing his humor, personality and voice toward bringing A Christmas Story in such way that many at his age

A Christmas Story is a new musical version of the classic movie comes to the Count Basie Theatre stage for the holiday season. A Christmas Story takes place in the 1940s in Indiana, and focuses on Ralphie, a daydreamer who spends his days counting down to Christmas and his dream present -- a Red Ryder BB Gun. All of the classic movie's best-loved moments are here, including the Old Man's leg-shaped lamp, the tongue-on-a-flagpole scene, the bunny suit, the Santa slide and, all of Ralphie's extravagant daydreams. Join Ralphie in his quest for his Red Ryder BB Gun at this big Broadway musical, complete with dazzling dance numbers and gorgeous sets -- but be careful not to "shoot your eye out"!

Performances will be on Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm, and Sundays at 3pm, with its run concluding on September 25th. Tickets are available at the Count Basie Theatre Box Office and can be purchased in person at 99 Monmouth Street, Red Bank, N.J, by phone at 732-842-9000, or online at www.countbasietheatre.org.

Phoenix Productions is a Red Bank non-profit theatre organization that has produced more than a hundred full-scale revivals of Broadway musicals since 1988. For more information on Phoenix Productions or upcoming shows, visit www.phoenixredbank.com.