A Christmas Story at Mesa Arts Center

CHRISTMAS STORY is an affectionate, wacky, and wryly realistic portrayal of an American Family’s typical Christmas joys and travails in small-town Depression-era Indiana. The play, made into one of the most-watched Christmas films of our time, is based on the autobiographical stories of Jean Shepherd growing up in Indiana. It's Christmas time and there's only one thing on Ralphie Parker's Christmas list this year- a Red Ryder Carbine Action 200-Shot Range Model Air Rifle- but many obstacles stand in the way of his dream, because every adult that he confronts keeps telling him he'll shoot his eye out. Meanwhile, the Old Man just got a major award (a lamp shaped like a woman's leg), and Mom is making sure the Old Man doesn't come near her turkey. Christmas is drawing nearer and Ralphie visits Santa at the department store in hopes of asking him for his dream gift. Will he receive it? Let's hope so! Produced in cooperation with Dramatic Publishing, Inc. Presented by Mesa Encore Theatre at the Nesbitt/Elliott Playhouse.