At the end of the evening, I found myself with a big smile on my face and a warm glow in my heart as I stood to applaud the performers.
It's easy to get caught up in both the magic of live performance and the touching story of It's a Wonderful Life.
At OCT, It's a Wonderful Life is a wonderful show!
If you’re up for a fresh take on [It's A Wonderful Life], though, you couldn’t do better than this radio play version
If you’re up for a fresh take on [It's A Wonderful Life], though, you couldn’t do better than this radio play version
Carlos Lopez
Jake Laurents (George Bailey)
A Portland native and a recent graduate of Southern Oregon University, Carlos has been working at the the Oregon Shakespeare Festival for the last two years and will be returning in 2015 to understudy the role of Elliot in Happiest Song Plays Last. It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play is Carlos' debut at the Oregon Cabaret Theatre.
Alyssa Birrer
Sally Applewhite (Mary Hatch)
Alyssa is graduating from Southern Oregon University with a BFA in Theatre in 2015 and has appeared as Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors, Clara in The Light in the Piazza, Veronica in God of Carnage and Rita in Lucky Stiff during her tenure. In 2015, she will be in both Guys and Dolls and Head Over Heels at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Alyssa is thrilled to be making her Cabaret debut and looks forward to sharing this beautiful story throughout the holidays.
Heather Lundstedt
Lana Sherwood (Violet, Rose Bailey, and others)
Heather is delighted to be spending the holidays in beautiful Ashland telling this story. Most recently she was seen at Moonlight Amphitheatre playing Brenda Strong in Catch Me if You Can. Selected credits: Pirates of Finance, NYC; The Music Man (Marian), L.A.; Sweeney Todd, L.A.; Phantom (Christine), L.A. Love to David.
John Stadelman
Harry “Jazzbo” Heywood (Clarence, Martini, and more)
John has been acting, writing, and directing around the Rogue Valley long enough now to accept the term “veteran perfomer” with relative equanimity. As an actor, he has worked locally with O.S.F., the Rogue Music Theatre, and O.C.T. As a director, he’s helmed everything from Ashland High School’s The Music Man to Juneau Civic Light Opera’s production of Candide. John has also appeared in Portland at the Portland Repertory Theatre, in Sacramento with "MusicCircus", and in the Bay area with the Berkeley Shakespeare Festival. and Center Rep. Favorite roles include 'David' in Voice of the Prairie, 'Mark Dolson' in Mass Appeal, and 'Jerry' in The Holiday Broadcast of 1943 (which he also wrote).
Scott Ford
Freddie Filmore (Announcer, Potter, and others)
OCT patrons may remember Scott Ford as the Lion in The Wizard of Panto as well as Pasha Pooba and the Genie in OCT’s production of Ali Baba. Scott brings years of radio and voiceover experience to his numerous characters in OCT’s production of, It’s A Wonderful Life.
About the Show
The beloved holiday classic is brought to the Cabaret stage as a radio play!
Adapted by Joe Landry, It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play is a nostalgic blend of holiday cheer and theatrical magic. You'll fall in love all over again with George Bailey, his family, and his guardian angel, Clarence. As a New York Times review said: “Dear devoted fans of a certain 1946 Frank Capra holiday movie: Relax. This live radio play production has done absolutely no harm to the original. In fact, it has added another layer of nostalgia...it’s easy for the audience to get caught up in the fun of creating reality from imagination and obvious artifice.”
Limited seating available for It's a Wonderful Life...
We have a few seats available for 12/29 - all other performances are sold out