George Bailey had big dreams that were swallowed up by his small town and its people. One Christmas Eve, under the weight of responsibility he never wanted, he decides to end his life. As he’s about to jump from a bridge, an angel falls to his rescue.
This timeless tale of family, community, values, devotion, choices, connection, and love has brought audiences to consider just how far their touch might reach for nearly 80 years.
As a live radio play, staged in a 1940s radio studio, this play fills audiences with nostalgia and delights them with a small cast using multiple voices, 1940s style musical radio advertisements, and live, practical sound effects.
It’s a Wonderful Life: a Life Radio Play will run on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday evenings at 7:00 pm from December 11 through December 21, with a 2:00 pm matinee on December 21.
The roles of George, Mary, and the Children have multiple actors, depending on the day, as follows:
- Wednesday, December 11
- George: Braeden Hintze
- Mary: Laura Hicken
- Children: Jack, Ethan, and Violet Doud and Hazel Loertscher
- Friday, December 13
- George: Kyle Loertscher
- Mary: Julie Doud
- Children: Cody, Ethan, and Violet Doud and Hazel Loertscher
- Saturday, December 14
- George: Braeden Hintze
- Mary: Laura Hicken
- Children: Jack, Cody, and Violet Doud and Hazel Loertscher
- Monday, December 16
- George: Braeden Hintze
- Mary: Laura Hicken
- Children: Jack, Ethan, and Violet Doud and Hazel Loertscher
- Wednesday, December 18
- George: Kyle Loertscher
- Mary: Julie Doud
- Children: Cody, Ethan, and Violet Doud and Hazel Loertscher
- Friday, December 20
- George: Kyle Loertscher
- Mary: Julie Doud
- Children: Jack, Cody, and Violet Doud and Hazel Loertscher
- Saturday, December 21 Matinee
- George: Kyle Loertscher
- Mary: Julie Doud
- Children: Jack, Ethan, and Violet Doud and Hazel Loertscher
- Saturday, December 21 Evening
- George: Braeden Hintze
- Mary: Laura Hicken
- Children: Jack, Cody, and Violet Doud and Hazel Loertscher
