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This is not a musical though we’ll include some Christmas music throughout the show. We will also spotlight a Children’s Choir for the Pre-show. There is a separate Audition form to fill out for the Choir!

CAST OF CHARACTERS  (Looking for Adults, High School age
and children age 7-14)

The holidays are approaching and the members of St. Peter’s Church of Riverview have to choose: either spend Christmas Eve with some local orphans or hold their traditional celebration. While many are generous with material gifts, sacrificing their time is quite another matter. Add a famous New York talent agent looking to audition the two best singers in the congregation, and soon competing desires threaten to tear apart the harmonious Christmas spirit. Set in the 1940’s, this play beautifully reveals its characters’ choices and convictions as they move toward what Christmas is about – compassion and hope!

    By Barbara Robinson   Fundraiser for Habitat for Humanity in Wayne County

Beth Bradley’s church’s Christmas pageant is predictable every year — the angel choir wears too much lipstick, the shepherds are all in their father’s bathrobes, the minister’s son is permanently cast in the role of Joseph — hardly “four-star entertainment.” But when seasoned and authoritative pageant director Mrs. Armstrong breaks her leg, it is up to Beth’s inexperienced mother Grace to step in. The timing couldn’t be worse, as the rambunctious Herdman children, a rough and tough group of siblings from the wrong side of the tracks, descend upon the pageant, lured by the promise of free dessert at Sunday school, and determined to win all the lead roles for themselves. The Ladies’ Aid Society members are beside themselves with disapproval, all the shepherds quit because Gladys Herdman “hits too hard”, the show is briefly re-titled “Revenge at Bethlehem”, and the church catches on fire. But Beth and her community watch in surprise as the same old Christmas story is rejuvenated by the creativity, energy, and unexpected sincerity of a misunderstood young family. Mary Robinson’s The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, based on her novel of the same name, is a widely beloved Christmas tale, warm and incredibly funny, full of characters both relatable and utterly unique.

Sun., December 2     @ 2:30 PM            BCPEver Poster
Fri.,  December 7     @ 7:00 PM             BCPEver Poster 4Sheet
Sat., December 8     @ 7:00 PM
Sun., December 9     @ 2:30 PM

Location: First Church of God – 1953 Akron Road – Wooster

Adults:  $10  **   Youth: (12 & under)  $7  **  Family 4-Pack  $30

Purchase Tickets: www.brightlifeplayers.org

or First Church of God office or Habitat for Humanity Wayne County or At The Door

Net Proceeds go to Habitat for Humanity Wayne County

For more Information call (330) 465-6430

Bright Life Players presents Radio Daze

Directed by: Margaret Leatherman  –  plus, Swing Band Pre-show!

It’s the 1940s and Americans are doing all they can to help the war effort, especially keeping a sharp eye out for spies!  And what better place for a spy to lurk than a radio station.  Never mind that everyone at the studio works on a melodramatic soap opera and they probably know even less than their loyal listeners!  But with the seed of doubt planted, it seems as if everyone at the station looks highly suspicious, including the janitor who sweeps everywhere, two young male writers who aren’t in the Army for lame reasons, three man-hungry actresses, and even the three elderly Swindle sisters who own the station. But one spy plot gets mixed up with another when two sisters get jobs to find out a little inside company information.  Overheard rumors, mixed-up scripts, and leaked “secret information” combine with romance and laughter to make you stay tuned for a play that’s a salute to the glorious “daze” of radio!

Net Proceeds go to Holmes Wayne Honor Trip Project

Location: American Legion Post 68 – 1902 Sylvan Road – Wooster, OH  44691

Dates:   Feb 23-24 @ 7:00 PM – March 2-3 @ 7:00 PM – March 4  @ 2:30 PM

Purchase Tickets: at Box Office at the American Legion!!

Adults:  $10
Youth: (12 & under)  $7
Family 4-Pack  $30

Questions: 330-465-6430