presents
A Christmas comedy
directed by Wayne Puchkors
Performances
to be held at Beatniks On Conkey,
420 Conkey Street, Hammond, IN
Friday,
December 6, 2024 at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, December 7, at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, December 8, at 2:00 p.m.
Friday, December 13, at 7:30
p.m.
Saturday, December 14, at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, December 15, at 2:00 p.m.
Story Synopsis:
Three
lifelong friends, Conner Murphy, Neil Garner and Terry Lee
Taggart, meet up at the local tavern for their annual
holiday libation. They reminisce about Christmases
past and one special Christmas when they were in the sixth
grade. That was the year Connor wanted a go-cart for
Christmas in the worst way. And that's how he set out to get
it. Miss McLaughlin, his teacher, really gummed up the works
by handing out report cards just before vacation. "This is a
socks and underwear card if ever there was one," his best
friend tells him, and his other best friend is no help
either. He is busy learning his one-word speech for the
Christmas Pageant. His brother and sister stir up the
household as the holiday approaches, and in his mind, Conner
sees everyone ganged up against him like a Greek chorus.
It's up to his Dad to perform the impossible by Christmas
morning. Hysterical situations abound in this loving memory
of Yuletide charm back when if you had a dollar it was more
money than you knew what to do with; if you had an hour to
play, it seemed forever and the best time in the whole world
was Christmas.
CAST:
Conner Murphy ………………Jim McGrady
Neil Garner ……………………Michael DePriest Reed
Tater Taggart …………………Ron Harlowe
Ms McLaughlin …...............…Maggie Riester
Dad ……………...............……Phil Myers
Mother ……….................……Sandy Stotts
Frank Murphy ….................…Ian Horn
Jessica Murphy ….................Jill Waterson
Madelyn ………..................…Caitlin Laverman
Harriet ……….................……Dawn Pasyk
Chorus / Choir........................Laura Gawron
Chorus / Choir........................Jocelyn-Mackenzie Witzel
Chorus / Choir........................Jordynn-Alexandria Witzel
CAST:
Conner Murphy ………………Jim McGrady
Neil Garner ……………………Michael DePriest Reed
Tater Taggart …………………Ron Harlowe
Ms McLaughlin …...............…Maggie Riester
Dad ……………...............……Phil Myers
Mother ……….................……Sandy Stotts
Frank Murphy ….................…Ian Horn
Jessica Murphy ….................Jill Waterson
Madelyn ………..................…Caitlin Laverman
Harriet ……….................……Dawn Pasyk
Chorus / Choir........................Laura Gawron
Chorus / Choir........................Jocelyn-Mackenzie Witzel
Chorus / Choir........................Jordynn-Alexandria Witzel
