Synopsis
Grecian, who brought A Christmas Story to the stage, now gives us this adaptation of the beloved Frank Capra film. It is Christmas Eve, and George Bailey stands on a bridge looking over the icy waters below, contemplating suicide. Joseph, an unseen angel, calls on The Boss for advice, and they decide on Clarence Oddbody, an Angel Second Class who, after 200 years, has yet to earn his wings. Joseph takes Clarence into the past to see George as a boy, rescuing his brother from drowning, enduring a beating from grieving druggist Gower, saving a child from accidental poisoning, then growing up to forgo college so he can save the family business and keep the citizens of Bedford Falls from being ruined by the Depression and the machinations of the conniving Henry Potter. George marries his childhood sweetheart, has a family, and resigns himself to a life of "failure." When his Uncle Billy misplaces $8,000 of the Building and Loan's money, George takes responsibility and runs to the bridge to commit suicide. Clarence stops him, and when George wishes he had never been born, makes the wish come true. Now George wanders through a Bedford Falls that has been rechristened Pottersville and has fallen far without him to save it. He realizes how many lives he has touched, how many people he has helpedand that he has been a success, after all. Clarence brings him back to "his" Bedford Falls and even manages to make Henry Potter pay for his sins. Available in manuscript only.
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Status
In stock
- Type of Show Full-length Play
- Product Code IF1000
- Cast Size 15
- Min. Royalty Rate $90/perf
- Cost $39.95
- Approx. Run Time 115 min
Categories
- Target Audience Young Audiences | Middle School | High School | College and Adult | Family (all ages) | Senior Adults | Praise Groups
- Performing Group High School | College Theatre | Community Theatre | Professional Theatre | Touring Group
- Genre Comedy | Drama
- ISBN(13) 9781583429808
Media Reviews
"It's a Wonderful Life soars on angel wings of innovation." -Canada.com"There cannot be enough praise for It's a Wonderful Life. … Superb and amazing … all someone could ever ask for to get themselves into the Christmas spirit." -Pressplus1.com
Production Map
Location | City | State | Opens | Closes |
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Somerset Valley Players | Hillsborough Township | New Jersey | 12/1/2023 | 12/17/2023 |
Topeka Civic Theatre and Academy | Topeka | Kansas | 11/24/2023 | 12/23/2023 |
Tupelo Community Theatre | Tupelo | Mississippi | 12/7/2023 | 12/9/2023 |
Spotlight Studios | Fairport | New York | 12/22/2023 | 12/23/2023 |
For His Glory Productions/Shekinah Church | Blountville | Tennessee | 12/1/2023 | 12/9/2023 |
Old Rock School | Valdese | North Carolina | 12/8/2023 | 12/17/2023 |
Vieni Estates Winery | Lincoln | Ontario | 11/24/2023 | 12/10/2023 |
Young Americans Performing Arts Theatre | Conyers | Georgia | 12/8/2023 | 12/9/2023 |
Waverly East Intermediate | Lansing | Michigan | 12/1/2023 | 12/10/2023 |
Empress Theatre | Fort Macleod | Alberta | 12/14/2023 | 12/16/2023 |
Pope Francis Preparatory School | Springfield | Massachusetts | 12/8/2023 | 12/10/2023 |
Barbers Hill High School | Mont Belvieu | Texas | 12/7/2023 | 12/9/2023 |