It’s a fact that Christmas always comes faster than we anticipate it to, and the Cabrini Theatre is getting ready to put us in the spirit with the fall play.
Uncharacteristic of its theme, “It’s a Wonderful Life,” is a dark Christmas tale surrounding the divine intervention by Clarence the angel to George Bailey. After assuming he has nothing to live for, following some underserving luck, Bailey contemplates taking his own life as he stands on the side of a bridge.
His contemplation is put on hold once he meets Clarence the wingless angel, who shows him his true worth by giving him a glance into a world as if he never was born.
This timeless story is done oddly enough with a classic approach. The black box theater will be performing the play as if the audience was in a live 1940 radio read (sound effects and all.)
“It’s not a natural play. You’re in front of the mic, dealing with sound effects. We work off the actual movie script, so there are no breaks between speaking,” said Danton Moyer, who is reading for Freddie Filmore, Joseph, the superintendent of Angels, and Sam Wainwright.
Each member of the 12-person cast tackles multiple roles, the only person who plays just one is George Nave, as the lead George Bailey, “It’s a heartwarming, relatable story. A classic like this (in the way we’re doing it) really is able to show you how things were done in the 1940,” Nave said.
“It’s a Wonderful Life” is the perfect play for anyone who wants to get in the Christmas spirit and be reminded of why in fact life is so wonderful.
So, if you’re bored of taking your significant other to the cliché dinner and a movie, or the played-out weekend nights of partying, for one evening, change it up and check out “It’s a Wonderful Life” Nov. 7, 10, 14, 16, or 17.
