"It's A Wonderful
Life, A Radio Drama" was performed December 5 – 7, 2008
at
Woodlawn Arts Academy
• • • Cast
• • •
Freddie Filmore
– Kraig Schweiss
Jake
Laurents
– Alex Sherbeyn
Sally
Applewhite –
Jo Chandler
Lana
Sherwood
– Susan Branch
Harry "Jazzbo" Heywood –
Aaron Berrogan
Ray Gordon
– Ed Davis
• • • Staff • • •
Director
– Tim Tedrick
Assistant
Director
– Karen O'Leary
Sound Effects –
Jim Henry
Sound &
Lights
– Brad Zacharski
Music
– Mary Lynn Tedrick
From the description on the Dramatic
Publishing Company web page
Remember the good old days of radio—when people had to use their
imaginations—when the mind was a stage? Those days are back—only
better! You can SEE as well as HEAR radio programs.
"It's a Wonderful Life" is the story of George Bailey, the unsung,
beloved hero of Bedford Falls. As a child, George risked his own
life
to save his brother from drowning. As he grew older, his
countless
small deeds mattered very much in the lives of the Bedford Falls
townspeople. George prepares to leave town and go to college to
fulfill
his dream of building skyscrapers. However, when his father, the
president of the small Bailey Building and Loan Company, dies, George
postpones his dreams, manages the family company, and finds happiness
in his marriage to Mary Hatch. When Uncle Billy accidentally
misplaces
company funds, George faces financial ruin and almost certain
imprisonment. Seeing no way out, he runs to the bridge over the
river,
prepared to plunge to his death. Enter Clarence, George's
lovable,
bumbling guardian angel, who has come to Bedford Falls to prove to
George that his life is worth living and to earn wings for
himself. He
grants George one wish: to see what the world would be like if he had
never been born. Suddenly Bedford Falls is a very unpleasant
place: the
bustling small town main street is lined with pool halls and saloons;
none of his friends or family recognize him, not even his beloved wife,
Mary, who, in this world without him, is a prim spinster. Pursued
by
police, George returns to the bridge and begs to have his life
back.
Clarence grants it and George runs home to find his children, his wife,
and a town that rallies to support him. Finally, George comes to
realize … it truly is a wonderful life.
