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Auditions October 20 & 21 Times TBA Humorist Jean Shepherd’s memoir of growing up in the midwest in the 1940s follows 9-year-old Ralphie Parker in his quest to get a genuine Red Ryder BB gun under the tree for Christmas. Ralphie pleads his case before his mother, his teacher and even Santa Claus himself at Higbee’s Department Store with the consistent response of: “You’ll shoot your eye out!” All the elements from the beloved motion picture are here, including the family’s temperamental exploding furnace; Scut Farkas, the school bully; the boys’ experiment with a wet tongue on a cold lamppost; the Little Orphan Annie decoder pin; Ralphie’s father winning a lamp shaped like a woman’s leg in a net stocking; Ralphie’s fantasy scenarios and more. A Christmas Story is destined to become a theatrical holiday perennial. Cast: Ralphie Parker – Male – Lead Ralph Parker – Male – Lead Esther Jane Alberry – Female – Supporting Flick – Male – Supporting Helen Weathers – Female – Supporting Miss Shields – Female – age 30s to 50s – Supporting Mother – Female – age 30s to 40s – Supporting Miss Shields – Female – Supporting Schwartz – Male – Supporting The Old Man – Male – Supporting Randy – Male – Supporting Department Store Santa Claus – Male – Featured Scut Farkus – Male – Featured