It’s a Wonderful Life:
A Live Radio Play
By Joe Landry
November 29 & 30, 2019
Directed by Dave Maynard
Produced by Pat Darlington
This beloved holiday classic comes to captivating life as a live 1940s radio broadcast. With the help of an ensemble that brings a few dozen characters to the stage, the story of idealistic George Bailey unfolds as he considers ending his life on one fateful Christmas Eve.
It’s a Wonderful Life won the 2020 Arlequin award for Best Comedy/Drama at the 2020 Gala of the Fédération québécoise du théâtre amateur (FQTA).
Also nominated were Emily Fleming for Best Actress and Jean-Guy Richard for Best Original Score
“Wonderful. So well done!”
“The best production I’ve seen so far.”
“Seen the movie 100+ times – They nailed it”
“Just what I needed to get into the Christmas spirit! Simply wonderful!”
The Cast
| John Cochrane | Voice of the stage manager |
| Derek Quinn | Freddie Filmore (The announcer) |
| Andrew Prior | Jake Laurents (George Bailey) |
| Anita Haas | Sally Applewhite (Mary Hatch) |
| David McCallum | Trevor Ward (Henry F. Potter) |
| Emily Fleming | Lana Sherwood (Violet Bick & others) |
| Mike Fleming | Willy Kurtz (Uncle Billy & others) |
| Nancy Somogyi | Judy Lester (Zuzu & others) |
| Frank White | Harry “Jazzbo” Heywood (Clarence Oddbody) |
| R.J. Ménard | Phil Foley (The Foley artist) |
| Marge Trumper | Marge of The Andrews Mothers |
| Sandra McCallum | Sandra of The Andrews Mothers |
| Betty Jean Quinn | Betty jean of The Andrews Mothers |
| Jean-Guy Richard | Johnny Guy of The Misfits |
| Ron Trumper | Ron of The Misfits |
| Rick Henning | Rick of The Misfits |
| Dean Lecomte | Dean of The Misfits |
