It's A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play presented by Washington Stage Guild at Undercroft Theatre

It's A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play

Undercroft Theatre
900 Massachusetts Ave. NW Washington

One of the most beloved films ever to come from Hollywood was also broadcast in the 40s as a radio program. In this delightfully theatrical re-creation of that event, a small group of voice actors team up in a studio with the ever-inventive sound effects man to tell the heartwarming story for a nationwide audience— complete with period ads!

Presented by Washington Stage Guild

Thru - Dec 20, 2015

Thursdays: 7:30pm

Fridays: 8:00pm

Saturdays: 2:30pm & 8:00pm

Sundays: 2:30pm

Price: $20 - $30

Running Time: 2 hrs

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It's A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play Reviews

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Washington Post - Recommended

"...Director Laura Giannarelli's production imagines that the radio drama emanates from a Washington station, WGBS (the initials pay homage to George Bernard Shaw, an author dear to Washington Stage Guild) in 1946. To visually represent the station, set designer Carl F. Gudenius has conjured up an atmospheric mid-20th-century radio studio, complete with old-fashioned microphones, light-up "Applause" signs and fading World War II posters tacked to a bulletin board."

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- Celia Wren

Theatre Bloom - Recommended

"...Director Jay Brock does a good job with the cast, especially developing the unique character interpretations needed for a radio play. With the help of Nancy Krebs, the company’s Resident Voice/Dialect Coach, the two of them are able to make each of the characters distinct. The Lighting Design by Adam Mendelson was simple with a few nice moments; the blues and pinks used for special moments were well done. One of my favorite moments was when the cast enacts the “radio advertisements and jingles” and Mendelson’s lighting design goes right along with the cast singing, going so far as to change the lights behind the frosted windows. The Sound Design by Gregory Thomas Martin was well done and well executed keeping properly in the world of a 1940s radio play."

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- John Nunemaker

It's A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play presented by Washington Stage Guild at Undercroft Theatre