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 for Christmas. Ralphie pleads his case before his mother, his teacher, and even Santa Claus himself at Higbee’s Department Store. The consistent response: “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.
Saturday, November 25th show: Special matinée followed by the annual Lancaster Fire Truck Christmas Parade. There will be no street parking allowed on Central and West Main Street at this performance; all guests should use the Clark Street parking lot.
A Comedy adapted by
Philip Grecian
Based on the motion picture
A Christmas Story
© 1983 Turner Entertainment Co.,
distributed by Warner Bros.
Written by
Jean Shepherd, Leigh Brown, Bob Clark
Based on the book
In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash
by Jean Shepherd
