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Overview
Synopsis
It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play is based on the classic holiday movie with a clever twist thrown in: the story is staged as a live radio broadcast. Actors portray numerous characters, and sound effects are done through Foley artists. It’s a Wonderful Life is about the life of George Bailey, a generous and well-meaning man who has become too downcast and tired to continue living. It will take help from a lovable angel to show George what life would be like if he wasn’t born for George to have a change of heart and understand the true spirit of the holidays.
Note: Producers recommend a cast of five to portray all of the different characters, but this number can be greatly expanded to accommodate larger casts as the play has 25+ characters. A separate group of singers are sometimes cast for the commercial breaks.
Show Information
- Book
- Joe Landry
- Text And Format
- Joe Landry
- Category
- Play
- Age Guidance
- Youth (Y)/General Audiences (G)
- Number of Acts
- 1
- First Produced
- 1996
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
- Time & Place
- christmas eve, 1946, the stage and auditorium of studio a at wbfr, manhattan
- Cast Size
- small
- Licensor
- Playscripts, inc
- Ideal For
- high school, college/university theatre, community theatre, regional theatre, professional theatre, Mostly Male Cast, Includes Adult Characters, Small Cast