AN O HENRY HOLIDAY – GIFTS OF THE SEASON
Presented by Brookville Community Theatre
Nov. 13-23
Brookville
Directed by Sharon Henry
Cast: G. Michael Robinson, Alain Alejandro, Harry Shepard, Joyce Luther, Dimitri Markov, Don Cordes, Kathy DeVorak, Alisea Brown, Stephanie Long, Debbi Robbins, Christie Lamb, Jen Bell, Laura Robbins, Larry Henry, Jim Hocker & Addison Hern
THE GIFT OF THE MAGI is probably one of the most beloved stories for Christmas. It, along with two other tender stories by O. Henry, THE LAST LEAF and the lesser known CHRISTMAS BY INJUNCTION are dramatized here, set in the framework of O. Henry’s life which in itself is a story.
In the early 1900s he was one of the most widely read authors in America. O. Henry, whose real name was William Sydney Porter, was known, however, to have spent some time in jail for allegedly embezzling from an employer, and it is believed that he started writing there in order to support his daughter. Based on these events, the play opens with him jailed on Christmas Eve. Each story he tells — the first to his jailer, the second to his daughter, and the third as he is writing it — comes alive with the actors taking over their character’s lines. As he literally breathes life into them, they maintain the wit, charm and sweetness with which they were written.
- Thu-Sat, Nov. 13-15 at 8pm
- Sun, Nov. 16 at 3pm
- Thu-Sat, Nov. 20-22 at 8pm
- Sun, Nov. 23 at 3pm
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