Jackson Theatre Guild to present “A Christmas Story”
The following is a news release from the Jackson Theatre Guild:
The Jackson Theatre Guild presents
“A Christmas Story” 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 and Bob Clark; and on the book In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash by Jean Shepherd.
Directed by Billy Worboys
When: December 14-17, 2023
Time: Thursday/Friday/Saturday 7:30pm
Saturday/Sunday 2:00pm
Saturday/Sunday 2:00pm
Where: The Ned McWherter Cultural Arts Center, “The Ned”
located at 314 E. Main Street in Downtown Jackson, TN.
Reserved Seats are available online at jtgonline.com
Ticket prices: $24 for adults
$16 for all students through college
$18 for seniors 65 and older
Saturday matinee ONLY is $15 for all tickets.
The limited seating Preview Party is being held on Wednesday, December 13th, beginning at 6:30pm at the Ned, and will feature heavy hors d’oeuvres and libations while viewing the final dress rehearsal at 7:30pm.
Ticket prices for this event are $50 and can also be purchased at jtgonline.com until December 10th.
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 under the tree 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.
