USJ to bring ‘A Christmas Story’ to stage

JACKSON, Tenn. — A beloved holiday classic is making its way to a Hub City stage.

The University School of Jackson Fine Arts Department will present “A Christmas Story” December 12-14.

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. A Christmas Story is destined to become a theatrical holiday perennial.

The cast is comprised of USJ’s middle and upper school students.

The public is invited to attend and enjoy the hilarious holiday favorite! Shows will take place at 7 p.m. on December 12 & 13, and 2 p.m. on December 14.

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