Category: The Road to Bedford Falls

WKAN Presents: It’s a Wonderful Life

Tune in to 1320 WKAN at 7:00 pm tonight, Christmas Eve and/or Christmas Day at 7:00 pm to hear the 2018 broadcast of It’s a Wonderful Life – a radio play, LIVE from the Majestic! A big THANK YOU! to WKAN radio.Merry Christmas everyone!

Isn’t it Wonderful

We had a wonderful weekend of shows. It was a pleasure to bring our audiences this “real feel good heart warmer”; It’s a Wonderful Life. Photos borrowed from our Facebook friends! <3

Magic of Christmas

By Reilly Roberts“Christmas waves a magic wand over the world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.” – Norman Vincent Poole.  To put my own twist on the familiar lyrics, these are a few of my favorite things: the Christmas season, stepping into someone else’s shoes to tell a story, and being able to…
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Uncle Billy 2018

By Carl Maronich I don’t want to say I have been typecast as Uncle Billy in Acting Out Theatre Co.’s production of “It’s a Wonderful Life,” but I did have to call Acting Out’s Vice President Julie Gindy to be reminded when this blog was due. And yes, it was late. The cast does have…
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Sharing a Song of Joy

By Brad Benoit I will have to be completely honest and say that Christmas is not my favorite time of the year.  That is mostly because of how loooong the season has extended and also because  consumerism has kicked Santa out of the sleigh and taken the reigns. I will admit though that what I…
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George Bailey Lives in All of Us

By Allison Beasley Acting Out Theatre Company is about to put on its fourth year of It’s A Wonderful Life. I performed in the show the first two years, and this is my second year of assistant directing under the expertise of Director Sharon Richardson, set Designer Julie Gindy and Costumer Jean Roth. By our…
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It’s a Wonderful Life 2018

Don’t miss this year’s production of It’s a Wonderful Life! We are returning to The Majestic Theatre in the Burfield + Remington building, 150 N. Schuyler Ave, Kankakee, IL. We welcome our cast “old and new” – Bill Yohnka, Michael Keigher, Hannah Swale, Cody Gindy. Rodger Jones, Randy Tumblin, Brad Benoit, Carl Maronich, Lillian Hurt,…
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Moments and Memories

By Sharon Richardson “Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.”  ~Dr. Seuss I shared this quote with the cast of “It’s a Wonderful Life” in one of our circle times during our weekend of shows.  Given this is our third time performing this particular radio show –…
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CRASH! SPLASH! POP!

By Cody Gindy CRASH! SPLASH! POP! It seems wrong to start a blog post about foley without a little onomatopoeia.  Anyway.  Yesterday afternoon was the final performance of It’s a Wonderful Life: A Radio Play. Thanks to everyone who attended. If you missed it, mark your calendars for December 2018, it’s a lot of fun.…
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