“Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus”
Date/Time
Date(s) - Friday, December 6, 2019 ∙ 7:00 AM - Sunday, December 15, 2019 ∙ 9:00 PM
7:00 am - 9:00 pm
Location
Lockport Township Center
Categories
“Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus”
By Andrew Fenady
Directed by Kit Lindblom, MFA
Inspired by a simple, poignant letter written over 100 years ago by 8-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon to the editor of the New York Sun—and by the timeless editorial response printed on the front page of the Sun. Virginia wondered and wrote: “Dear Editor, I am 8 years old. Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. Papa says if you see it in the Sun, it’s so. Please tell me the truth. Is there a Santa Claus?” Ed Mitchell, the Sun’s editor, gives the assignment of answering Virginia’s letter to Frank Church who, until his wife and baby died last Christmas Eve, was the Sun’s best and most dependable reporter. “Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus” is a play for young and old, magically reaffirming life’s highest beauty and joy—”the eternal light with which childhood fills the world.”
This is a full stage version of the production and has more than 20 local actors aged 7 to 80!
LOCATION:
Lockport Township Center
1463 S. Farrell Rd.
Lockport, IL 60441
DATES:
- Friday, December 6 (7:00 PM)
- Saturday, December 7 (7:00 PM)
- Sunday, December 8 (2:30 PM)
- Friday, December 13 (7:00 PM)
- Saturday, December 14 (7:00 PM)
- Sunday, December 15 (2:30 PM)
All tickets are $15 and General Admission
Please note that seating is first-come, first-serve. Doors are scheduled to be open 30 minutes prior to curtain.
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