| Two Christmas Classics Pontine Style |
HOLIDAY CALENDAR
Get into the spirit of the season with a new twist on two holiday classic. Pontine Theatre’s co-directors Marguerite Mathews and Greg Gathers perform their original two-person staging of A Child's Christmas in
All holiday performances will be held at Pontine's West End Studio Theatre located at
Frank Capra’s classic film It’s A Wonderful Life was based on “The Greatest Gift,” a short story by Philip Van Doren Stern. It tells the story of George Bailey, a good man in a small town. So busy helping others, life seems to pass him by. Despondent, he wishes he’d never been born. He gets his wish. Through the eyes of his guardian angel, Clarence Oddbody, he sees the world as it would have been had he never been born. He comes to realize that “No man is an island to himself.” He also finds that the love of his family and friends are precious gifts.

Pontine’s original adaptation of It’s A Wonderful Life is a condensed version of the Frank Capra screenplay. Marguerite Mathews and Greg Gathers bring the story to the stage with a combination of shadow puppets, bunraku-style hand puppets, commedia dell’arte masks and live action. Seasonal music, performed by Jeffrey Zohler on dulcimer, accompanies the action of the play.
The program also features Pontine's original staging of A Child's Christmas in
In addition, audiences will enjoy live holiday music by popular Seacoast musicians Mike Dunbar and Meredith Eib. Following the performance everyone is invited onstage to meet the performers, enjoy refreshments, and get a close-up look at the set and props, all designed and crafted by Pontine co-director and performer Greg Gathers. For more info call 603-436-6660.