SHOWS

It’s a Wonderful Life

Presented by AFTRA/SAG Senior Radio Players

Thursday, December 10
9:00 PM — 10:30 PM
Claudia Cassidy Theater
FREE

It’s a Wonderful Life
Originally broadcast March 10, 1947 on the CBS Radio Network as part of Lux Radio Theater
Consider George Bailey of Bedford Falls, NY: It’s Christmas Eve, 1946, and he’s deeply in the dumps—even considering suicide. Cut to Heaven—yes, Heaven—where an angel named Clarence has been assigned to keeping George alive, if possible. It is possible, and, as you probably know, the rest of the story plots George’s ups and downs, and there are some very special ups: his courtship and marriage to Mary and the birth of their babies; his taking over his father’s business, the Building and Loan Association; his brother arriving home from the war as a hero. But then Uncle Billy misplaces $8,000.00 of the depositors’ money, and his baby gets sick. George, in a mixture of anger and self pity, wishes he’d never been born, and his angel Clarence obliges him. And George painfully learns that life—despite all of its hard times and uncertainty—is better than death. Don’t miss this radio play!