UW-River Falls celebrates the holiday season with vintage musical, ‘A 1940s Radio Christmas Carol’

Nov. 21, 2024 - The University of Wisconsin-River Falls Music and Stage and Screen Arts Department invites the community to experience a heartwarming holiday treat with its presentation of “A 1940s Radio Christmas Carol.”
  
The production has multiple showtimes: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 6; 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7 and Sunday, Dec. 8; 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 11, Thursday, Dec. 12, and Friday, Dec. 13. All performances will take place in Blanche Davis Theatre in the E. H. Kleinpell Fine Arts Building, 420 E. Cascade Ave., River Falls.
    
This festive production, set during Christmas Eve 1943, offers a nostalgic and comedic take on Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” reimagined within the world of a 1940s radio broadcast.
 
The play follows a ragtag radio troupe struggling to tell the timeless tale of Ebenezer Scrooge. When the group’s lead actor becomes overwhelmed with grief for his son who died in the war, the panicked cast improvises a detective noir radio show with hilarious results.
  
Audiences can expect classic Christmas carols, jazzy 1940s tunes, and a heartfelt story that appeals to all ages.
 
The cast and musicians, comprised of UWRF students, will bring this production to life under the artistic direction of UWRF faculty. Director Kathy Welch, Music Director Casey Palbicki, Vocal Director Momoko Tanno and Scenic Designer Kyle Gettelman, lead the production.
 
Tickets cost $15 for adults, $10 for children and seniors, and $5 for UWRF students. They can be purchased at the box office starting one hour prior to each performance, or online at www.uwrf.edu/SASA/UniversityTheatre/OrderTickets.cfm.