THEATREOFDARE
Community Theater for North Carolina's Outer Banks
YES, VIRGINIA, THERE IS A SANTA CLAUS
Radio Drama by Andrew J. Fenady
Directed by Gail Hutchison
​Performances: December 7, 12, 13 & 14 at 7:00 p.m.
December 8 & 15 at 2:00 p.m.
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Performances at Dare Arts
300 Queen Elizabeth Avenue
Manteo
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A young girl writes a letter to the editor of the New York Sun. "Dear Editor, I am eight 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 editor, assigns Frank Church—a reporter on the verge of self destruction—the task of answering Virginia's question. Church's quest and reply have become one of the world's most quoted and beloved editorials.
CAST
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Announcer: Carol Bove
Edward P Mitchell/Schuller: Glenn Tolbert
James O'Hanlon/Santa: Joe Walters
Mrs Evie O'Hanlon: Sasha Stoll
Virginia O'Hanlon: Harper Walters
Sean O'Hanlon: Beckett Finnin
Frank Church: Victor Navarro
Mrs Marbury/ Andrea Borland: Elizabeth Gilson
Julie/ Wife: Dahlia Garrett
Susan: Hope Mascio
Mrs Goldstein: Jennifer Kovacs
Maria: Alice Fearns
Celeste: Jennifer Tolbert
Otho O'Hara: Kolton Cooke
Cornelius Barrington: D. Shone Kirkpatrick
Teddy: Triton Willis
Thief: Cate Stafford
Officer 1: Madz Bove
Officer 2/George: Reese Homcy
Sgt. Flynn: Andrea Braymiller
Fritz: Harper McLemore
Tom Pryor: Peyton Hudson
Red: Ainsley Patterson
Scotty: Sienna Navarro
Sam/Old Man: Sawyer Blanchard
Shannon: Perry Jane Holden
Newsboy/Donelli: Sebastian Navarro
Little Girl Crying: Peyton Walters
Soloists: Jennifer Kovacs, Elizabeth Gilson