IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE: A LIVE RADIO PLAY Adapted and Directed by Greg Cicchino December 13th and 15th, 2024 Trinity Lutheran Church 1340 11th St, Manhattan Beach, CA 90266 2 Performances Friday, Dec 13 @ 7pm || Sun, Dec 15 @ 12 noon www.trinitymb.org With the holiday season now in full swing, Trinity Lutheran Church is thrilled to return for our 4th Annual It’s a Wonderful Life radio play. Adapted and directed by local Manhattan Beach director, Greg Cicchino, It’s a Wonderful Life performs live at Trinity Lutheran on December 13th at 7pm and December 15th at 12noon following the 10am service. Our friends from Ten Thousand Villages will join us on Sunday for a special Fair Trade Christmas Pop-up both before and during intermission. Benefit tickets are a $25 suggested donation for adults; $15 for students, seniors, and veterans; children under 6 free. This holiday classic, directed by legendary director Frank Capra, based on the short story “The Greatest Gift” by Philip Van Doren Stern, and starring the Hollywood luminaries James Stewart and Donna Reed, is the iconic American Christmas story. It continues to garner over 4.5 million views when it is aired each year. It tells the story of George Bailey, the quintessential American, whose sense of duty to family and community causes him to put his own dreams on hold year after year. When something goes terribly wrong and George considers making the ultimate decision, a little help from above shows him that he really does have a wonderful life. Produced in the style of a 1940s radio play and combined with classic holiday carols and an old-fashioned foley table, the City of Bedford Falls comes to life before your ears and eyes! Adapter and Director Greg Cicchino is a former Off-Broadway director and one of the founding members of The Chain Theatre, and is committed to increasing the quality and frequency of the performing arts in the South Bay.