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One boy. One holiday wish. One triple-dog-daring good time! Cleveland’s favorite holiday tradition returns to Cleveland Play House in all its pink-bunny-suit, glowing-leg-lamp, frozen-flagpole-licking glory. Be a holiday hero and bring your brood downtown to bask in the warm glow of holiday lights and experience the joy of creating holiday memories you’ll hold onto all year long. It’s “one of the more enchanting ways to be transported to a world beyond our own,” raves The Plain Dealer.
(u/s Miss Shields) is an actor, playwright, and musician from Northern California. She earned her BA in Theatre from Fordham University, and is in her third and final year of the CWRU/CPH MFA program. Recent credits include Emily Webb in Our Town (CPH, dir. Mary Zimmerman), Hero in Much Ado more
(Ralph) recently finished a sold out run of The Weir Off-Broadway at Irish Rep. Broadway credits include Travesties; 20th Century; Old Money; Biloxi Blues; The Hothouse. Off-Broadway highlights are Another Shot; Tuesdays with Morrie (at the Gaiety Theatre in Dublin); Warhol/Capote (at A.R.T. in Cambridge); Irish Curse; The Insurgents; more
(Helen) is a seventh grade student at Campus International School in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District and previously performed the leading role of Elsa in a Disney Musicals in Schools production of Frozen. Three summers ago she performed the role of Little Ti Moune in Once on This Island more
(u/s Flick, Scut Farkus) is so excited to be back at Cleveland Play House and part of A Christmas Story! He is in seventh grade at Midview Middle School. Evan played Flick in the 2024 CPH production of the play which has been his favorite role yet! more
(Flick, u/s Ralphie) is happy to return to The Allen Theatre stage in his second year in the cast of A Christmas Story. Louis played Schwartz in A Christmas Story with CPH during the 2024-25 season. He recently appeared as Les in Newsies with MAD Factory, and he also played more
(u/s Esther Jane, Helen) is thrilled to be making her Cleveland Play House debut. Isabel is a 7th grader at Chagrin Falls Middle School. She has appeared as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz Jr., Timon in The Lion King Jr., as well as Molly in Annie Jr. more
(u/s Ralph) is a proud CWRU/CPH MFA Acting student in third and final year of study. You may have recently seen him in the CPH production of Fiddler on the Roof (Motel Kamzoil) or in Our Town (Wally/Ensemble). Other favorite credits include Floyd Collins (Floyd Collins), Guys and Dolls (Sky more
(Ralphie) is super excited to make his Cleveland Play House debut, especially in one of his family’s favorites, A Christmas Story! Will has performed in many shows at Beck Center for the Arts, with favorites including Going Medieval (Rolfe), The Wizard of Oz (Lollipop Guild/Oz worker), Between the Lines (Troll) more
(u/s Randy, Flick) is thrilled to be a part of A Christmas Story at Cleveland Play House. Mateo has been performing since he was four years old with the American Zagreb Junior Tamburitzans. He sings, dances, and plays traditional Croatian instruments. He has performed throughout the United more
(u/s Mother) is a third year in the CWRU/CPH acting program. You may have seen her in the CWRU/CPH productions of Much Ado About Nothing (Beatrice), Season’s Greetings (Phyllis), The Cherry Orchard (Anya), or Middletown (Mary). She also appeared in the CPH production of Our Town. Some of her favorite more
(u/s The Old Man) is a third-year graduate student in the CWRU/CPH MFA Acting Program. Hailing from South Florida, he earned his BFA in Acting at The University of Michigan. His other theatre credits include, Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing (CWRU/CPH), Howie in Our Town (CPH), Gayev in The more
(Miss Shields) a graduate of The Gaiety School of Acting, Dublin and University College Cork, Derdriu is delighted to return to A Christmas Story with this outstanding director, cast and crew. She was most recently seen at CPH in Our Town (Mrs.Webb), in which she really played piano. Memorable roles more
(Scut Farkus) (he/him) is thankful and excited to be back at CPH for his second season of A Christmas Story! Recently he has been seen in School of Rock (Mason), at Porthouse Theatre, Beetlejuice Jr. at Caryl Crane Youth Theatre, and Peter Pan (John Darling) at St. Edward High School. more
(The Old Man) Broadway: Good Night, and Good Luck, with George Clooney, Tracy Letts’ The Minutes, Larry David’s Fish In The Dark, David Mamet’s November, Elaine May’s Taller Than A Dwarf, and the Tony Award-winning musical, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Other notable theater work includes world premieres more
(Mother) an actor, singer, director, writer, producer, arts educator and administrator based in Cleveland. She is thrilled to reprise the role of Mother in this year’s production of A Christmas Story. Recent credits include Margaret in POTUS, The Witch in Big Fish, and Wiletta Mayer in Trouble in Mind. Awarded more
(Randy) (he/him) This is Blaire's debut role in theater but not his introduction to performing. A Cleveland native and long time performer, Blaire got his beginning originally as a musician playing the drums. As well as pursuing acting and music. Blaire is an artist in its entirety, learning to draw more
(Esther Jane) (she/her) Parker is thrilled to return to Cleveland Play House for her second year as Esther Jane. A Cleveland Critics Circle 2024 Rising Star recipient, her favorite role to date has been Annie in Annie at Porthouse Theatre. Other recent credits include School of Rock (Summer, Porthouse Theatre), more
(Schwartz) (he/him) most recently appeared as Mr. Tumnus in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe with Stow Players, dramatized by Joseph Robinette from the novel by C.S. Lewis. Other stage performances include The Oresteia for Kids, Antony and Cleopatra, Alice in Wonderland, Edgar Allan Poe Mashup, and Something Rotten more
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