Humorist Jean Shepherd's memoir of growing up in the midwest in the 1940s follows 9-year-old Ralphie Parker in his quest to get a genuine Red Ryder BB gun under the tree for Christmas. However, he is not sure he will ever make it to Christmas, between his brother Randy and the school bully Scut Farkus. Whenever he tells someone how much he wants it, he/she tells him that he will shoot his eye out and refuses to get it for him. Even a department store Santa Claus tells him the same thing. After Ralphie gets a C+, he gets teased again by Scut. In response, Ralphie beats him very badly while cursing loudly. However, his parents do not get mad at him, and on Christmas morning, he gets the BB gun, since his father had one at that age. When he goes to try it out, the bullet ricochets and knocks off his glasses, which he accidentally steps upon while looking for them. He makes up a story about an icicle, and his parents believe him. In the end, a horde of dogs come in and steal the Christmas turkey, so his family goes out for “Chinese turkey,” or duck.
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Cast of A Christmas Story
Matthew Schludecker *- Ralphie
James Young * - Old Man
Jimmy Lentz – Ralph
Nicole Bailey - Mother
Marie Wimsett – Miss Shields
Miller Bough* - Randy
Pierce Gordan * - Schwartz
Forrest Gatrell - Flick
Addie Waltz * - E.J.
Saayeh Fooroogh Siatimakoun * - Helen
Jimmy Link * - Farkus
**New to the CT main stage
These character appear on the following pages.
Ralph (as an adult) - pages 9-132
Ralphie Parker- 13-- pages 13- 132
Flick- pg. 11-12, 22-23, 24-28, 33-41, 57, 60-61, 89-91, 102-105, 108-109, 114-115
Schwartz- pg. 11-12, 22-23, 24-28, 33-41, 57, 60-61, 78-80, 89-91, 102-105, 108-109, 114-115
Scut- pg. 22-23, 24-25, 33-35, 41, 57, 106-109
Randy- pg. 9-34, 41, 42,, 46-48, 49-50, 53-55, 63, 65, 76, 77-87, 101, 107-109, 10-111, 112-125, 129
Esther Jane Alberry- pg, 11-12, 35-41, 78-82, 83, 89-91, 102-104, 108-109, 115-116
Helen Weathers- pg. 11-12, 35-41, 78-81, 82, 89-91, 102-104, 108-109
The ‘Old Man’- pg 13-30, 41-50, 53-55, 62-73, 76-77, 86-89, 91-97, 99-101, 110-114, 116-131
Mother- pg 9-32, 41-50, 51-55, 62-73, 76-77, 86-89, 92-97, 99-101, 105-106, 108-109, 110-114, 116-128, 129-131
Miss Shields- pg 37-40, 55, 74-76, 102-103, 105-106
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