London Frontier Theatre Co.
presents video-fest of past Christmases
Magdalena – London Frontier Theatre Company presents Remembrances Of Christmas Past for one weekend only, Dec. 5-7
Each presentation is a different double-feature video-fest of London Frontier Theatre holiday productions, plus short nature videos (of our area) by LFTC videographer Michael Mideke.
There will also be a Gift Raffle (wonderful stuff, from jewelry to DVDs, etc.), with an array of baked goodies and the justly-famous Zamora posole available.
Our nostalgic journey beginss on Friday, with The Long Ride Of St. Nick, in which two homeless people and their stray dog find meaning – and magic – in the Season, riding the night sky in an improbable sleigh and meeting with a lonely, compelling Creator of universes. The second feature – Wandering Starr & Little Glory – brings us to Lost Wife Creek for Christmas, 1933, with the Aragones and the Trotters. Times are hard – the Great Depression – in rural NM, but the season is lively, with Manny’s amazing lighting for the (stolen) Christmas tree, and the arrival of Starr and little sister Glory, runaways from the Santa Fe scene. Lucy, the “lost wife”, and Ambrose – of the Orphan Train and the many uncles – join in the festivities, and all gather in the Trotters’ farm kitchen to give thanks for life, love, and the miracle of the Season.
Saturday evening, December 6, is a “Come home to Lost Wife Creek for Christmas” special, with Wandering Star & Little Glory, followed by All Shone ‘Round About – again, a Lost Wife Creek Christmas (1934). Sharing the Christmas spirit (and spirits) are Gardy and Cass Trotter, Mr. Gibbers – whose potent family eggnog recipe adds “life” to the gathering – and Gardy’s fashionable sister Ivy – but is Ruby Aragon a deserted wife or a widow? Where is Manny? His search for work is the chronicle of many a Depression-era job-seeker (Boulder Dam, Chicago in the mob era), but with the inimitable Aragon misadventures.
All Shone ‘Round About returns for the Sunday matinee, with And To All A Good Night! Gathered in the Silver Dream Saloon are Saint, Shepherd, La Llorona in search of her children, a Jewish Christmas Elf and a Dance-hall Christmas Fairy. Pueblo midwinter Kachinas dance, and a UFO appears over the range, leading steadily toward Belen. Humorous and touching, Good Night! brings a uniquely New Mexican slant to the Great Story:
Performances are Friday, December 5th, and Saturday, December 6th, both at 7:00 PM, with a matinee Sunday, December 7th, at 2:00 PM, at Magdalena’s historic WPA Theatre, Main at Fourth. Tickets are $3.50 for adults, $2.00 for children, available at door one hour before performance, and by Reservation at (575) 854-2519, or londonfrontier@gilanet.com; further information at www.londonfrontiertheatre.com.
London Frontier, in its historic WPA venue and 13th season in Magdalena, continues to present a wide variety of plays incorporating our vivid multi-culture in exciting, entertaining theatre.
This project funded in part by the McCune Foundation, the Kerr Foundation, Socorro Electric Cooperative, & LFTC’s “Friends of the Theatre.”
presents video-fest of past Christmases
Magdalena – London Frontier Theatre Company presents Remembrances Of Christmas Past for one weekend only, Dec. 5-7
Each presentation is a different double-feature video-fest of London Frontier Theatre holiday productions, plus short nature videos (of our area) by LFTC videographer Michael Mideke.
There will also be a Gift Raffle (wonderful stuff, from jewelry to DVDs, etc.), with an array of baked goodies and the justly-famous Zamora posole available.
Our nostalgic journey beginss on Friday, with The Long Ride Of St. Nick, in which two homeless people and their stray dog find meaning – and magic – in the Season, riding the night sky in an improbable sleigh and meeting with a lonely, compelling Creator of universes. The second feature – Wandering Starr & Little Glory – brings us to Lost Wife Creek for Christmas, 1933, with the Aragones and the Trotters. Times are hard – the Great Depression – in rural NM, but the season is lively, with Manny’s amazing lighting for the (stolen) Christmas tree, and the arrival of Starr and little sister Glory, runaways from the Santa Fe scene. Lucy, the “lost wife”, and Ambrose – of the Orphan Train and the many uncles – join in the festivities, and all gather in the Trotters’ farm kitchen to give thanks for life, love, and the miracle of the Season.
Saturday evening, December 6, is a “Come home to Lost Wife Creek for Christmas” special, with Wandering Star & Little Glory, followed by All Shone ‘Round About – again, a Lost Wife Creek Christmas (1934). Sharing the Christmas spirit (and spirits) are Gardy and Cass Trotter, Mr. Gibbers – whose potent family eggnog recipe adds “life” to the gathering – and Gardy’s fashionable sister Ivy – but is Ruby Aragon a deserted wife or a widow? Where is Manny? His search for work is the chronicle of many a Depression-era job-seeker (Boulder Dam, Chicago in the mob era), but with the inimitable Aragon misadventures.
All Shone ‘Round About returns for the Sunday matinee, with And To All A Good Night! Gathered in the Silver Dream Saloon are Saint, Shepherd, La Llorona in search of her children, a Jewish Christmas Elf and a Dance-hall Christmas Fairy. Pueblo midwinter Kachinas dance, and a UFO appears over the range, leading steadily toward Belen. Humorous and touching, Good Night! brings a uniquely New Mexican slant to the Great Story:
Performances are Friday, December 5th, and Saturday, December 6th, both at 7:00 PM, with a matinee Sunday, December 7th, at 2:00 PM, at Magdalena’s historic WPA Theatre, Main at Fourth. Tickets are $3.50 for adults, $2.00 for children, available at door one hour before performance, and by Reservation at (575) 854-2519, or londonfrontier@gilanet.com; further information at www.londonfrontiertheatre.com.
London Frontier, in its historic WPA venue and 13th season in Magdalena, continues to present a wide variety of plays incorporating our vivid multi-culture in exciting, entertaining theatre.
This project funded in part by the McCune Foundation, the Kerr Foundation, Socorro Electric Cooperative, & LFTC’s “Friends of the Theatre.”