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London Frontier Theatre
proudly presents
COME HOME FOR CHRISTMAS, JESSEE
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<font color="black" face="Arial Narrow" size="2"><table align=center cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><caption align=bottom><font color="black" face="Arial Narrow" size="2">'Come Home for Christmas, Jesse' will be performed by London Frontier Theatre Company on Dec. 7, 8 & 9.</font> </caption><tr><td><img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/lftc_come_home.jpg border=1 hspace=5 alt="'Come Home for Christmas, Jesse' will be performed by London Frontier Theatre Company on Dec. 7, 8 & 9."></td></tr></table></font><embed src="http://steppinoutnewmexico.com/images/hmxmas.mid" width="77" height="25" autostart=true volume=25 loop=NO></center>
<font color="black" face="Arial Narrow" size="2"><table align=right cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><caption align=bottom><font color="black" face="Arial Narrow" size="2">Nostaligic memories return to a lone woman on an isolated NM ranch as strange visitors appear out of the snowy Christmas Eve night, bringing the forgotten hopes, fears, and joyous chaos of the season.</font> </caption><tr><td><img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/lftc_web_graphic.gif border=1 hspace=5 alt="Nostaligic memories return to a lone woman on an isolated NM ranch as strange visitors appear out of the snowy Christmas Eve night, bringing the forgotten hopes, fears, and joyous chaos of the season."></td></tr></table></font>Magdalena, New Mexico: The past returns to vivid life for a woman on an isolated New Mexico ranch, bringing the bittersweet memories and joyous chaos of the Season.
Christmas (or Chanukah, or Solstice): family gathered for festive celebration, children awed and excited, cherished traditions carried on from generation to generation. But, as one character observes, “Sometimes Christmas gets a little out of hand,“ especially when unexpected visitors appear out of the snowy Christmas Eve night.
Jessee-Belle Owens has sorted out what matters to her now - wood chopped, livestock fed, a quite evening by the fire - and left behind the embroilments of family life and the extra work of holiday preparations. Accepting herself and what is, rather than aching for what might be, life has become simpler, easier, but... “If you throw out every blessed thing that reminds you, you may dis-remember for a while, but you still won't forget.”
And in the season of sentiment and remembrance, of light and hope, the passionate yearnings of youth re-surface to ask,“What have you done with my life?”
The past lives on, as Jessee recalls her bullying but beloved grandmother, keeper of family secrets, and the roaming cowboy whose last letter she never received. Even dreams become substance, for “Love's got to take some kind of shape.”
COME HOME FOR CHRISTMAS, JESSEE is a reminder of the cherished loves and despairs, absurdities and joys of coming home, and the constant renewal of hope that is the message of the Season.
London Frontier Theatre, now in its historic WPA venue and twelfth season in Magdalena, continues to present a wide variety of plays, incorporating our vivid multi-cultural heritage for exciting, entertaining theatre. We’ll soon be publishing our schedule of plays for 2008; meanwhile, join us to begin the celebration of this year’s Christmas/Chanukah/Solstice Season.
Actors in COME HOME are Josie Holt, Paul Holt, Lilly Jones, Ruth Ryan, and Donna Todd, all of Magdalena. Greg Vivian, also of Magdalena, is stage manager and handles lighting and sound. Script is by Donna Todd, direction by Donna Todd and Michael Mideke. Mideke is also London Frontier’s videographer.
Performances are Friday, December 7th and Saturday, December 8th, both at 7:00 PM, with a matinee on Sunday, December 9th at 2:00 PM. Performances are at Magdalena’s historic WPA Theatre on Main at Fourth Street. Tickets are $3.50 for adults, $2.00 for children under twelve, and are available at the door one hour prior to performance, and by Reservation at (505) 854-2519 or londonfrontier@gilanet.com (londonfrontier@gilanet.com) / www.londonfrontiertheatre (http://www.londonfrontiertheatre/).
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This project is funded in part by the Kerr Foundation of Oklahoma, the McCune Foundation of Santa Fe, Socorro Electric Cooperative, & LFTC’s “Friends of the Theatre."
<a href=http://www.thekerrfoundation.org/ target=_blank><img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/kerrfoundationlogo.gif border=0 hspace=10 alt="Visit the Kerr Foundation site"></a> <a href=http://www.nmmccune.org/ target=_blank><img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/mccunefoundationlogo.gif border=0 hspace=10 alt="Visit the McCune Foundation site"></a> <a href=http://www.socorroelectric.com target=_blank><img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/socorroelectriccoop.gif border=0 hspace=10 alt="Visit the Socorro Electric Co-op site"></a>
proudly presents
COME HOME FOR CHRISTMAS, JESSEE
<center>Exclusive Steppin' Out Audio Enabled Article... Turn on Your Sound! <br>
<font color="black" face="Arial Narrow" size="2"><table align=center cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><caption align=bottom><font color="black" face="Arial Narrow" size="2">'Come Home for Christmas, Jesse' will be performed by London Frontier Theatre Company on Dec. 7, 8 & 9.</font> </caption><tr><td><img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/lftc_come_home.jpg border=1 hspace=5 alt="'Come Home for Christmas, Jesse' will be performed by London Frontier Theatre Company on Dec. 7, 8 & 9."></td></tr></table></font><embed src="http://steppinoutnewmexico.com/images/hmxmas.mid" width="77" height="25" autostart=true volume=25 loop=NO></center>
<font color="black" face="Arial Narrow" size="2"><table align=right cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><caption align=bottom><font color="black" face="Arial Narrow" size="2">Nostaligic memories return to a lone woman on an isolated NM ranch as strange visitors appear out of the snowy Christmas Eve night, bringing the forgotten hopes, fears, and joyous chaos of the season.</font> </caption><tr><td><img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/lftc_web_graphic.gif border=1 hspace=5 alt="Nostaligic memories return to a lone woman on an isolated NM ranch as strange visitors appear out of the snowy Christmas Eve night, bringing the forgotten hopes, fears, and joyous chaos of the season."></td></tr></table></font>Magdalena, New Mexico: The past returns to vivid life for a woman on an isolated New Mexico ranch, bringing the bittersweet memories and joyous chaos of the Season.
Christmas (or Chanukah, or Solstice): family gathered for festive celebration, children awed and excited, cherished traditions carried on from generation to generation. But, as one character observes, “Sometimes Christmas gets a little out of hand,“ especially when unexpected visitors appear out of the snowy Christmas Eve night.
Jessee-Belle Owens has sorted out what matters to her now - wood chopped, livestock fed, a quite evening by the fire - and left behind the embroilments of family life and the extra work of holiday preparations. Accepting herself and what is, rather than aching for what might be, life has become simpler, easier, but... “If you throw out every blessed thing that reminds you, you may dis-remember for a while, but you still won't forget.”
And in the season of sentiment and remembrance, of light and hope, the passionate yearnings of youth re-surface to ask,“What have you done with my life?”
The past lives on, as Jessee recalls her bullying but beloved grandmother, keeper of family secrets, and the roaming cowboy whose last letter she never received. Even dreams become substance, for “Love's got to take some kind of shape.”
COME HOME FOR CHRISTMAS, JESSEE is a reminder of the cherished loves and despairs, absurdities and joys of coming home, and the constant renewal of hope that is the message of the Season.
London Frontier Theatre, now in its historic WPA venue and twelfth season in Magdalena, continues to present a wide variety of plays, incorporating our vivid multi-cultural heritage for exciting, entertaining theatre. We’ll soon be publishing our schedule of plays for 2008; meanwhile, join us to begin the celebration of this year’s Christmas/Chanukah/Solstice Season.
Actors in COME HOME are Josie Holt, Paul Holt, Lilly Jones, Ruth Ryan, and Donna Todd, all of Magdalena. Greg Vivian, also of Magdalena, is stage manager and handles lighting and sound. Script is by Donna Todd, direction by Donna Todd and Michael Mideke. Mideke is also London Frontier’s videographer.
Performances are Friday, December 7th and Saturday, December 8th, both at 7:00 PM, with a matinee on Sunday, December 9th at 2:00 PM. Performances are at Magdalena’s historic WPA Theatre on Main at Fourth Street. Tickets are $3.50 for adults, $2.00 for children under twelve, and are available at the door one hour prior to performance, and by Reservation at (505) 854-2519 or londonfrontier@gilanet.com (londonfrontier@gilanet.com) / www.londonfrontiertheatre (http://www.londonfrontiertheatre/).
<hr width=50%>
This project is funded in part by the Kerr Foundation of Oklahoma, the McCune Foundation of Santa Fe, Socorro Electric Cooperative, & LFTC’s “Friends of the Theatre."
<a href=http://www.thekerrfoundation.org/ target=_blank><img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/kerrfoundationlogo.gif border=0 hspace=10 alt="Visit the Kerr Foundation site"></a> <a href=http://www.nmmccune.org/ target=_blank><img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/mccunefoundationlogo.gif border=0 hspace=10 alt="Visit the McCune Foundation site"></a> <a href=http://www.socorroelectric.com target=_blank><img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/socorroelectriccoop.gif border=0 hspace=10 alt="Visit the Socorro Electric Co-op site"></a>