“The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus”
By: Pat Cook. Based on the book by L. Frank Baum.
Presented by the Brown Grand Players
November 22, 2024 at 7:00PM
November 23, 2024 at 7:00PM
November 24, 2024 at 2:00PM
Have you ever wondered just where Santa Claus came from? L. Frank Baum knew. The same man who created The Wonderful Wizard of Oz lets us in on his secret: the story of Saint Nicholas as told to him by Necile, the nymph who found Claus and raised him as her own in the world of Knooks, Faeries, Ryls and, yes, even the dreaded Awgwas. “Beware the Awgwas,” Necile warns Claus. “they hide under beds to frighten human children!” And so Claus decides he must leave the world of the Immortals and live among the humans, making toys to make children happy. He gets help from Jack Frost, who shows him the Frost Gale, allowing Claus and his sleigh to fly, and from two runaway Knooks, Lem and Barlo, who want to hear the children laugh. This delightful tale answers once and for all how Santa Claus made the first toy, why he climbs down chimneys and, most of all, how he learned to laugh that great “Ho, ho, ho.”
Tickets available at the door only: $10/Adults; $5/Children & Students
Cast List – “The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus”
Frank Baum…Brian Strait
Necile…Kristina Frost
Akeena…Billie Luecke
King…Ethan Evert
Willow…Dorothy Breault
Santa Claus…Joshua Urban
Weekum…Katarina Howell
Mayrie…Kyndel Moeskau
Jack Frost…Amanda Morgan
Awgwa #1…Shannon Best
Awgwa #2…Mikki Nelson
Maid…Ruby Doub
Reindeer #1…Justice Alexander
Reindeer #2…Sue Edington
Barlo…Avery Brown
Lem…Abigail Rose
Children…Killian Jones and Gannon Brown
King Awgwa…Barrett Jones
Queen Awgwa…Katie Jones
Awgwa #3…Brady Strait
Awgwa #4…Sue Edington
Water Sprite Princess…Tia Strait
Queen Gnome…Justice Alexander
Queen Imp…Ruby Doub
Prince Flash…Brady Strait
Bo…Dexter Buss
Faerie #1…Katarina Howell
Faerie #2…Kyndel Moeskau
Crew:
Director…Whitney Jones
Stage Manager…Amanda Morgan
Assistant Stage Manager…Billie Luecke
Prop Master…Katie Jones
Assistant Prop Master…Abigail Rose
Backstage Assistance…Shannon Best, Dexter Buss, Corra Luecke
About the Brown Grand Players:
The Brown Grand Players was formed in 1967, and was sanctioned in 1977 by the Brown Grand Theatre Board of Directors as the resident community theatre organization.
The Brown Grand Players is an extension of the Brown Grand Theatre and exists and operates under its own non-profit designation. Our mission is to promote growth and development of educational opportunities in the performing arts at the Brown Grand Theatre. Our goals are to benefit the Brown Grand Theatre through:
— Developing audience opportunities;
— Enhancing community artistic involvement; and
— Giving back to the Theatre in ways deemed appropriate and necessary.
The Players group is open to EVERYONE! We are always looking for interested individuals who would like to lend their skills in any fashion to the theatre, including: acting, directing, stage managing, tech operating, set building, costuming, and more.
Monthly Brown Grand Players meetings are held the third Thursday of every month at 6:00pm at the Brown Grand Theatre. COME JOIN US!!!!
Current Brown Grand Players Board Chairpersons:
President: Whitney Jones
Vice President: Amanda Morgan
Treasurer/Secretary: Katie Jones
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Brown Grand Players Productions Since 1967
1967 – The Heiress
1968 – Black Comedy
1969 – LUV
1975 – You Can’t Take It with You
1975 – Dirty Work at the Crossroads
1976 – Spiral Staircase
1976 – Arsenic & Old Lace
1976 – Come Blow Your Horn
1976 – Opal’s Baby
1977 – Papa is All
1977 – Last of Red-Hot Lovers
1977 – Grounded Witch
1977 – Pistol-Packin’ Sal
1978 – Little Women
1980 – The Vanderbilt Cup
1981 – Mousetrap
1981 – Unwicked Witch
1981 – Annie Get Your Gun
1982 – Mame
1982 – Dames at Sea
1984 – Crimes of the Heart
1984 – Plaza Suite
1985 – Prisoner of 2nd Avenue
1985 – Diligent Daughter
1986 – The Octette Bridge Club
1986 – 7 Wives for Dracula
1987 – Noises Off
1988 – A… My Name is Alice
1989 – Steel Magnolias
1990 – The Secret Affairs of Mildred Wild
1990 – Love Letters
1991 – Steel Magnolias
1991 – Talking With
1992 – Play On
1993 – The Alto Part
1994 – Enter Laughing
1995 – Faith County
1996 – First Lady Suite
1997 – Nunsense
1998 – Nunsense II
1999 – Nunsense III
2001 – The Octette Bridge Club
2002 – Steppin’ Out
2005 – Snapshots of Personal Histories
2005 – Jackie
2006 – Doin’ Time at the Alamo
2006 – The Guys
2007 – An Evening with Carol Burnett
2007 – Who Dunnnit to Elvis
2008 – An Evening with Carol Burnett Take Two
2008 – Murder at the Brown Grand Casino
2009 – Murder Mystery
2013 – Who Sank the Titanic Murder Mystery
2014 – A Tuna Christmas
2015 – A Mad Breakfast & Doorjambs Malfunction
2015 – The Wizard of Oz
2016 – Love Letters
2016 – Five One Acts
2016 – The Con”Sequences” of Ordinary
2017 – Faith County
2018 – Count the Ways
2018 – The Wizard of Oz
2019 – Almost Maine
2019 – Death in Them Thar Hills
2020 – Three Squirrels and a Tray of Nuts
2021 – Mrs. Claus and the Chili Cook-Off Caper
2022 – What the Herd Heard
2022 – Suitable for Hanging
2023 – Murder at the Renaissance Faire
2023 – Jr. Players: Consequences of Ordinary
2023 – The Blizzard of OZ
2024 – Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
2024 – The Savannah Sipping Society
2024 – The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
