A Wonderful Life Day!
Bring the char-actors of the timeless movie "It's a Wonderful Life" to your town or company event!
Meet George Bailey, his wife Mary, Clarence and more. Be a part of the action. Win "Bailey Bucks" throughout the day. Try your hand at the BSP "Lasso the Moon" contest. Listen to the melodious sounds of Merry Mischief. And so much more on this fun-filled day.
Not just for the holidays...a festival, town day,company outing,or any special event of your choosing.
Bring the char-actors of the timeless movie "It's a Wonderful Life" to your town or company event!
George Bailey(Gerrit VanderWerff Jr.) and Clarence (Ian Thomas Franks) with children in Seneca Falls
SENECA FALLS: Once again on Saturday, December 14, 2008, the village of Seneca Falls was transformed into Bedford Falls. George Bailey (Gerrit VanderWerff Jr.) was there. So was future wife Mary Hatch (Laura K. Vannah), Bert the Policeman (Tim Dowd), Clarence the Angel (Ian Thomas Franks) and even Violet (Elizabeth Dapo). (Read the full Finger Lakes Times review on our Media page)
(all photos on this page are by Brady Dillsworth, Dillsworth Photography, taken at the Seneca Falls Christmas Festival 2008)
Help Clarence Earn His Wings!
Set the day before Christmas, Bright Star ProductionZ (BSP) char-actors will re-enact short vignettes from this timeless movie on the streets of your town. At the start of the day, they will re-enact the famous "Bridge scene," where George Bailey goes into the river after Clarence. From there, these professional and talented actors will perform vignettes from the movie throughout the day.
Later in the afternoon, BSP char-actors will re-enact the second "Bridge scene" from the movie, where George realizes he just wants to exist. The final scene from the movie, where the townspeople bring George Bailey the money to pay his debt, will be performed at the end of the day. The audience will bring the "Bailey Bucks" they have won throughout the day to the final scene and will win prizes for the most collected.
All scenes and locations can be adapted to fit your town and/or event.
We have three options for you to choose from!
All options can be booked as a 5 hour day-long program or a shorter 3 hour program. All options include a "Lasso the Moon" contest, a stone-throwing contest at a façade of 320 Sicamore St. (the old Granville house), and Merry Mischief. Merry Mischief will play 4 - ½ hour music sets.
OPTION 1 – Full Cast * 20 actors in period costumes: George Bailey, Mary Hatch, Mr. Potter (and his bodyguard), Uncle Billy, Clarence, Mrs. Bailey, Ernie, Bert, Violet, Mr. Gower, Sam Wainwright, Harry Bailey, Mr. Martini, Annie, Nick, and the Bailey Children: Janie, ZuZu, Pete, Tommy
OPTION 2 – Half Cast * 10 actors in period costumes: George Bailey, Mary Hatch, Mr. Potter (and his bodyguard), Uncle Billy, Clarence, Violet, Harry Bailey, Mr. Gower, and ZuZu
OPTION 3 – Minimal Cast * 5 actors in period costumes: George Bailey, Mary Hatch, Clarence, Violet, Bert *Production Fee includes actors, props, costumes, make-up person, hairdresser, Bailey Bucks, mini-bells, Merry Mischief, and a director.
ADDITIONAL OPTIONS
¨ We will work with your High School students in an Arts & Education piece. Laura K. Vannah and your High School teachers will work together with the students to research and learn about the history and music that is in the film: the Great Depression, WWII, any slang they find, and more. They students will then create their own characters out of what they learn. The "character" the students create, write vignettes for, and costume will become a part of the day's events. For example, these characters could be from history, or a soldier coming home from the war, Rosie the Riveter, etc. The students will learn how to take what they are learning in their classrooms and transform that knowledge into acting.
¨ We will work with your middle school children. They will read Tom Sawyer over the course of the fall semester with their teachers. We will then come in and help them re-enact vignettes from the book. We will give out "AS2" awards to all the students. “Dear (child’s name): Remember no (child’s sex) is a failure who has friends. Thanks for the wings! Love Clarence”, will be written in the front of a copy of Tom Sawyer for each classroom.
Working with High School and Middle School students would be an extra fee.
For more information on how you can book this delightful show, call 315-963-3820 or email us today.
We guarantee it will be a most "wonderful" event!