Mansfield Playhouse

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Ralphie wants one thing for Christmas: a Red Ryder Carbine Action 200-Shot, Range Model Air Rifle. Ralphie pleads his case before his mother, his teacher and even Santa Claus himself, at Goldblatt's Department Store. The consistent response: "You'll shoot your eye out." All the elements from the beloved motion picture are here, including the family's temperamental exploding furnace; Scut Farkas, the school bully; the boys' experiment with a wet tongue on a cold lamppost; Ralphie's father winning a lamp shaped like a woman's leg in a net stocking. Directed by Bruce Jacklin. Performances will be December 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, and 19.

The celebrated co-authors of such classics as Murder at the Howard Johnsons and Wally's Cafe have created another sure fire winner in which two couples rent the same Catskills cabin for the same weekend by mistake. One couple is staid and middle aged; the other free wheeling and young. They decide to share, and before the weekend is over the youngsters have learned how to add stability to their relationship and the oldsters have learned to loosen up. Auditions Nov. 30 & Dec. 1 @7:30 p.m. Director Rich Wasowski