Miracle on 34th Street (2019)

Sugar Factory Playhouse proudly presents “Miracle on 34th Street,” adapted by Mountain Community Theater from the novel by Valentine Davies, based upon the Twentieth Century Fox motion picture “Miracle on 34th Street,” and directed by Pat Oliver.

By chance, Kris Kringle, an old man in a retirement home, gets a job working as Santa for Macy’s department store. Kris unleashes waves of goodwill with Macy’s customers and the commercial world of New York City by referring parents to other stores to find exactly the toy their child has asked for. Along the way, he befriends a precocious young girl, Susan, who doesn’t believe in Santa Claus, as well as the girl’s workaholic mother, Doris. Seen as deluded and dangerous by a Macy’s vocational counselor who plots to have Kris committed to a psychiatric hospital, Kris ends up in a court competency hearing. Susan, Doris, and the rest of the world must wait anxiously to see if Kris and their lawyer friend, Fred, can somehow prove that there is indeed a Santa Claus.

Performances will be December 5, 6, 7, 9, 12, 13, 14, 16 at 7:30 p.m. with 2:00 matinees December 7 and December 14 at the Midvale Performing Arts Center (695 W. Center Street).

Tickets are $9-$12 for general admission and $5-$8 for children (12 and under), students (with ID), seniors (60 and over), and groups of 10 or more (must purchase tickets at the same time). Tickets may be purchased in advance online at BuyYourTix.com or at the door. Doors open a half hour before each performance, and seating is assigned.

Read Front Row Reviewers Utah's review of "Miracle on 34th Street" here.

CAST:

Dr. Pierce – Jeff Bigelow

Kris Kringle – Bill Morey

Bag Lady – Lisa Morey

Miss Rockefeller / snow queen / solo caroler – Brianna Michaelis

Shellhammer – Judy Binns

Doris – Jen Bedore / Merilyn Michaelis

Susan – Brynlee Dalton / Samantha Billingsley

Fred – Bob Bedore / Curtis Simmons

Drunk Santa – Nathan Unck

Mrs. Bloomingdale / parent – Alison Poor

Ms. Sawyer – Rosalie Richards

Judge Harper – Steve McBride

Mara, Sr. – Andrew Hackman

Tommy Mara – Rush Simmons

Halloran – Matthew Binns

Duncan / zoo keeper / parent – TBA

Al / parent – Meighan Smith

Lou – Nathan Unck

Parent/child – TBA

Parent/child – Amanda and Lillia Davis

Dutch girl – TBA

Elf – Ataija Reives

Elf – Ava Simmons

Elf – Henrie Holder

Elf – Hayden Nesbitt

Elf – Gretchen Nesbitt

Elf – Grifen Konishi

Elf – Jaron Konishi

Elf – Ellie Simmons