Stories on Stage presents "Making Merry" December 13, 2009

STORIES ON STAGE

Making Merry
DENVER, October 30, 2009 – Stories on Stage presents Making Merry on Sunday, December 13 in the Seawell Ballroom at the Denver Performing Arts Complex. Show times are 1:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Single tickets are $25 adult, $15 Student, tickets for groups of 10 or more are $20 per person and LoDough (scholarship) tickets are also available. Tickets are available online at www.storiesonstage.org or by phone at 303-494-0523.

The talents of Jacqueline Antaramian, Jamie Horton, Mahira Kakkar and Randy Moore bring warmth to the season with classic holiday stories in Making Merry.

“The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry, read by Mahira Kakkar

“Love that looks not with the eyes but with the mind."
O. Henry was the pen name of American writer William Sydney Porter. O. Henry's short stories are well known for their wit, wordplay, warm characterization and clever twist endings. Most of his stories are set in his own time, the early years of the 20th century. Many take place in New York City, and deal for the most part with ordinary people: clerks, policemen, and waitresses. O. Henry published 10 collections and over 600 short stories during his lifetime

Mahira Kakkar trained at the Juilliard School, the Guthrie Experience and Chautauqua Theatre Conservatory. Her regional credits include Miss Witherspoon, Betrothed, Three Sisters, Macbeth, Lady Windermere’s Fan, Once in a Lifetime, Our Town and she has appeared on the television series Law & Order: Criminal Intent.

“The Wind in the Willows” by Kenneth Grahame, read by Randy Moore
At holiday time there really is no place like home.
Kenneth Grahame is most famous for The Wind in the Willows (1908), one of the classics of children's literature, which focuses on four animal characters in pastoral England. The wayward headstrong nature he saw in his little son Alistair (also known as "Mouse") was transformed into the swaggering Mr. Toad, one of its four principal characters. Grahame also wrote The Reluctant Dragon; both books were adapted into Disney films in the 1940’s.

Randy Moore is now enjoying his 15th season at Denver Center Theatre Company. His credits include: Trip to Bountiful, A Christmas Carol, The Miser, The Winter’s Tale, A Flea in Her Ear. As a 30-year veteran of the Dallas Theater Center acting company Mr. Moore performed as Cyrano, Hamlet, Iago, Sherlock Holmes, and others.

“Vera’s First Christmas Adventure” by Arnold Bennett, read by Jacqueline Antaramian

All I want for Christmas is…..exactly what I want.

Arnold Bennett won a literary competition in 1889 and was encouraged to take up journalism full time. His most famous works are the Clayhanger trilogy and The Old Wives' Tale. Vera’s First Christmas Adventure is taken from The Grim Smile of the Five Towns, a collection of short stories published in 1907.

Jacqueline Antaramian’s Broadway credits include Mary Stuart, Coram Boy, Julius Caesar and Wrong Mountain.

She has been seen in episodes of Fringe, Lipstick Jungle, Third Watch, Law & Order and The Sopranos and in the movie The Siege. Ms. Antaramian has performed leading roles in more than 60 regional productions, including nine years at the Denver Center Theatre Company, and was awarded the 2006 Barrymore Award for Best Actress for her performance in Nine Parts of Desire.

“Another Christmas Carol” by P.G. Wodehouse, read by Jamie Horton

Egbert Mulliner’s best holiday dinner ever.

P.G. Wodehouse is best known for his creation of the quintessential British gentleman and valet “Jeeves.” He was first published in 1902 and enjoyed enormous popular success during a career of more than seventy years. Wodehouse was also a playwright and lyricist who was part author and writer of 15 plays and of 250 lyrics for some 30 musical comedies. His prolific writings continue to be widely read.

Jamie Horton returns to Denver once again to delight the Stories on Stage audience. A 23-year veteran of the Denver Center Theatre Company, Mr. Horton engaged Denver audiences as an actor in numerous shows including Orphans, The Dresser, Sylvia, Gross Indecency and Bernice/Butterfly; director of Inna Beginning, and The Scarlet Letter and writer: A Rumor of Angels, NBC’s St. Elsewhere and Top of the World. Mr. Horton had a twenty-year association with the National Theatre Conservatory’s MFA program as adjunct teacher and mentor. He is currently an Associate Professor of Theatre at Dartmouth College.

Stories On Stage, an award winning performing arts organization features some of America's best actors from stage and screen today performing the words of many of the finest renown authors.

After the performance stay and enjoy complimentary cookies and milk.

Making Merry is sponsored in part by the SCFD Scientific and Cultural Facilities District Making It Possible, Les Crispelle and Glenn Tiedt.

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Stories on Stage presents Making Merry - America's best actors from stage and screen performing the words of the finest renown authors. Sunday, December 13 at the Seawell Ballroom in the Denver Performing Arts Complex, Speer and Arapahoe. 1:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Single tickets are $25 Adult/ $15 Student - www.storiesonstage.org or 303-494-0523.