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A Class Act Productions Presents Three Le Wilhelm One-Acts for Christmas

(Poster design courtesy A Class Act Productions)

Is someone planning to rob Walmart on Christmas Eve? Find out by seeing A Class Act Productions' holiday show "The Great Walmart Christmas Eve Robbery and Other Christmas Stories!"  Come celebrate at the elegant 319 Downtown Event Center on West Walnut. Order delicious hors d'oeuvres and libations to be served at your table!   Performances are Thursday through Saturday Dec. 18-20 at 7:30pm. Tickets are $12.00, $10.00 for students.

George Cron, director of A Class Act Productions, says his dear friend, the late Le Wilhelm, "has written some very delightful, funny, as well as sweet and poignant, Christmas stories, so I compiled three of these and put them together."

In the "Walmart" story, an auto mechanic is struggling during the holidays, when his "lazy, conniving uncle (played by Kevin Keppy) comes up with the brilliant (?) idea that they should rob the Walmart on Christmas Eve because he heard that they're going to have low security that night!"

As for the "Other Christmas Stories" mentioned in the title, George Cron selected two other Le Wilhelm one-acts. The Road to Nineveh features two very lonely people in a diner who get to know each other "in a warm, friendly, romantic way." And Where the Snowflakes Bloom "deals with two homeless women and a very kind night watchman who lets them into the office building against (company) policy." 

For reservations or more information call A Class Act Productions at 417-766-3139, visit their Facebook page, or email aclassact@georgecron.com.

Randy Stewart joined the full-time KSMU staff in June 1978 after working part-time as a student announcer/producer for two years. His job has evolved from Music Director in the early days to encompassing production of a wide range of arts-related programming and features for KSMU, including the online and Friday morning Arts News. Stewart assists volunteer producers John Darkhorse (Route 66 Blues Express), Lee Worman (The Gold Ring), and Emily Higgins (The Mulberry Tree) with the production of their programs. He's also become the de facto "Voice of KSMU" in recent years due to the many hours per day he’s heard doing local station breaks. Stewart’s record of service on behalf of the Springfield arts community earned him the Springfield Regional Arts Council's Ozzie Award in 2006.