Fall Play

University of Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy is pleased to announce the
2024 fall play — A Christmas Story!

Humorist Jean Shepherd's memoir of growing up in the Midwest in the 1940s follows 9-year-old Ralphie Parker in his quest to get a genuine Red Ryder BB gun under the tree for Christmas. Ralphie pleads his case before his mother, his teacher and even Santa Claus himself at Higbee'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; the Little Orphan Annie decoder pin; Ralphie's father winning a lamp shaped like a woman's leg in a net stocking; Ralphie's fantasy scenarios and more. A Christmas Story is destined to become a theatrical holiday perennial.

Audition Dates
Informational Meeting: Tuesday, August 27
Auditions: Wednesday, August 28
Callbacks: Thursday, August 29

Performance Dates
Thursday, October 24 at 7:00 PM
Friday, October 25 at 7:30 PM
Saturday, October 26 at 7:30 PM
Performances to be held at Marygrove College Theater.

Purchase Online Tickets Here
Tickets will also be available for sale at the door or during lunch hours at school while they last.