Hudson New York’s Park Theater Transforms into a Decadent and Magical Christmas Wonderland for The Whale Theatre’s Inaugural Production
Featuring Stars of Stage and Screen
Directed by Matt Joslyn and designed by David Lander, A Christmas Memory will be presented as a live radio play featuring Broadway veterans Marceline Hugot and Jeffrey Binder. Joining the actors will be a cellist performing original underscoring and a Foley artist helping to bring the story to life with sound effects. Capote’s short story will be followed by a second act featuring a cabaret of beloved holiday classics.
Broadway designer David Lander will transform the intimate Park Theater (723 Warren Street) into a decadently magical setting with Christmas trees, twinkling lights and bistro tables. Guests will be treated to mulled wine and hot cider as they enjoy The Whale Theatre’s inaugural production which is sure to become a holiday tradition.
Thursday, December 1 - Sunday, December 18
Truman Capote was a major American voice of the 20th Century. Perhaps best known for his true crime novel In Cold Blood, as well as Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Other Voices, Other Rooms. Capote was a prolific short story writer, and his deeply personal short story, A Christmas Memory was first published in 1956. It's a lyrical story narrated by Capote about two outsiders in a big Alabama home in the early 1930s: an eight year old Truman and his best friend and distant cousin, a quirky, sprightly spinster in her 60s. Through their annual tradition of making fruitcakes together, Truman paints a vivid picture of his early life, sharing the profound need of lost souls to make a connection, even across a generational divide.
Thursdays - Fridays at 7:30 PM and Sundays at 3 PM
ALL TICKETS $25