Director’s LetterMerry Christmas and Happy Holidays everyone! I am so glad you joined

us for Stage Right’s production of A Christmas Story. This production has been a glorious ride. I have a wonderful cast and crew and the biggest thrill has been to direct my own sons, Ian and Robben. It’s a once in a lifetime op-portunity that I will cherish forever. This is one of my favorite Christmas mov-ies and it has been a joy to bring it to life on stage with my own little twists.

So sit back, soak up the glow of the leg lamp, and enjoy the story of the little boy who desperately wants the ultimate Christmas present!

Melody Montez

STAGE RIGHTCorporate Sponsors and Underwriters

Steven & Carolyn Wong/TSF Inc. – ProducerDavid & Kristin Fishter/Exxon Mobil Foundation – Director

Dwain and Sandy Riney/Lubchem – DirectorGeorge & Amy Sowers – Stage ManagerJim & Angela Graves – Stage ManagerKaren & Mike Olson – Stage Manager

Mr. & Mrs. Harold E. Wood, Jr. – Stage ManagerCliff & Peggie Miller – Stage Manager

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Stage Right Board of DirectorsMarcia Feldt Bates, Phil Clarke, Katt Gilcrease,

Lyn Hawthorne Howard, Greg Kelly, Peter Kelly, Bruce Lyon, Amy Sowers, Carolyn Corsano Wong, Steven Wong

CAST(In order of appearance)

Ralph ........................................................................................................Steven BinnsRalphie Parker ...........................................................................................Ian MontezMother......................................................................................... Patrice KentimenosThe Old Man ............................................................................................Todd BradyRandy ..................................................................................................Robben MontezFlick/Desperado One .................................................................... Stephen TwinneySchwartz/Desperado Two .......................................................John Wallace BartonEsther Jane ......................................................................................Delaney JohnsonHelen ............................................................................................... Ashley WieneckeScut Farkas/Black Bart ............................................................................... Billy CoxMiss Shields ............................................................................................ Diana Egley

CrewDirector ..............................................................................................Melody MontezAssistant Director ...................................................................................Amy SowersStage Manager ..................................................................................Amber BabcockTechnical Advisor...................................................................................Jim BinghamMaster Carpenter .......................................................................... Dennis O’ ConnorScenic Design ..............................John Barton, Dennis O’Connor, Dave HackmanSet Construction ..............................................Dennis O’Connor, David Hackman, John Barton and CastStage Hands ......................................................... Derek Twinney, Hunter Johnson, Spencer Johnson, Samantha Sasscer, Dawson Dickey, Dillon DickeySound Design ......................................................... Melody Montez, Carolyn WongSound Engineer .................................................................................. Johnny BartonLight Design ..................................................................................... Roger OrmistonLight Engineer.................................................................................. Ralph ParkhurstCostume Design/Props ........... Melody Montez, Amy Sowers, Samantha SasscerFront of House......................................................................................Sarah RobertsProducers ............................................................................... Steve & Carolyn Wong

PLACE: Hohman, IndianaTIME: 1938

There will be a 15 min. intermission between acts

Food and drink in the lobby only, please.

Cast and Crew BiographiesSTEVEN BINNS (Ralph) I am excited to make my Crighton Theater debut with STAGE RIGHT. I have been performing in one way or another since I was knee high to a grasshopper. My love for the spotlight has made the way for me to use my talents in many ways. I have been an actor and singer in musicals, comedies, and dramas both on and off stage. Over the past few years I have been a DJ at KSTAR Country 99.7 FM, a football an-nouncer, Elvis impersonator, and played hero and villain characters with Old West Melodrama. The world we create on stage is so exciting and I love bringing the audi-ence into it with us. I am blessed to be on a 28 year honeymoon with my beautiful wife Cindy, and she has blessed me with two spectacular children, Brooke and Drake.

IAN MONTEZ (Ralphie) Ian has been acting since he was a baby! His favorite roles were Jackie in Cheaper by the Dozen and Winthrop in The Music Man. He is currently in Bravo Company with STAGE RIGHT and he is so excited to be playing Ralphie, one of his all-time favorite char-acters!

PATRICE KENTIMENOS (Mother) Pa-trice Kentimenos is thrilled to be playing Mother in A Christmas Story once again at the Crighton Theatre. It was a fun en-deavor for her two years ago and it has been an equally exciting and reward-ing experience to work with the current cast. Patrice is a native New Yorker who has performed in many stage produc-tions, video, radio and film. Recently she has worked on stage productions such as Awesome America!, The Carol Burnett

Show, Southern Hospitality, Dearly Be-loved, and Murder on the Nile, to name just a few. Patrice is so thankful for her family’s support of her love of theatre! TODD BRADY (The Old Man) Todd is thrilled to be in this heartwarming Holi-day special. As a semi-retired local den-tist, he is really enjoying the camaraderie that community theatre offers and he just loves performing at the Crighton. He has recently been in The Red Velvet Cake War and The Wizard of Oz. He would like to thank his wife Karen for her support of his theatrical side and his friends who continue to come and see him.

ROBBEN MONTEZ (Randy) Robben is so excited to be playing Randy in this production. It is not much of a stretch to play the younger brother to his real older brother! Robben last appeared in The Music Man and is currently in Bravo Company.

STEPHEN TWINNEY (Flick) Ste-phen is extremely proud to be joining the Crighton Theater for such a GREAT show! Stephen lives with his family in Conroe and attends Geisinger Elementa-ry and his favorite subjects are Math and Science. This is Stephen’s second play at the Crighton, he played the barrister in The Wizard of Oz this summer. Stephen also enjoys basketball and loves to vol-unteer at the animal shelter. He would like to thank the Director, and Assistant Director for allowing him to be a part of this great show.

JOHN WALLACE BARTON (Shwartz) John Wallace Barton is a third grader at

the Vista Academy in Willis. This is his first production and role in a play, and he is very excited to be in A Christmas Sto-ry. He would like to thank his mom and dad for letting him be in the play as well as bringing him to rehearsal. When not on stage, he enjoys video games, Legos, woodworking, and archery. He is looking forward to being in many more produc-tions. BILLY COX (Scut Farkus) Billy recently moved to The Woodlands, Texas from Mexico. This is his first part in commu-nity theatre and he has enjoyed the ex-perience. He is a sixth grader at Mitchell Intermediate. He likes to shoot and edit videos. He loves paintball and his parents hope he doesn’t shot his eye out doing it.

DELANEY JOHNSON (Esther Jane) Delaney Johnson is 10 years old and a fifth grader at Montgomery Intermedi-ate School. She loves everything about theater and loves to sing and spend time with her family. A Christmas Story is her first performance and she would like to thank Melody for giving her the chance to be a part of this amazing show.

ASHLEY WIENECKE (Helen) Ashley Wienecke is thrilled to be back onstage at the Crighton Theatre. As the founding member of Stage Right’s Bravo Company in 2008, Ashley has appeared in The Ever After and Doo Wop Wed Widing Hood. Her most memorable experience was as an orphan in Annie in 2010. When Ash-ley is not onstage she enjoys reading, par-ticipating in the art club and science club at her school, and sports. She has been in-volved in basketball, soccer, and tae kwon do, in which she recently earned her green belt, making even the likes of Scut Farkus no match for her. Ashley would like to thank her Director, and friend, Melody

Montez, for the opportunity to rejoin her theatre family in this production, as well as her family, friends, and teachers, for their support and encouragement. She is especially thankful for the guidance from her fellow cast mates.....break a leg lamp you guys!!!

DIANA EGLEY (Miss Shields) Diana is thrilled to be making her debut at the Crighton Theater. She has previously ap-peared at The Owen in White Christmas, Grease, and South Pacific. Diana studied acting and directing at Truman State Uni-versity. When not at the theater or at her lab, Diana directs a handbell choir for New Danville, a special needs commu-nity in Willis.

CrewMELODY MONTEZ (Director) Melody has been in the theatre for close to 25 years. She has directed many shows and acted in many more. Her favorite roles include Roz in Moon Over Buffalo, Rhon-da Lynn in Christmas Bells and Savannah in the World Premiere of Mama Won’t Fly. She has been with STAGE RIGHT since its first production and also teaches the teenage class of Bravo Company. She last directed the STAGE RIGHT produc-tion of The Red Velvet Cake War and had a terrific time! She is especially proud of her sons Ian and Robben and is delighted to be directing them in this production. She would like to thank her husband, Al and her family for all of their support.

AMY SOWERS (Assistant Director) Amy Sowers most recently directed the Bravo Company production Shakespeare Comes to Calamity Creek. Amy was last seen onstage at the Crighton Theatre as Auntie Em in The Wizard of Oz and appeared as Gaynelle in The Red Vel-

vet Cake War. She also appeared in the world premiere production of the Jones, Hope, Wooten play Mama Won’t Fly as Ardale, Juliette, and Teeta. She has pre-viously been seen as Honey Raye in the trilogy Dearly Beloved, Christmas Belles and Southern Hospitality. Some of Amy’s favorite roles are Diana in Lend Me a Ten-or, Elaine in The Miss Firecracker Contest, Mary in How the Other Half Loves, Pame-la in The Uninvited, Mother in Cheaper by the Dozen, and Mary in Run for your Wife. Amy has been an assistant director for A Christmas Story, Cinderella and Sta-lag 17. She has directed a number of chil-dren’s shows including Bravo Company’s The Ever After and A Pirate’s Life for Me. She serves on the Crighton Theatre Foun-dation and STAGE RIGHT Boards. She is also the director of Bravo Company Performing Arts School, the educational wing of STAGE RIGHT. Amy holds a MA in speech pathology from the Uni-versity of Houston and lives in Conroe with her husband George.

AMBER BABCOCK (Stage Manager) Amber Babcock performed in Gilbert and Sullivan’s HMS Pinafore at the age of 12 and by 17 was singing with the Chi-cago Symphony Orchestra and Chicago Lyric Opera Chorus. She’s performed in more than 50 musicals domestically and internationally, and started directing shows in the early 80’s in the San Fran-cisco Bay Area. There, she was affiliated with the Peninsula Civic Light Opera Company, later with the Schenectady Light Opera Company in New York, the Jakarta Players in Indonesia, and The Stage Club in Singapore where she also formed a professional vocal swing group, Mood Swings. Amber founded, wrote, di-rected & choreographed Austin’s Murder Mystery Musicals (a dinner theatre enter-tainment company) and was a founding

member of the NorthxNorthwest Theatre in Austin. She is happy and grateful to again be working at the Crighton Theatre!

DENNIS O’CONNOR (Master Carpen-ter) is tickled pink to reignite his 32 year love affair with the Crighton stage after a 5 year hiatus in New York. He dedicates every smile, laugh and knee slap to his children Adam, Jonah, Denny and Emmy. Einstein in Arsenic and Old Lace, Joseph in My Three Angels, Pelinor in Jeanne Brash-er’s 1990 production of Camelot, Kris Kringle in Miracle on 34th Street, Harry in Stalag 17, and Arnold in The Boys Next Door are his favorite roles on the Crighton stage. “I love to make the audience smile,” says Dennis. “Please support the Crighton as your hometown theatre as well as the Crighton Theatre Foundation and STAGE RIGHT. It ends in Joy.”

JOHNNY BARTON (Set Design & Sound Engineer) has been in various productions for over twenty years. Cur-rently a DJ at KStar Country 99.7 FM, he has given his talents to stage, screen and radio. He has been seen on television, commercials, films, as well as on stage at the Crighton Theater and other the-aters in Houston. His favorite production at the Crighton Theatre was a staging of Macbeth, where he worked both on and off the stage. He has an extensive back stage portfolio as well, as set and costume designer, stage manager, and produc-tion management. He has a BFA in The-ater from Sam Houston State University (2002). He has a wife, Melissa, and two wonderful children, John Wallace and Cordelia Elizabeth.

ROGER ORMISTON (Light Design) has performed on stage in over 40 pro-ductions since 1974. He currently works behind the scenes at both the Owen The-

atre and the Crighton Theatre in Conroe. He lives in Conroe with His wife, Shann Powers and two dog-ters, Shelby and Maggie. He is a home inspector and own-er of 123 Home Inspections.

RALPH PARKHURST (Lights Engi-neer) Ralph Parkhurst is thrilled to be working on his favorite show. He also en-joys investing in real estate and working as a stage manager for Christian Youth Theater. His hobbies include tennis, boat-ing and wake surfing.

SAMANTHA SASSCER (Costumes & Props) Samantha is a senior at The Woodlands High School. She is an intern with STAGE RIGHT this school year. Sa-mantha hopes to pursue a career in the-atre education.

DEREK TWINNEY (Elf/Stage Crew) Derek Twinney is extremely proud to be joining the Crighton Theater to help be part of the crew. Derek lives with his family in Conroe and attends Willis High School. His favorite subjects are Theater and Quantum Physics. He would like to thank the Director, and Assistant Direc-tor for allowing him to be a part of this great show and allowing him to grow more tech knowledge in the theater busi-ness.

HUNTER JOHNSON (Stage Crew) Hunter Johnson is a freshman at Mont-gomery High School. He enjoys baseball and spending time with his friends. He has a twin brother, and a younger brother and sister and is honored to be included in this production of A Christmas Story. Hunter has worked as a lighting techni-cian as well as backstage crew. His previ-ous experience includes, Rabbit Hole and The Great Gatsby. He would like to thank Melody for the opportunity to be a part of this stunning performance.

SPENCER JOHNSON (Stage Crew) Spencer Johnson is a freshman at Mont-gomery High School. He has been light-ing technician for 2 other performances, Rabbit Hole and The Great Gatsby. He is proud to be given this opportunity. Spen-cer would like to thank Melody and his family for giving him the chance to do something that he loves.

DAWSON DICKEY (Stage Crew) Daw-son Dickey is a freshman tech theater student at Montgomery High School. He has overseen the lighting for MHS The-ater productions, The Rabbit Hole and The Great Gatsby. Dawson has an older sister and a younger twin brother. In his spare time, Dawson enjoys playing base-ball and video games. Dawson is thrilled for this opportunity to gain more back-stage experience and is looking forward to many more years of working in the theater.

DILLON DICKEY (Stage Crew) Dil-lon Dickey is a freshman at Montgomery High School. As a MHS Tech Theater student, Dillon has run the lighting for The Rabbit Hole and has been part of the running crew backstage for The Great Gatsby. He lives in Montgomery with his parents, older sister and twin brother. Dillon plays football for MHS and enjoys playing baseball and video games in his spare time. He is thankful for this op-portunity to learn more about backstage production and lighting.

Cast and Crew

JOHN WALLACE BARTON

STEVEN BINNS

DAWSONDICKEY

JOHNNYBARTON

AMBER BABCOCK

TODD BRADY

BILLY COX

DIANA EGLEY

DELANEY JOHNSON

HUNTER JOHNSON

SPENCER JOHNSON

DILLONDICKEY

Cast and Crew

AMYSOWERS

DEREKTWINNEY

STEPHENTWINNEY

ASHLEYWIENECKE

RALPHPARKHURST

IAN MONTEZ

MELODY MONTEZ

ROBBEN MONTEZ

DENNIS O’CONNOR

PATRICE KENTIMENOS

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