The GIft of the Magi & Amahl and The Night Visitors

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Time & Place

    • Peninsula Community Theatre

      December 2-4, 2011; December 9-11, 2011; December 16-18, 2011, 12 a.m.

      10251 Warwick Boulevard
      Newport News, VA 23601
    • Phone: 757-595-5728
      Highway Exit: 5 from I-664
      Website: Click here to visit us online

Description

The Gift of the Magi tells the story of Della and Jim, who are desperately in love with each other but also very poor. In their attempts to buy each other proper Christmas gifts, a strange twist of fate leads the couple to find the perfect gifts for one another -- but at an unexpected cost. Though they may not have the perfect Christmas, the couple learns about the importance of the gift of love in this beautiful adaptation of the story adapted from O. Henry's original story by Mindy Starnes Clark. In Amahl and the Night Visitors, Amahl, a shepherd, tries to tell his mother about what he has seen outside; an enormous star with a long tale. His mother, used to his habitual lying, grows angry; she is even angrier when Amahl tells her that a knock at the door is three kings come to visit them. The kings enter and tell the two peasants that they have come to find a king, and they show the rich gifts they have brought him. While Amahl's mother is out gathering wood for the fire, Amahl asks the kings’ questions about their lives. The mother returns with her neighbours, and the villagers present their gifts to the visitors. That night, Amahl's mother tries to steal some of the kings' gold to use to help her child; she is caught, and when the kings offer to let her keep the gold, explaining that the king they seek will need nothing but love to rule his kingdom, she returns it. Amahl offers his staff as an additional gift and suddenly finds that he can walk. He leaves with the kings to pay homage to the child who has healed him. Friday – Saturday at 8 p.m.; Sunday at 2:30 p.m.