"A Candle in the Window" - by L. Don Swartz - Gateway Players (Southbridge, MA.)
Gateway Players
Presents L. Don Swartz's
"A CANDLE IN THE WINDOW"
Written by L. Don Swatz
Directed by Eric Hart
Produced by Lynn Boucher
Performances:
December 5, 2025 through December 7, 2025
(Contact Box Office for Exact Times)
Performances to be held at Fellowship Hall of Elm Street Congregational Church, 61 Elm Street in Southbridge, MA. Entrance is on Park Street (around corner).
TICKETS:
Online credit card ticket sales are available at www.gatewayplayers.org
For more information call 508-764-4531 or visit www.gatewayplayers.org
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This program is supported by a grant from the Southbridge Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
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ABOUT THE SHOW
A small group of weary travelers discover the power of the season while trapped in a lonely train station on Christmas Eve.
As a blizzard rages outside, the troubled people are forced to turn to each other for companionship.
Trying to make them more comfortable is the old stationmaster, Charlie.
When the clock strikes midnight, there is a knock on the station door and seven youngsters appear.
They've seen the station lights from the nearby church where, in secret, they've been practicing the story of the nativity which they plan to present at regular service.
They offer to perform their play for the travelers and afterward, speak to the travelers individually, giving advice which is seemingly wise beyond their years.
The next morning, as a new, younger stationmaster lights a Christmas candle, we realize the mysterious stop in the travelers' journey was more than accidental and has given them a renewed spirit and resolve.
ABOUT GATEWAY PLAYERS THEATRE OF SOUTHBRIDGE
GATEWAY PLAYERS THEATRE, INC. is an all-volunteer community theater providing quality live theatre performances and workshops to Southbridge, Sturbridge, and Charlton, Massachusetts and surrounding areas. GATEWAY PLAYERS THEATRE, INC. started in 1975, when a group of interested community members decided that Southbridge needed a theater group to bring live productions to the area. First using local schools and borrowed rehearsal and storage space, GATEWAY then moved into its current home in 1978, when Ruth Wells (of the American Optical Company Wells family) donated her home on Main Street as a cultural center in Southbridge. GATEWAY PLAYERS THEATRE offers a full season of productions, usually performed at Elm Street Congregational Church, 61 Elm Street, Southbridge, MA. as well as workshops for youths and adults. Auditions are open to all, and new members are always welcome.
P.O. Box # 171
Southbridge, MA. 01550
# 508-764-4531
