1944 Christmas from Home
December 4 - 20, 2009
Writer - Pat Kruis Tellinghusen
Director - Judy Straalsund
Band Leader -
Dave Fleschner
Tickets are available online by clicking here, or by calling 503-245-6919.
The Sunday matinee, 12/20, is almost sold out. Please call (503-245-6919) or email us if you would like to be on a wait list; many times we are able to get everyone in. <If you need wheelchair seating, please call the box office.>
See us on "Live at 7" here.
Read the review in the Oregonian here.
*Important Ticketing Changes*
TTC switched ticketing services this year to Box Office Tickets. Below are some changes we want you to know about.
- Box Office Tickets is a locally-based company that handles ticketing and event-calendars for many organizations in the greater Portland area. Once you order tickets from one company, you have even easier access to ticketing for those companies as well. If you like, you can sign up to receive a weekly email digest which keeps you current on upcoming shows, events and promotions that match your interests.
- If you don't already have an account with Box Office Tickets, you'll need to create one. The process is simple and straightforward. Click here to start your ticket order and create a new account.
- The program will initially "choose" seats for you. If those are not the seats you want, you can simply "uncheck" those seats and select the ones you want.
- The new system has a service charge. In the past, we've bundled the service charges into our stated ticket prices but are unable to do so with this system. We think this new service will prove its value. Thanks for your understanding.
- As always, we are more than happy to take your ticket order over the phone at 503-245-6919 or via email.
- If you have a gift certificate, you must call or email; online ticketing will not work for the certificates.
- You can exchange your tickets for a different performance at no charge; please call or email us.
- Please call us for wheelchair seating - 503-245-6919.
- To order tickets online, click here.
Ticket Prices
$10 for Military Veterans
$19 for Adults
$17
Students, Seniors, Groups of 8 or more
$25 PEO Scholarship for Women tickets
($10 of every ticket goes to a PEO Scholarship Fund for young women.)
Location and maps
A Google map showing the free parking locations and some restaurants near the theatre.
Information about the show and cast
Like to order products with a Christmas from Home logo?
Performance dates and times
Dates: December 4 - 20
Times: Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30pm, Sundays at 2pm
Additional Shows:Thursday, December 17 at 7:30pm and Saturday,
December 19 at 2pm
Sign interpreted performance: Friday,
December 11
Doors to the theater open 1 hour before the performance; doors to the auditorium open 30 minutes before.
The show is about 90 minutes long, with no intermission.
Movie theater snacks are available in the lobby and can be taken in to the theatre.
The lobby and theater are ADA accessible; however the main floor restrooms are currently not ADA standard. We apologize for the inconvenience.
The above graphic shows the angle of the seating in the Hollywood Theatre. When you order online, the seating will show as straight rows.
Performance Location
Hollywood Theatre, 4122 NE Sandy
Boulevard/
Portland, Oregon
Tri-Met
Interactive System Map
The Google map below shows the theatre location, parking lots (in blue) as well as some nearby restaurants and fast food outlets. Click on "View Larger Map" to see a screen-size version.
Parking
There is a loading zone in front of the theatre.
Free parking is available at the Broadway Medical Center located at NE 42nd &
Broadway. Use the "Patient Parking" lots next to the building and by the
76 gas station.
The Christmas from Home series re-creates a live Christmas radio show broadcast from Portland, Oregon during WWII complete with a band, sketches, singers, commercials and period sound effects. Presented at the historic Hollywood Theatre, the blend of humor and poignancy, big band sound and familiar location combine to make an evening full of great entertainment, as well as a touching trip down memory lane for those who lived through World War II.
In its entirety, Christmas From Home is a five year series, beginning in 1941. This is the fourth show in that series
This Christmas season, journey back to the 1940s and immerse yourself in the golden age of radio. Swing with our band and singers to the great music of the era, such as "Shoo, Shoo Baby," "Drum Boogie" and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas." Watch and listen as everyday objects are transformed into sound effects - a jar becomes a bell and boxes of cornstarch create footsteps across a snowy field. Experience the power of the pen as letters are sent to loved ones far away, sharing the mundane and extraordinary, the pain and the joy of life in 1944.
Of last year's production, the Oregonian said the show "transports us to the 1940s." Click here to read the full review. To listen to a radio interivew with Dmae Roberts on KBOO's "Stage and Studio" show, click here.
To see pictures from last year's show click here to see photos by Soulayvanh Beisel and here to see pictures by Clayton Smith.
Cast
MC: Ron Daum
Ensemble: Michael Adams, Martha Bosch, Sanna Bunnell, Susan Chapman, Bruce Fiebach, David Ian, Phillip Meyer, Laura Myers, Ashly Will
Band: Dave Fleschner (Music Director and piano), G. Douglas Bundy (saxophone, clarinet) and member of the 12th Avenue Hot Club,Tyler Smith (bass), Mel Tellinghusen (drums), Brian Pawlowski (trombone), Robert Pawlowski (trumpet)
Christmas from Home "stores"
You've loved the beautiful work of our Christmas from Home
artist,
Dan McGregor. Now you can own a reproduction of that art on a mug, T-shirt,
mouse pad and more. Simply visit one of the "stores" below. All proceeds go
to further the work of Tapestry Theatre Company. THANKS!
1942 products
1943 products
1944 products
1945 products
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