1943 Christmas from Home
December 5 - 21, 2008

Writer - Pat Kruis Tellinghusen
Director - Judy Straalsund

Band Leader - Dave Fleschner

 

We would like to offer ticket holders for the cancelled performance on December 21st a "2 for 1" gift certificate for next year's production. We'll have that information on file and send you an alert in the fall which will give you first priority seating before ticket sales are open to the general public. Alternatively, we would be happy to accept the ticket cost as a donation. We're a registered non-profit and will provide a receipt for your taxes.

Because we cancelled the show, we can refund your ticket costs (less $3 per ticket per ticket for credit card and handling charges) but we hope you can take us up on or "2 for 1" offer or donation request. Those funds will provide vital up-front costs for next year's production.

We will be in touch with ticket holders as soon as possible, or feel free to call (503-245-6919) or email us.

Thank you so much for your support and love of this show that we love to do for you!

 

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 listen to a story segment with Geoff Norcross on KOPB's "Morning Edition," click here.

To see pictures of this year's production click here to see photos by Soulayvanh Beisel and here to see pictures by Clayton Smith.

Performance dates and times

Location and maps
New this year! A Google map showing the free parking locations and some restaurants near the theatre.

Information about the show and cast
There are also links to information about Lawson Inada, Poet Laureate of Oregon who was a special guest at our December 7th performance, sharing some of his poems, pictures and experiences of living in internment camps with his family and other Japanese Americans during WWII.

Like to order products with a Christmas from Home logo?

The Show

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 third show in that series

his Christmas, journey back to the 1940s and immerse yourself in the golden age of radio.  Swing with our band and singers to the gret music of the era, like "Tuxedo Junction," "Paper Doll," and "I'll Be Home for Christmas."  Watch as the sound effects team creates the noises tht bring to life stories based on real events.  And revive the nostalgia of the 1943 Academy Award-winning Casablanca as Air Raid Warden Clyde Hofstettler has his own encounter with a long-lost love.

Tapestry Theatre is pleased to welcome back Jodi Eichelberger as M.C. Alfred Bell. After several successful performance years in Portland, Eichelberger moved to New York to appear in Avenue Q on Broadway in 2004, the year it won Tony Awards for Best Musical, Best Score and Best Book. For the last two years, he has been working on the Nickelodeon/CBS program "Lazytown" as the puppet character Stingy.

Links for more information about Lawson Inada, Poet Laureate of Oregon.

Oregon Poet Laureate site

Modern American Poetry

Reflections on internment (PBS / News Hour)

Cast
M.C. Alfred Bell - Jodi Eichelberger (member of AEA)

Ensemble:  Martha Bosch, Sanna Bunnell, Susan Chapman, Mark Eaton, Bruce Fiebach, David Ian, Chelsea Janzen, Phillip Meyer, Laura Myers, Eric Nguyen

Band:  Dave Fleschner (Music Director and piano), G. Douglas Bundy (saxophone, clarinet) and member of the 12th Avenue Hot Club, Justin Durrie (bass) and heard on Diatic Records, Mel Tellinghusen (drums), Brian Pawlowski (trombone), Robert Pawlowski (trumpet)

Performance dates and times
Dates:
December 5 - 21
Times: Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30pm, Sundays at 2pm
Additional Shows: Thursday, December 18 at 7:30pm  and Saturday, December 20 at 2pm

Sign interpreted performance: Friday, December 12

 

 

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.


View Larger Map

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 Chevron station. 

Tickets
Tickets: $9.50 for 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.) 

Tapestry is partnering this year with local PEO Chapter BR, a philanthropic and education organization, to raise scholarship money for college bound women of all ages in the Portland area. $10 of every special PEO ticket sold will go directly to this fund. For more information about this organization, go to www.peointernational.org or call Barbara Brooks at 503.249.5085.

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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