The Theater Department’s first Christmas musical is premiering this week on Thursday, Nov. 8 at 7pm.

“White Christmas” centers around two singing and dancing World War II buddies, Private Phil Davis and Captain Bob Wallace.  They meet two performing sisters, and Davis tricks his friend Wallace into accompanying the girls to Vermont to spend more time with them.  They arrive in an inn owned by the men’s former general and find that he is in a bit of financial trouble.  They secretly plan to put on a Christmas show fundraiser to help their general, while praying for the weather to get cold so that they can have their own white Christmas.

“Everyone is putting in many hours from cast to pit to set crew to light and sound crew,” director Kim Brueggemann said. “It’s a very set heavy, prop heavy show. That can be cumbersome, but it’s not a difficulty.”

Tickets are still on sale in the school store for $15.  The shows will be on Thursday at 7 p.m., Friday at 7 p.m., Saturday at 7 p.m., and Sunday at 2 p.m.  Saturday’s show will also feature a dinner theater in the gym sponsored by the Patriot Parent Association, although according to Brueggemann the Saturday evening show is sold out.

You can watch the White Christmas cast’s appearance on ABC 2 News here.

Chioma Iheoma is an A&E Editor for the JCpatriot and jcpatriot.com.