The Long Christmas Dinner

Dakota Stage Ltd. is proud to present The Long Christmas Dinner, the holiday classic by Thornton Wilder, as the next show of its thrilling 35th season.  Starring familiar DSL faces Lindsay Fisher and Mark Kuntz, welcoming newcomers Alanna Carlson and Dave Scott, and directed by Emmalee Riegler, The Long Christmas Dinner will prove a touching tale and an enchanting experience for the entire family to celebrate their home and history.  A delightful drama about several generations of one family, this beautiful piece traverses ninety years and represents in accelerated motions ninety Christmas dinners in the Bayard home.  The development of the countryside, the changes in customs and manners and the personal growth of the Bayard family sums up vividly a wide aspect of American life.  It is a serious play lightened with humor of character and a human, tender moving quality both appealing and forceful.   Dakota Stage Ltd. will hold its run of The Long Christmas Dinner at 412 E Main Ave. in Bismarck.  Performances are at 7:30pm on Wednesdays through Saturdays and at 2pm on Sundays from December 5th through the 15th.  Tickets are $22 ($21 when purchased online) for adults and $19 ($18 when purchased online) for students, seniors, and military personnel.  Reservations can be made after November 25th online at www.dakotastageltd.com, via email at execdir@dakotastageltd.com, by phone at 701-258-4998 and at the door before each show. SPECIAL ?GIVE BACK? PERFORMANCE!  For every ticket purchased for the Sunday, December 8th performance, Dakota Stage will donate $5 to the Bismarck Downtown Artist Cooperative.  This fundraising effort is a way to ?give back? to an esteemed organization in our community and thank them for the hard work they do for our area.  Please join us in supporting this very worthy cause!  STUDENT RUSH TICKETS!  On Wednesday, December 11th only, students can get their tickets at the door beginning at 7pm for just $10 each for that night?s performance!  There are no advanced sales available, this price is not valid in conjunction with any other offer or on previously purchased tickets and patrons must present a current student IDs at the time of the order.