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DU Presents The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

Dominican University’s Center Stage proudly presents Barbara Robinson’s inspiring family comedy The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, directed by Center Stage Artistic Director Krista Hansen, on Saturday, December 6 and Sunday, December 7 at 3:00 p.m. The production will take place in the Lund Auditorium, located in the Fine Arts Building, 7900 West Division Street, River Forest, Illinois. For tickets and information, call (708) 524-6942.

Barbara Robinson published The Best Christmas Pageant Ever as a novel for children in 1972; it quickly became a beloved holiday classic. Ten years later, the author adapted her book into a fast-paced, family-friendly play. The script was soon turned into a popular television movie. Each incarnation has charmed audiences with a unique blend of humor and insight.

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever tells the story of a church trying to mount its traditional holiday pageant while including six over-eager children from the Herdman family—the loudest, nastiest, most inventively awful kids in the community. With the Herdmans around, the angel of the Lord is more likely to bring the shepherds a black eye than good news. The spirit of the season, however, works its transformative magic. As the Herdmans experience the nativity story for the first time, they respond with surprising honesty. They’re outraged that Mary must give birth in a stable, furious that Herod attempts to kill the baby, awed by the appearance of the angel. The worst kids in the neighborhood connect with the wonder and mystery of the story, and the congregation rediscovers the pageant’s true power.

The performance is appropriate for children six years of age and older. For more information, please contact the Center Stage Box Office at (708) 524-6942. General admission tickets are $10.

Founded in 1901, Dominican University is a comprehensive, coeducational Catholic institution offering bachelor’s and master’s degrees. Dominican offers 50 undergraduate academic programs through the Rosary College of Arts and Sciences and 15 graduate programs through the Graduate School of Library and Information Science, the Graduate School of Business and Information Systems, the School of Education and the Graduate School of Social Work. In the 2004 issue of America’s Best Colleges, U.S. News & World Report again ranked Dominican University in the top tier of Midwest master’s level universities and as a “best value” for the sixth consecutive year.