It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play
December 2 – 17, 2026
Waterfront Playhouse, Mallory Square, 407 Wall Street
The Waterfront Playhouse’s holiday show turns the theatre into a 1940s radio studio for It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play, Joe Landry’s adaptation of the Frank Capra film. A small cast plays every role, performing the story live at microphones the way a radio drama would have been broadcast in the era.
The production includes live Foley effects created onstage, a jazz trio, and original jingles written for local Key West businesses — the commercial breaks a 1940s broadcast would have carried, rewritten for here.
The story is the familiar one: George Bailey, a run of bad luck, and an angel named Clarence sent to show him what Bedford Falls would look like if he’d never been born.
Schedule subject to change. Information courtesy of Waterfront Playhouse — visit waterfrontplayhouse.org for tickets and complete details.
