Name: "A Candle in the Window"
Start: 2025-12-05T19:30:00-05:00
End: 2025-12-05T21:30:00-05:00
Location: Elm Street Congregational Church, Southbridge, MA

Gateway Players Theatre in Southbridge, MA presents "A Candle in the Window”, the final production of our 50th Anniversary Season. This play is written by L. Don Swartz. Performance dates are December 5, 6 & 7. The performances are held at Fellowship Hall of Elm Street Congregational Church, 61 Elm Street in Southbridge, MA. Entrance is on Park Street (around the corner). Directed by Eric Hart, Produced by Lynn Boucher. Presented by permission through special arrangement with Eldridge Plays and Musicals.
Tickets are $18 for adults and $15 for seniors and youth under 18. Tickets may be reserved by calling Gateway at 508-764-4531. Online credit card ticket sales are available at www.ticketleap.events/tickets/gateway-players/a-candle-in-the-window
The cast includes Billy Bolster, John Golden, Peter Cooper, Pat Haddock, Linda Bouthillier. Dawn Sedlier, Tito Aviles, Chamira Santiago, Peter Amarel, Ducati Sedlier, Reilly Ireland, Lily Ruggiere, T.J. Lee, Kirstin Smaltz, Elise Servant and Norah Stern.
Synopsis:
A small group of weary travelers discover the power of the season while trapped in a lonely train station on Christmas Eve. As a blizzard rages outside, the troubled people are forced to turn to each other for companionship. Trying to make them more comfortable is the old stationmaster, Charlie. When the clock strikes midnight, there is a knock on the station door and seven youngsters appear. They've seen the station lights from the nearby church where, in secret, they've been practicing the story of the nativity which they plan to present at regular service. They offer to perform their play for the travelers and afterward, speak to the travelers individually, giving advice which is seemingly wise beyond their years. The next morning, as a new, younger stationmaster lights a Christmas candle, we realize the mysterious stop in the travelers' journey was more than accidental and has given them a renewed spirit and resolve.