Holiday classic takes the stage as White Christmas opens at The Texas Theatre

(Seguin) — The holiday season takes center stage in Seguin as The Stephen & Mary Birch Texas Theatre presents Irving Berlin’s White Christmas.

Sheila Lucas, director of The Texas Theatre, says the story captures the true spirit of the season, following two World War II veterans — turned entertainers and whose journey leads them to follow a duo of singing sisters up to a snowy Vermont lodge owned by their former commanding officer.

“They all get together in the end. It’s lovely. Boy meets girl. Boy loses girl. Boy gets girl back. It’s that sort of thing. The cast is very strong, very proud of all of them. We waited a long time to do this show and finally, got it right. We have been excited for 10 years,” laughs Lucas.

Based on the beloved Paramount Pictures film, Lucas says the stage adaptation features 17 Irving Berlin favorites and a book by David Ives and Paul Blake. As Bob Wallace and Phil Davis team up with a talented sister act, audiences are swept into a story of friendship, love, and giving back. She says all set against a backdrop of show-stopping musical numbers including “Blue Skies,” “I Love a Piano,” “How Deep Is the Ocean,” and the iconic title song, “White Christmas.”

Lucas says the theatre is especially excited to bring the production to audiences just days before Christmas, offering families a chance to slow down and enjoy a shared experience during the busy holiday season.

“It’s wonderful. It makes our Christmas. We become a family and it becomes our Christmas. It happens every year. We get so close, the cast and crew and it just makes your Christmas when you are involved with something like that in the community and just knowing that everybody is pulling together and we are all together, every night – all together for another week. I’ll tell you when it is not there, we are going to miss each other,” said Lucas. “It makes our Christmas and we hope it’s going to help to make everybody’s else Christmas that gets to come and see it and the ticket sales are amazing. They are going fast. It’s a name. We knew they would go very fast so that’s great.”

The production runs for one weekend only. Showtimes are Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. plus a Sunday matinee at 2:30 p.m. The show will also offer a bonus performance on Monday, Dec. 22, with a final 7:30 p.m. performance.

Tickets are currently on sale and available through the theatre’s website thetexas.org.

All performances will be held at The Stephen & Mary Birch Texas Theatre, located at 425 North Austin Street in Seguin.