Uploaded November 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago

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The cast of "Sanders Family Christmas" are all triple threats. They have to sing, act, and play their own instruments. But the journey to the stage didn't happen over night. Since April, the cast been been diligently learning these new skills. Check out their progress in this video, and then get your tickets to hear them live!

By Connie Ray, Conceived by Alan Bailey
Musical arrangements By Gary Fagin and John Foley

November 15 – December 22

It’s Christmas Eve, 1941, and America is going to war. But in North Carolina’s little Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, the boisterous Sanders Family Singers band together with Reverend Mervin Oglethorpe to buoy the congregation’s spirit. Conceived by a Commonweal favorite, director Alan Bailey, and brimming with warmth, hilarity and foot-stomping bluegrass music, Sanders Family Christmas will have your toes tapping and your heart singing.

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