“A Christmas Story,” Sebago Schoolhouse, Standish

Dec. 19 and 20, Friday and Saturday, 8pm, “Stone Mountain Live for Christmas,” with Carol Noonan and the Stone Mountain Boys and other guests, $45-$55, Stone Mountain Arts Center, 695, Dugway Road, Brownfield. FMI: 207-935-7292, www.stonemountainartscenter.org.
Dec. 19, Friday, 8:30pm, “Downeast Soul Coalition,” blend of soul, funk and blues, The Frog & Turtle, 3 Bridge Street, Westbrook. FMI: 207-591-4185, www.downeastsoulcoalition.com.
Dec. 19-21, Friday-Sunday, 7:30pm/Fri. and Sat., 2pm/Sun., “A Christmas Story,” one of the most heralded productions since the early 1980s, when Ralphie Parker first emerged on the movie screen. The storyline is now a classic, and the stage production of A Christmas Story is also considered a must-see. A Christmas Story follows nine-year-old Ralphie Parker, a daydreamer from Indiana who spends his days counting down to the most exciting day in any kid’s life: Christmas. All he wants is an official Red Ryder Carbine-Action 200-shot Range Model Air Rifle, but as his parents and teachers warn him, “You’ll shoot your eye out!” A Christmas Story chart’s Ralphie’s desperate quest to ensure that his perfect gift ends up under the tree on Christmas morning, $14, $12/seniors and students, Schoolhouse Arts Center, 16 Richville Road, Sebago Lake Village, Standish. FMI: 207-642-3743, www.schoolhousearts.org.
Dec. 19 and 20, Friday and Saturday, 7:30pm, “’Beyond Belief: A Philosophical Proof of Santa Claus,” Jamie Hook takes the stage as a professor and talks through belief and myth, adults’ world view and kids’ world view, the show is broken up with two singing, dancing angels lots of audience participation and video of Hook interviewing children about Santa, each performance ends with a Christmas party and food, drinks and a present for everyone in the audience, Hook considers the show safe for all ages, $15, Denmark Arts Center, 50 West Main Street, Denmark. FMI: 207-452-2412, www.denmarkarts.org.
Dec. 20, Saturday, 6pm, “A Very Sandy Christmas,” filled with Christmas cheer, a recital featuring the students of AF Piano Studios and other performers, proceeds benefit a family in Raymond, $3, Windham Baptist Church, 973 River Road, Windham. FMI: 207-310-1120, www.wbcministries.com.
Dec. 20, Saturday, 7pm, “Christmas Cantata,” Emmanuel-God with Us” under the direction of Sarah Soule and organist/pianist LuAnn Lawler, Tuttle Road United Methodist Church, 52 Tuttle Road, Cumberland. FMI: 207-829-3766, https://sites.google.com/site/tuttleroadumc.
Dec. 21, Sunday, 5pm, “Living Nativity,” actors and live animals recreate the Nativity scene on the Bethel Common, organized by the Bethel Alliance Church, free, Bethel Common, Bethel. FMI: 207-824-2282, www.bethelmaine.com.