Torch & Trumpet Theatre Company PROUDLY PRESENTS
IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE THE MUSICAL
"Audiences are going to be enormously entertained by this enjoyable show."
-Quad-City Times
Visit torchandtrumpet.com to find out more about our Christian Performing Arts Group!
Based on the beloved 1946 film, this musical faithfully follows George Bailey’s life from his childhood dreams to his midlife disappointments and beyond, as we all take a journey to discover whether his life has mattered at all.
Cinematically scored and theatrically staged, this adaptation breathes musical life into this cherished story, retaining the joy, warmth and humor of the original.
Celebrate this Timeless Christmas Classic this December!
Keith Ferguson
Keith Ferguson is a writer, actor, worship leader and producer of multiple projects, both for worship, as well as the stage. It’s a Wonderful Life – The Musical, written with collaborator Bruce Greer, has been produced in hundreds of theaters and churches throughout the United States and Canada since 2000.
Ferguson & Greer have also written multiple musicals and songs for major publishing houses, including Hal Leonard, Word, Inc., Lifeway, and many others.
Their musical HIDDEN, based on the Book of Esther, is currently in development with the Dallas Summer Musicals. As an actor, Mr. Ferguson has performed with the Dallas Theater Center Children’s Theater, Theater Three, Lyric Stage and the Dallas Children’s Theater. He is a proud member of Actors Equity.
A Dallas native, he is a Distinguished Alumnus of Dallas Baptist University, and holds Masters degrees in Music from Southern Methodist University. He serves as the Associate Pastor for Music & Worship at First Baptist Church, Carrollton, Texas.
It’s a Wonderful Life is based on the story, The Greatest Gift by Philip Van Doren Stern.
Bruce Greer
Bruce Greer, originally of Longview Texas, graduated with honors from Baylor University in 1984 with a degree in Music Theory and Composition, having won a full scholarship in Composition.
Upon graduation, he became a Creative Director for Word Records and Music. He spent six years as a songwriter, arranger and producer for Word, recording several projects as a Word piano artist. In 1990, he left Word to pursue a full-time writing and concert career.
Since that time, he has become one of the most popular and highly regarded writers for church music in the country with hundreds of titles and projects published by a wide array of leading publishers. He has won a Dove Award, Christian Music’s highest honor, for his arranging and orchestrating.
His solo concerts, as well as his artistic collaboration with Grammy®-winner Cynthia Clawson, have taken him around the world, performing in churches, conferences and leading concert halls. He frequently collaborates with lyricist Keith Ferguson on musical theater works, most notably their popular musical adaptation of It’s a Wonderful Life.
Their musical HIDDEN, based on the Book of Esther, is currently in development with the Dallas Summer Musicals. He and his wife Kim have four grown sons, two daughters-in-law and a precious granddaughter.
