By Julie Lawrence Special to OnMilwaukee.com Published Oct 31, 2007 at 5:15 AM

We all know and love "A Christmas Story." It's one of those hilarious classics that has integrated itself into just about everyone's annual viewing schedule.

The Boulevard Theater's latest production, "Indian Blood," written by A.R. Gurney and directed by Mark Bucher, is described as "a tender, hilarious holiday remembrance that rivals the beloved film, 'A Christmas Story'."

This autobiographical play presents an upper-class WASP family living in Buffalo in 1946. In addition to its funny and truthful portrait of each family member, Indian Blood shows us a social world on the cusp of change in a city on the verge of decline. 

And just in time for the pre-holiday hubbub, too. "Indian Blood," staring Maureen Dornemann, Sandra A. Stark, Caitlin Kujawski, Jaime Jastrab, Mark Ninneman, Mark R. Neufang, Joe Redemann, and Hugh Blewett, runs Wednesday, Nov. 14 though Sunday, Dec. 2. Tickets, like all Boulevard shows, are $20.

Julie Lawrence Special to OnMilwaukee.com

OnMilwaukee.com staff writer Julie Lawrence grew up in Wauwatosa and has lived her whole life in the Milwaukee area.

As any “word nerd” can attest, you never know when inspiration will strike, so from a very early age Julie has rarely been seen sans pen and little notebook. At the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee it seemed only natural that she major in journalism. When OnMilwaukee.com offered her an avenue to combine her writing and the city she knows and loves in late 2004, she knew it was meant to be. Around the office, she answers to a plethora of nicknames, including “Lar,” (short for “Larry,” which is short for “Lawrence”) as well as the mysteriously-sourced “Bill Murray.”