Performing Arts in Naperville.

“I sing ‘Blackbird.’ That’s when the angel comes and tells me I’m going to give birth to Jesus,” she said.

The song is accompanied by choreography that features an en pointe performance by the dancing blackbird, a figure that could be construed as symbolizing the Holy Spirit.

“I also sing most of ‘We Can Work It Out,’” Sadie said. That song comes after she reveals to her fiancé Joseph that she is expecting a child.

And to her newborn son Jesus, Sadie, as Mary, sings, “Beautiful Boy.”

“I love the Beatles. My father loves the Beatles. I’ve grown up listening to it,” she said. “It’s such an honor to play such an iconic person. It’s such a spiritual thing for me.”

Mark Johnson played King Herod in several of the show’s earlier productions and is back this year as The Engineer.

“There’s lots of allegory and imagery. The Engineer is kind of the speaking role of the show. You may call it the God character.

“Some of the things I’m saying are pure scripture, quoted,” Johnson said. “It’s not just ho ho ho and carols and costumes and Rudolph the Reindeer. It means something more.”

With a degree in music and theater and a resume that includes stints at Second City, BrightSide Theatre and North Central College productions, Johnson’s performance career is a sidelight to his information technology career.

“I do a show or two every year. I’ve always felt like I’ve had a calling to have a steady creative outlet,” he said. “You can’t go wrong with the Christmas story. People always have so much fun with it.”

A Naperville father of three, Johnson’s son Lars, 17, is a backup singer in the show and his 14-year-old daughter, Grace, plays an angel.

Bramlett, who has a BFA in acting and directing from the University of Arizona, has been a professional actor in Chicago for the past 20 years and recently landed a recurring role on TV’s “Chicago Med.”

He said he’s grateful for the creative opportunities he has found, both inside and outside of his church community.

“I love what I get to do and the team I get to work with,” he said. “The Bible says don’t be of this world, but be in this world. It’s a great balance.”

Bramlett said “Let It Be Christmas” is appropriate for adults and for children of almost any age.

“It depends on how well they can sit through a show. We have 6-year-olds in the show,” he said.

The live band’s drums, guitars and four-piece horn section don’t hold back.

“It’s loud rock ‘n’ roll. It’s a fast-moving show,” he said. “It’s all music.”