Presented through special arrangement with Samuel French, in cooperation with the Thornton Wilder Family. Production Sponsor Kit Seidel RATING: Appropriate for all audiences Performance Dates and Times: Thursday, July 13, 2023, 7:30pm “Indeed the play’s success across cultural borders around the world attests to its being something much greater than an American play: it is a play that captures the universal experience of being alive.” ACCOLADES Winner! 1938 Pulitzer Prize for Drama OUR TOWN by Thornton Wilder (1897-1975), born in Madison, Wisconsin, and educated at Yale and Princeton, was an accomplished novelist and playwright whose works explore the connection between the commonplace and the cosmic dimensions of human experience. This timeless drama of life in the mythical village of Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire, has become an American classic with universal appeal. Thornton Wilder’s most frequently performed play, Our Town appeared on Broadway in 1938 to wide acclaim, and won the Pulitzer Prize. From the very beginning, Our Town has been produced throughout the world. Our Town explores the relationship between two young Grover’s Corners neighbors, George Gibbs and Emily Webb, whose childhood friendship blossoms into romance, and then culminates in marriage. When Emily looses her life in childbirth, the circle of life portrayed in each of the three acts of Our Town–growing up, adulthood, and death–is fully realized. Wilder offers a couple of chairs on a bare stage as the backdrop for an exploration of the universal human experience. The simple story of a love affair is constantly rediscovered because it asks timeless questions about the meaning of love, life and death. In the final moments of the play, the recently deceased Emily is granted the opportunity to revisit one day in her life, only to discover that she never fully appreciated all she possessed until she lost it. “Oh, earth, you’re too wonderful for anybody to realize you,” she says as she takes her place among the dead. THE CAST Dick Natrop Stage Manager Sarah Jo Martens Emily Webb Angelique Tober Mrs. Webb Dave Somerscales Mr. Webb Michael Ortin Wally Webb Brian Maxwell George Gibbs Mack Bates Dr. Gibbs Paula Nordwig Mrs. Gibbs Evie Maassen Rebecca Gibbs (14) Talen Marshall Simon Stimson Elisabeth Markman Mrs. Soames James Marlega, Jr Howie Newsome Ali McCloud Joe Crowell, Baseball Player Grace Kamin Si Crowell, Baseball Player, U/S Wally Amy Wickland Professor Willard, Man Among the Dead Ralph Netzel Constable Warren Abby Fuchs Sam Craig , choir Angie Rodenkirch Joe Stoddard, Choir Lead Mikael Hagerstread Farmer McCarty, Baseball Player, Choir, U/S Howie Natalie Wanasek Woman/Dead, Woman in the Balcony, Choir. U/S Emily Noah Marlega Choir/person among the dead Sarah Yudkovitch Ensemble, choir, woman of the dead. U/S Rebecca Terri McIntosh-Zigan Choir/person among the dead Susan Nakigane Choir/person among the dead + Beligerant Person Mary Kirby Lady in the Box, U/S Mrs Gibbs, Mrs. Webb
Directed by Artistic Director Sandra Baker-Renick
Producer Nancy Hurd
Stage Manager Lori Albers
Prop Design Michelle Dayton
Sound & Light Design Breanne Brennan
Costume Design Sarah Jo Martens
Hair Design Nancy Hurd
RUNTIME: 2 hours, 15 minutes, with intermission
ADMISSION: $25.00
GROUP (10+) TICKETS $22.00
Thursday, July 6, 2023, 7:30pm
Friday, July 7, 2023, 7:30pm
Saturday, July 8, 2023, 7:30pm
Sunday, July 9, 2023, 2:00pm
Friday, July 14, 2023, 7:30pm
Saturday, July 15, 2023, 7:30pm
Sunday, July 16, 2023, 2:00pm
— DONALD MARGULIES IN THE FOREWORD TO OUR TOWN.
Winner! 1989 Tony Award for Best Revival
Winner! 1989 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival
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