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Our Town (Multilingual)
Nilo Cruz
Our Town (Bilingual)
by Thornton Wilder, Michel Hausmann
Highlights
120 mins 1900-1910 Bare Stage/Simple Set Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes
Awards & Recognition
Drama Desk Award Pulitzer Prize Tony Award
For the original Our Town : Winner! 1938 Pulitzer Prize for Drama Winner! 1989 Tony Award for Best Revival Winner! 1989 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival
Synopsis
Described by Edward Albee as “the greatest American play ever written,” Our Town follows the Webb and Gibbs families as their children fall in love, marry and eventually – in one of the most famous scenes in American theatre – die.
Narrated by a stage manager and performed with minimal props and sets, Our Town depicts the small town of Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire, through three acts: “Daily Life,” “Love and Marriage” and “Death and Eternity.”
In this new bilingual edition, Emily and the Webb family speak Spanish at home and English with their neighbors, some of whom also speak Spanish.
The Stage Manager, the Gibbs family, and most other characters speak English only.
The play’s stage directions are written in English, and an English translation is provided for all dialogue in Spanish.
Infused with layers of culture and community, this new bilingual version of Our Town celebrates Grover’s Corners as an international address.
Press Reviews
"You have never seen an Our Town quite like [this] exquisite, emotionally potent production… The language differences give the families a special, specific way of communicating, of underscoring their bonds. You can hear the emotional resonance as the audience responds."
— Miami Herald
"A brand-new, compelling vision for Wilder’s play… [an] engaging, timely, thought-provoking work."
— Theatre Criticism
"Underscores the values of community in a time when our country seems as divided as it has ever been."
— Florida Theater On Stage
Characters
| Character |
|---|
| STAGE MANAGER |
| MRS. GIBBS |
| MRS. WEBB |
| DR. GIBBS |
| JOE CROWELL, JR. |
| HOWIE NEWSOME |
| REBECCA |
| GEORGE |
| EMILY |
| WALLY |
| PROFESSOR WILLARD |
| MR. WEBB |
| WOMAN IN THE BALCONY |
| BELLIGERENT MAN |
| LADY IN A BOX |
| SIMON STIMSON |
| MRS. SOAMES |
| CONSTABLE WARREN |
| HOWIE NEWSOME |
| SI CROWELL |
| THE BASEBALL PLAYERS |
| TOWNSPEOPLE |
| WALLY WEBB |
| SAM CRAIG |
| JOE STODDARD |
+ 5 more characters
Publication
Our Town (Bilingual) is a play written by Thornton Wilder and published by Samuel French .
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