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Our Town (Bilingual)
Thornton Wilder
Our Town (Multilingual)
by Nilo Cruz, Thornton Wilder, Jeff Augustin
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 the next step for a play that Wilder conceived from the beginning as a play about everywhere, Our Town is published here for the first time in three languages—English, Spanish and Creole.
Infused with layers of culture and community, this new Acting Edition 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
Videos
Promo for Our Town at Colony Theatre - Chantal
Publication
Our Town (Multilingual) is a play written by Nilo Cruz and published by Samuel French .
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