Our Town

by Thornton Wilder

Directed by Mark Stringham

Performances Thursdays, Fridays, and Sundays at 7:30 PM

May 13-30, 2021 San Antonio Botanical Garden

555 Funston Place, San Antonio, TX 78209

This heartfelt classic drama by American playwright Thornton Wilder, tells the story of the fictional American small town of Grover’s Corners between 1901 and 1913 through the everyday lives of its citizens. How do the characters find meaning and contentment with their choices as their dreams, relationships, and futures unfold?

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"We had to pivot Our Town quite a bit, but here’s the cool thing,” Stringham says. “The cool thing is that we had Kelly Roush who believed in us. Any time you have an administrator who believes in you, there’s a lot that can happen that could not happen on its own”. Such pivots included a complete re-blocking and recasting of Our Town, as well as a simplification of the set down to just two ladders and a table.

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"Described by playwright Edward Albee as "the greatest American play ever written," Our Town is set in the small New Hampshire burg Grover's Corners, located near the Massachusetts border. The three acts chronicle the lives — and deaths — of the town's citizenry at the turn of the century, from 1901 to 1913. This production will close out the Classic's 2020-2021 season, which was presented entirely outdoors. The theater's other productions were Shakespeare's Macbeth and Sophocles' Antigone.

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