Our Town
Every minute is a gift. An American classic for our time.
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Summary
The day starts and ends pretty much the same way in Grover’s Corners. Beyond the humdrum of daily life, glimmers of joy, flickers of melancholy, and secret desires are hidden away in the mundane. It’s in the eyes of young lovers, the silence of a lonely townie’s room, and the hearts of the wild and restless. Stars shine over this sleepy New England town, but are dimmed when compared with the wonderment tucked away within the seemingly ordinary moments of this place so many call “home.” Even in the smallest of moments, beauty is there. The secret is to stop and take notice.
The Wilder Family LLC celebrates Thornton Wilder as an international Playwright and Novelist. Through partnerships and collaborations with agents, publishers and practitioners throughout the world, we seek to introduce Wilder’s body of work to new audiences, and to encourage subsidiary works based on his published and unpublished record. The family also represents the literary record for Wilder’s three siblings who were also writers: Amos Charlotte and Isabel. With the support of Yale’s Beinecke Rare Books and Manuscript Library (home of the Wilder Family Archive) and The Thornton Wilder Society, we encourage teaching and scholarship in Thornton Wilder and his family. We invite you to explore the website for detailed information about our activities and ways in which you can become involved with them.
Press & Reviews
“Our Town” requires astute casting, with an eye toward an actor’s individual strengths. O’Connor aces that test.”-Don Aucoin, The Boston Globe
“Under the measured direction of Courtney O’Connor, a meaningful and moving new production is breathing fresh life into the oft-produced drama.”-R. Scott Reedy, Broadway World
“Director Courtney O’Connor takes Wilder’s innovative meta ideas here and enhances them with smart, creative touches of her own.”-Emily Brenner, Stage & Cinema
THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! to the entire Lyric Stage cast and creative team behind this inventive staging of “OUR TOWN”-Kevin T. Baldwin, METRMag.com
“Seeing this wonderful production will open your eyes”-Michele Markarian, Theater Mirror
“O’Connor’s direction is stunning.”-Rich Fahey, On Boston Stages
“It’s a uniformly strong company, Boston favorites among them, whose unshowy precision makes Grover’s Corners feel both utterly ordinary and monumental.”-Christopher Ehlers, Evening Transcript
“We need this play now.“-Joyce Kulhawik, Joyce’s Choices
“A classy production of a timeless classic.”-Shelley Sackett, Theater Mirror
“Director Courtney O’Connor has lovingly guided an ensemble of some of the area’s best actors.”-Jules Becker, Boston Theatre Wings
“Directed discerningly by Courtney O’Connor”-Jeanne Denizard, The Sleepless Critic
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Ronald SudolDirector Sponsors
James & Judith BarrCast Sponsors
Gretchen & Sam Shubrooks* Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States
** Represented by United Scenic Artists, Local USA 829 of the IATSE
° Stage Directors and Choreographers Society
† Member of AFM Local 9-535
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