Our Town - Theatre Calgary
I went to Our Town at the Epcor Centre last night. Another great production by Theatre Calgary.
I was quite impressed with the performance. It tells the story of a small town in New Hampshire called Grover's Corners. It tells a story about a young boy and girl who fall in love and get married.
It is interesting in the fact that they used very little for a set. A few chairs, tables, and a couple other pieces. The used no other props and would act out the motions of using them. It took a while to get used to, but then it just seemed normal. This was apparently a preference of the creator of this play, Thornton Wilder.
There is also a stage manager who comes out on the stage to change tables or do something else and is actually acknowledged by the narrator of the play. There is audience participation in clapping for some actors when they speak. It makes it sort of odd as some of the actors recognize the audience is watching them while others never ever do.
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They say that Our Town is one of the most performed plays in the world and on any given day of the year, there will be a performance of it somewhere in the world.
Wilder also won the Pullitzer Prize for Old Town. Here is the Wikipedia entry for Our Town.
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