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by thornton wilder
directed by glenn bugala

march 10-13, 2005
thursday-saturday at 8 pm, sunday at 2 pm
wcc's towsley auditorium

show sponsors: Paesano's and Washtenaw Community College

SYNOPSIS: This classic American play, performed on an almost-bare stage, is about the mundane but rather pleasant lives of the Gibbs family, the Webb family, and their neighbors in Grover's Corners, New Hampshire, early in the 20th century. Act 1 presents an ordinary day in the life of the town. Act 2 carries the story forward with the courtship and marriage of George Gibbs and Emily Webb. Act 3 makes everything that has gone before seem pointless, but at the same time, ironically, it validates the earlier scenes.
CONTACT THE DIRECTOR, Glenn Bugala
CAST:
Stage Manager - Thom Johnson
Howie Newsome - Ted Thrasher
Dr. Gibbs - Edmond Reynolds
Mrs. Gibbs - Kathleen Beardmore
George Gibbs - John Boonin
Rebecca Gibbs - Sarah Hopp
Emily Webb - Amanda Akins
Mr. Webb - Jon Elliott
Mrs. Webb - Patrice Pedersen
Wally Webb - Oren Steiner
Simon Stimson - Karl Kasischke
Mrs. Soames - Anne Bauman
Boy 1 (Joe Crowell, Wedding Attendee) - Corey Garff
Boy 2 (Si Crowell, Baseball Player, Funeral Attendee) - Neal Ensworth
Man 1 (Choir Member-Act I, Wedding Attendee, Joe Stoddard) - George Valenta
Man 2 (Professor, Constable Warren, Wedding Attendee) - Sam Zwetchkenbaum
Man 3 (Man in Auditorium, Choir Member, Dead Mr. Carter) - Edmund Senkowski
Man 4 (Choir Member, Baseball Player, Sam Craig) - Jeremy Akins
Man 5 (Choir Member, Dead Farmer McCarty) - Bill Teppo
Man 6 (Choir Member, Joel's Dead Father) - Michael Koeller
Woman 1 (Woman in Balcony, Mrs. Newsome, Funeral Attendee) - Cameron Watkins
Woman 2 (Choir Member, Funeral Attendee) - Erin Ruis
Woman 3 (Lady in Box, Choir Member-Act I, Wedding and Funeral Attendee) - Jean Leverich
Woman 4 (Choir Member, Dead Woman) - Peggy Madden
Woman 5 (Choir Member, Dead Woman) - Allison Ramsay

STAFF:
Director - Glenn Bugala
Producer - John Reiser
Assistant Director/Stage Manager - Anthony Provenzola
Lighting Designer - Nathaniel Madura
Costume Designer - Nan Wirth
Set Designer - The Cast
Hair and Wigs - Edmund Senkowski
Music Director - Glenn Bugala
Sound Designer - Glenn Bugala and the Cast
Sound Board Operator - Bob Skon
Light Board Operator - Warren Nelson
Spotlight Operator - Samantha Peer
House Manager - Tanya Dabney
Towsley House Techs - Warren Nelson and Scott Wesenberg
COMMENTS:
The show Our Town is a fantastic script. It's just so often done for the wrong reasons: low set budgets primarily. When first produced in the 30's, it was novel in its empty stage. Now, so many contemporary productions also use fairly empty stages, so the challenge we will face is in making Thornton Wilder's original vision resonate with contemporary audiences. We are looking to keep actors onstage even when they aren't appearing in the scene. While there, they will react to the performances and create sound effects for the mimed actions. The audience will see the lighting instruments and the back wall of the theatre.

NEWS COVERAGE
Preview from the Ann Arbor News March 6, 2005.
Review from the Ann Arbor News March 11, 2005

>order tickets
>audition information
- send audition form
- send participation form
>synopsis
>cast
>staff
>comments
>links
>media
>production photos
>news coverage

CONTACT THE DIRECTOR, Glenn Bugala

MEDIA:
SEE
Production photos from our production
University of Indianapolis production stills
La Jolla Playhouse production stills

READ
Educational Resources for Ann Arbor Civic Theatre's production of "Our Town"

NEWS COVERAGE
Preview from the Ann Arbor News March 6, 2005.
Review from the Ann Arbor News March 11, 2005

>order tickets >audition information - send audition form - send participation form >synopsis >cast >staff >comments >links >media >production photos >news coverage

CONTACT THE DIRECTOR, Glenn Bugala

MEDIA: SEE Production photos from our production University of Indianapolis production stills La Jolla Playhouse production stills READ Educational Resources for Ann Arbor Civic Theatre's production of "Our Town"

NEWS COVERAGE Preview from the Ann Arbor News March 6, 2005. Review from the Ann Arbor News March 11, 2005

>order tickets
>audition information
- send audition form
- send participation form
>synopsis
>cast
>staff
>comments
>links
>media
>production photos
>news coverage

MEDIA:
SEE
Production photos from our production
University of Indianapolis production stills
La Jolla Playhouse production stills

READ
Educational Resources for Ann Arbor Civic Theatre's production of "Our Town"

NEWS COVERAGE
Preview from the Ann Arbor News March 6, 2005.
Review from the Ann Arbor News March 11, 2005