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Theater Ensemble to Stage Our Town
The Neumann College Theater Ensemble will stage Our Town, the classic American play by Thornton Wilder, on November 8-10 at 8 p.m. and on November 11 at 2 p.m. in the Meagher Theatre.
Written 70 years ago, Our Town broke new ground in the theater by dispensing with most of the usual theatrical trappings. Rather than filling the stage with sets and scenery, the play relies on the dramatic and comic interactions of the characters, the simplicity and poignancy of the story, and the narration of a character called the “stage manager.”
Set in the fictional town of Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire, the play follows the lives of everyday people over a period of about 15 years. The focus is the courtship and marriage of a young couple who meet as teenagers. Wilder described the play as “an attempt to find a value above all price for the smallest events in our daily lives.”
Our Town earned Wilder his second Pulitzer Prize in 1938. He also won the Pulitzer for The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1927) and The Skin of Our Teeth (1942). He is the only writer to win the Pulitzer for both fiction and drama.
The Neumann College production is directed by faculty member Ed Milliner. Fallon Thompson (West Berlin, NJ) plays the stage manager.
Cast members include Gabriel Riberio (Ridley, PA), Adrienne McCrae (Norwood, PA) Raymond Cooper (Marcus Hook, PA), Michael Conover (Vineland, NJ), Jamie Caulfield (Lake Hiawatha, NJ) Heather Kell (Clarksboro, NJ), Rachael Mayer (Seaford, DE), David Piccolomini (Wilmington, DE), Sara Lohinski (Eldersburg, MD), Kristen M. Snyder (Pike Creek, DE), Eric Merlino (Wilmington, DE), and Kyle Sisco (Pitman, NJ).
The Theater Ensemble is the resident performing company of the College. It is comprised of students, alumni, faculty, staff and community members under the artistic direction of Terence Gleeson. The company has been producing plays continuously since 1984.
General admission to the show is $10 per person, $5 for students and seniors. To reserve seats, call 610-361-5455.
10/22/07 
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