SVHS Theatre Show - OUR TOWN
Date and Time
Saturday Oct 29, 2022
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM CDT
10/27/2022 @ 7pm
10/28/2022 @ 7pm
10/29/2022 @ 2:30 pm & 7pm
Location
Smithson Valley High School Auditorium
Fees/Admission
$10 per person
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Description
Don't miss Smithson Valley High School Theatre's Fall Show
OUR TOWN.
Seats are limited!
Our Town is a 1938 metatheatrical three-act play by American playwright Thornton Wilder which won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The play tells the story of the fictional American small town of Grover's Corners between 1901 and 1913 through the everyday lives of its citizens.
Throughout, Wilder uses metatheatrical devices, setting the play in the actual theatre where it is being performed. The main character is the stage manager of the theatre who directly addresses the audience, brings in guest lecturers, fields questions from the audience, and fills in playing some of the roles. The play is performed without a set on a mostly bare stage. With a few exceptions, the actors mime actions without the use of props.
Our Town was first performed at McCarter Theatre in Princeton, New Jersey, in 1938. It later went on to success on Broadway and won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Described by Edward Albee as "the greatest American play ever written", the play remains popular today and revivals are frequent.
