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"This is the way we were"
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1938, this iconic giant in American dramatic history spans almost thirteen years in the town of Grover's Corners, a quintessential small community with characters reflecting the hopes and dreams, the failures and successes, of people everywhere.
Directed by Guy Sanville
Featuring:
Heidi Bennett
Andy Burt
Matthew David
Julia Garlotte
Matthew Gwynn
Stacie Hadgikosti
Angela Miller
Nathan Mitchell
Ty Mitchell
Michelle Mountain
Michael Brian Ogden
Jim Porterfield
Rhiannon Ragland
Bill Simmons
Tom Whalen
Will David Young
Set Designer: Vincent Mountain
Properties Designer: Danna Segrest
Costume Designer: Sally L. Converse-Doucette
Lighting Designer: Daniel C. Walker
Sound Designer: Quintessa Gallinat
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"The Purple Rose Theatre Company's staging of this Thornton Wilder classic captures this ordinariness with a production that is anything
but."
"... a beautiful and moving revival ... this is a cast made up of some of the very finest talent currently working in Michigan."
"... a fresh-feeling approach to a classic that speaks for itself. ... With the overall effect of sitting in on a rehearsal, the naked display of artists
working together, of needing almost nothing in order to tell a compelling story, works."
"... a great tribute to a great play ... Whether you've seen Our Town a dozen times before or have only heard of it, this production is well worth the
visit."
"For those who have never seen it (or those, like me, who think they've seen it too often), "Our Town" can be a life-altering experience.
Once it ends and you walk out the Purple Rose door, faced by antique Chelsea buildings not that different from those Wilder described, you'll see the world through fresh
eyes."
"You know you are in the presence of a great piece of theater when the lights come up, and as actors move quietly onto the set, your eyes tear up before
the first character utters a single word."
"The [Stage Manager] role just seems perfectly suited to [Will David] Young, and indeed, audiences won't be disappointed. Young manages to make the
storyteller wise, warm, and gently funny while also doing wonderful work in his bit roles (his performance as ice cream soda-serving Mr. Morgan is absolutely wonderful).