The Stage Manager shows us glimpses of several days in the life of Grover's Corners, New Hampshire in 1900, 1903 and about nine years after that. The Webb and Gibbs families live next to each other and their children Emily and George are childhood sweethearts who eventually decide to marry. The Stage Manager examines everyday life from several points of view, all of which prepares us for a harsh lesson: The living seem barely aware of the miracle of their lives, and even less aware of how fleeting a lifetime can be.
Thornton Wilder brings us a profound, strange, unworldly significance with “Our Town”. This is less the portrait of a town than the sublimation of the commonplace; and in contrast with the universe that silently swims around it; it is brimming over with compassion.
Emily Webb - Ruby Chandler
George Gibbs - James Wood
Mrs. Gibbs - Sue Canady
Mrs. Webb - Betty Ratcliffe
Dr. Gibbs - Bill Canady
Mr. Webb - Paul Estey
Simon Stimson - Mike Lacy
Joe Stoddard - Rod Chamberlain
Howie Newsome - Tom Griffiths
Mrs. Soames - Betty Wilson
Constable Warren - Tom Mitchell
Professor Willard - Bill Alexander
Sam Craig -Julian Smith
Rebecca Gibbs - Sara Cox
Joe Crowell, Jr. - Bobby Whitley
Si Crowell - Lillian Smith
Wally Webb - Zachary Cox
Women Among the Dead - Elizabeth Hunt & Eileen Kerr
Man Among the Dead - Charlie Poss
Baseball Players - Charlie Poss & Julian Smith
BEHIND THE SCENES:
Director - Tina Maslankowski
Production Manager - Tina Maslankowski
Stage Manager - Alex Nawrocki
Assistant Director - Lee Maslankowski
Technical Director/Light & Sound Design - Lee Maslankowski
Box Office - Elizabeth Hunt
Costumes - Mary Hughes, Patricia Webb, Sue Canady, Ann Record
Set Design - Tina & Lee Maslankowski
Set Construction - Joe Webb, Pat Hogan, Bill Jefferson, Bob Jennus, Bill Marsh, Bobby Whitley
Set Painting Consultant - Steve Martin
Set Painting - Tina Maslankowski, Steve Martin, Mary DelConte, PatBaker
Fundraising - Joe Webb, Patricia Webb, Lynda Thompson, Kelly Hornsby
Publicity - Janelle McCarthy, Mike Lacy
Cover/Poster/Art & Design - Steve Martin, Tina Maslankowski
Playbill - Jackie Smith, Steffen Smith, Joe Webb
Special thanks
To all of our volunteers who have so generously shared their time and talents, the spouses and families of the actors, Carolyn Griffiths,Nan Nawrocki, Tater Patch Players of Jasper and Dalilah Davenport.
OUR TOWN
by Thornton Wilder
AUGUST 29 - SEPTEMBER 21