Our Town

Performed at Gallaudet University's Elstad Auditorium
May 28th - June 21st, 2015

*Helen Hayes Awards Recommended*

Life moves pretty fast…

Capping our exciting sixth season, the Fools take a trip to Grover's Corners and raise Thornton Wilder's Our Town to acrobatic new heights. After great success workshopping the production as part of Arena Stage's Kogod Cradle Series last year, we are excited to present a fully-staged, extended run of Wilder's original text at Gallaudet University in May-June of 2015. With sensitivity to Wilder's use of pantomime, direct address, and metatheatrical commentary, we apply a Commedia sensibility to re-discover the classical archetypes still familiar in Our Town today. As one audience member said at last year's sneak peak, "I always cry at Our Town. At this I laughed and cried."

Written by: Thornton Wilder

Directed by: Matthew R. Wilson

Assistant Director: Tyler Herman
Stage Manager: Kirsten E. Parker
Assistant Stage Manager: Kathryn Dooley
ASL Consultant & Interpreter: Dr. Lindsey D. Snyder

Starring: John Cartwright II+, Natalie Cutcher, Julie Garner, Joe Grasso, Drew Kopas, Darren Marquardt, Rachel Spicknall Mulford, Toby Mulford, Matthew Pauli, Paul Reisman, Teresa Spencer, and Kathryn Zoerb

Scenic Design: Ethan Sinnott, Lighting Design: Michael Barnett, Costume Design: Denise Umland, Sound Design & Music Composition: Roc Lee, Mask Design: Sarah Conte, Production Photography: C. Stanley Photography

Running time: approx 2.5 hrs, with two intermissions; Appropriate for ages 7 and up.

Production Sponsor: Capitol Hill Community Foundation

Sign language interpreting services sponsored by: Steve C. Phan and Richard J. Poster

"Our Town" is presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC. This production was workshopped in January 2014 as part of the Arena Stage Kogod Cradle Series

+Gallaudet student intern

“an original spellbinder”
“fresh, fluid and achingly heartfelt” raves The Washington Post!
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“It is a powerful rendition that simply works.”
raves DC Theatre Scene.
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DC Metro Theater Arts gives ★★★★★,
and calls Our Town a “beautiful and poignant fresh take”
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Shakespearances.com raves,
“Faction of Fools’ version of Wilder’s Our Town
is not just transcendent theater; it is an epiphany.”
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