Current Events in Grover’s Corners!

The fall play, Our Town, is less than a day away from opening night.  Our Town centers around a small town called Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire. The Pulitzer Prize winning show is about the simple pleasures of life and a capstone of life in the early 1900s. The author, Thornton Wilder, was very explicit in the way he wanted his show to be portrayed. The show is strictly pantomime with very set pieces and props. This show is not like the rest!

The cast has been rehearsing since the very first weeks of school.

According to leading lady, Maddie Wickensier (Emily), the show is, “coming along.”

This show is strictly pantomime. The cast has been working hard to make all of their motions believable and understandable to the audience.

Senior cast member Lucas Stec said, “The pantomime I get to do is fun, and just getting to walk around on stage.” He continued, “It is definitely a bit different and difficult for a lot of people, but I think that we are really starting to get into the groove of doing it well.”

Since the story of Our Town takes place during the early 1900s, actors typically pantomime actions like making breakfast on a wood burning stove, throwing baseballs, and reading the newspaper.

Our Town is split up into three different acts: Daily Life, Love and Marriage, and Death and Eternity. Throughout all three acts we follow our main character Emily, as she grows up in Grover’s Corners.

The most famous part of Our Town is the tear jerking third act. We watch as a deceased Emily revisits a day in her life, her twelfth  birthday. She not only lives it but watches herself live it. Upon living through that morning in her life, Emily recites an emotional monologue. Emily’s monologue, some might say, is their most anticipated moment of the show.

“It’s terrifying, but it is kind of the most iconic scene,” says Wickensier (Emily).

“The final monologue is just famous, and I cannot wait to see how we pull it off,” states Stec.

The pressure is on! 

Opening night is getting closer and closer. With that being said, tickets can be found on the theater website southlyoneastdrama.com. Ticket sales began on October 20, and tickets can also be purchased at the door. Adult tickets cost $10 and seniors (62+)/students(18 and below) are $8.

Show dates are as follows:
Thursday, November 21, 2024 at 7:00pm

Friday, November 22, 2024 at 7:00pm

Saturday November 23, 2024 at 7:00pm

Sunday November 24, 2024 at 2:00pm

Concessions, flowers, and stars (notecards for performers and techs) will be for sale at the door as well during all performances. All proceeds from those sales will go back to the theater department.