Arts & Entertainment
Hopkinton High School Presents 'Our Town' by Thornton Wilder
High School Drama Ensemble presents New Englander's play inspired by old-time, small towns in the Mount Monadnock region.
Hopkinton High School Drama Ensemble presents Our Town by Thornton Wilder at Hopkinton High School.
Thursday, March 3 at 4:00 p.m.
Friday, March 4 at 7:30 p.m.
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Saturday, March 5 at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets
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$10/ general admission
$8/ students and senior citizens
The play
Our Town is a Pulitzer-Prize winning play by American playwright Thornton Wilder.
It is a character story about an average town's residents in the early 20th Century as depicted through their everyday lives (particularly George Gibbs, a doctor's son, and Emily Webb, the daughter of the town's newspaper editor and George's future wife.)
Using metatheatrical* devices, Wilder set the play in a 1930s theater.
He used the actions of a character called the Stage Manager to create the town of Grover's Corners for the audience. Scenes from its history from the years 1901 to 1913 play out.
Proceeds from the show will help the ensemble pay for its trip to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this summer.
More info at www.hhsdramaensemble.com
*The audience can laugh at the protagonist while feeling empathy.