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Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Our Town is one of the most celebrated plays in American theatre—and nearly 90 years after its premiere, its questions about growing up, falling in love, and making the most of the time we have feel as immediate as ever.
Set in the small town of Grover’s Corners, Our Town follows ordinary people through the extraordinary moments that make up a life. Breaking the fourth wall and stripping away traditional scenery, Wilder invites us to see the characters—and ourselves—a little more clearly.
The Highlander Theatre Company revisits this classic through a contemporary lens, inviting a new generation of performers and audiences into the story and discovering what connects us across time.

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Highlander Theatre Company presents Our Town

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Anthracite Fields by Julia Wolfe is a concert-length work for chorus and amplified instrumental ensemble that honors the people who worked in, and were shaped by, Pennsylvania’s anthracite coal region. Wolfe, a co-founder of Bang on a Can, built the piece from extensive research: oral-history interviews, local archives, historical documents, and the everyday language of the miners and their families. The result is part oratorio, part documentary, and part rock concert. The work unfolds in five movements, each looking at a different facet of coal-country life, from the dangers and dignity of work underground to the child laborers known as “breaker boys,” who spent their days picking slate from coal. Wolfe sets these voices for chorus with propulsive, driving rhythms, shimmering harmonies, and stretches of striking stillness. The ensemble’s electric guitar, piano, percussion, cello, and winds supply a pulse that is as much contemporary club as concert hall. The piece won the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Music, and the jury praised it as a powerful tribute to the industrial laborers of the region. Performed by Chorus pro Musica alongside the Bang on a Can All-Stars, the ensemble that has long championed Wolfe’s music, this production brings the full force of a large chorus and a hard-driving band to a story about labor, memory, and community that continues to resonate today. Audiences should expect an immersive, emotionally charged evening that is accessible to newcomers and rewarding for seasoned concertgoers. No familiarity with contemporary music is required.

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Julia Wolfe's Anthracite Fields with the Bang...

Anthracite Fields by Julia Wolfe is a concert-length work for chorus and amplified instrumental ensemble that honors the people...

Julia Wolfe's Anthracite Fields with the Bang on a Can All-Stars and Chorus pro Musica

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Highlander Theatre Company presents Our Town

NOV

19

7:00 PM

Somerville High School, 81 Highland Ave, Somerville, MA

Highlander Theatre Company presents Our Town

NOV

20

5:00 PM

Somerville High School, 81 Highland Ave, Somerville, MA

Julia Wolfe's Anthracite Fields with the Bang on a Can All-Stars and Chorus pro Musica

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