Sherburne Earlville drama club to perform Thornton Wilder’s, Our Town
SHERBURNE – The Sherburne Earlville High School drama club is in their final stages of rehearsal for Thornton Wilder’s, Our Town. The three-act play is set in the fictional town of Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire between the years of 1901 – 1913.
The performance will be on the S-E high school stage Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m.
It is a character story about an average town’s citizens in the early twentieth century as depicted through their everyday lives. Act I is called Daily Life, Act II is Love and Marriage and Act II is called Death and Eternity.
The Stage Managers, played by Erika Boise and Laura Tenney, serve as the guides and narrators, giving the layout of the town and introducing the various citizens in town. The play depicts the lives of two families, the Gibbs and the Webb’s. Doc Gibbs (Will Greenman) and his wife, Mrs.Gibbs (Molly Osborne) are doing their best raising two children, Rebekah (Barbara Clarkson) and George (Jordan Eddy). Mr. Webb (Patric Harter), editor of the town newspaper and with his wife, Mrs. Webb (Kayleigh Wentworth) are also raising two kids, Wally (Clark Vischi) and Emily (Addie Roth). It is their oldest children, George and Emily whose unspoken mutual affection as children blossoms into love, marriage, and finally death, that the storyline revolves around and follows most closely.
The style of the play focuses on the characters by stripping away normal conventions of theatre, such as sets and props. The actors, working with little or no props, pantomime most of the action allowing the characters to shine through. This production is unique because it will be done “in the round”, which means that the audience will be sitting onstage, on three sides of the actors to watch the performance.
The large cast, ranging in age from 10 to 18 years old, includes over 30 students; Sarah Acly, Opal Aman-Burns, Natalie Auwarter, Madison Barker, Erika Boise, Morgan Briggs, Barbara Clarkson, Max Collins, Kayleigh Currie, Darbi Dean, Olivia Dunham, Jordan Eddy, Ryker Fuller, Adia Graham, William Greenman, Patric Harter, Calib Hill, Curtis Howard, Collin Jones, Rebecca Karaman, Molly Osborne, Romeo Rapp, Raven Rivenburgh, Adaline Roth, Brooke Smith, Justine Strauss, Laura Tenney, Adeline Trass, Clark Vischi and Kayleigh Wentworth.
Adult helpers include Set Builder Bob Cuffney, Costumer Rose Tenney, Lighting Design and Tech Nova Frair, Hymns taught by Ann Caton and Stage Manager, Ann Campbell who has worked with the drama club for over 20 years.
Don’t miss the timeless life lessons that are still relevant in today’s faster paced culture examined in Thornton Wilder’s Our Town on the S-E high school stage Friday and Saturday, April 26 and 27t, at 7 p.m. Tickets are $5 and available at Service Pharmacy in Sherburne. Seating is limited so buy your tickets ahead of time.
Pictured: Sherburne Earlville drama club to perform Thornton Wilder’s, Our Town. on Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. The three-act play is set in the fictional town of Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire between the years of 1901 – 1913. (submitted photo)
The performance will be on the S-E high school stage Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m.
It is a character story about an average town’s citizens in the early twentieth century as depicted through their everyday lives. Act I is called Daily Life, Act II is Love and Marriage and Act II is called Death and Eternity.
The Stage Managers, played by Erika Boise and Laura Tenney, serve as the guides and narrators, giving the layout of the town and introducing the various citizens in town. The play depicts the lives of two families, the Gibbs and the Webb’s. Doc Gibbs (Will Greenman) and his wife, Mrs.Gibbs (Molly Osborne) are doing their best raising two children, Rebekah (Barbara Clarkson) and George (Jordan Eddy). Mr. Webb (Patric Harter), editor of the town newspaper and with his wife, Mrs. Webb (Kayleigh Wentworth) are also raising two kids, Wally (Clark Vischi) and Emily (Addie Roth). It is their oldest children, George and Emily whose unspoken mutual affection as children blossoms into love, marriage, and finally death, that the storyline revolves around and follows most closely.
The style of the play focuses on the characters by stripping away normal conventions of theatre, such as sets and props. The actors, working with little or no props, pantomime most of the action allowing the characters to shine through. This production is unique because it will be done “in the round”, which means that the audience will be sitting onstage, on three sides of the actors to watch the performance.
The large cast, ranging in age from 10 to 18 years old, includes over 30 students; Sarah Acly, Opal Aman-Burns, Natalie Auwarter, Madison Barker, Erika Boise, Morgan Briggs, Barbara Clarkson, Max Collins, Kayleigh Currie, Darbi Dean, Olivia Dunham, Jordan Eddy, Ryker Fuller, Adia Graham, William Greenman, Patric Harter, Calib Hill, Curtis Howard, Collin Jones, Rebecca Karaman, Molly Osborne, Romeo Rapp, Raven Rivenburgh, Adaline Roth, Brooke Smith, Justine Strauss, Laura Tenney, Adeline Trass, Clark Vischi and Kayleigh Wentworth.
Adult helpers include Set Builder Bob Cuffney, Costumer Rose Tenney, Lighting Design and Tech Nova Frair, Hymns taught by Ann Caton and Stage Manager, Ann Campbell who has worked with the drama club for over 20 years.
Don’t miss the timeless life lessons that are still relevant in today’s faster paced culture examined in Thornton Wilder’s Our Town on the S-E high school stage Friday and Saturday, April 26 and 27t, at 7 p.m. Tickets are $5 and available at Service Pharmacy in Sherburne. Seating is limited so buy your tickets ahead of time.
Pictured: Sherburne Earlville drama club to perform Thornton Wilder’s, Our Town. on Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. The three-act play is set in the fictional town of Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire between the years of 1901 – 1913. (submitted photo)
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