ARHS Drama's Current Show-

Thornton Wilder's "Our Town"

Dates: November 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21
Time: 7:30pm
Admission: Tickets at the door before performance •$12 General Admission •$6 for students with ASB, Seniors and Children under 12.

Address: 501 Oravetz Rd SE, Auburn, WA Click here for directions

Phone: (253) 804-5154

.....Our Town is one of the most frequently staged American plays. It is an unconventional work in that it has no scenery or props except for tables, chairs, ladders, and a few other objects. When actors dine, they hold imaginary utensils and eat imaginary food. When looking out an upper-story window, they stand on ladders. When the milkman makes deliveries from his horse-drawn cart, there is no horse or cart, although the audience may hear clip-clops or whinnies. And so goes the entire play. Author Thornton Wilder presented the play in this way to force the audience to concentrate on the characters and the themes.

....Wilder also wrote a narrator into the play. Called “the stage manager,” he supervises the placement of the chairs and tables at the beginning of the play–hence, his title. He also introduces the play and its setting, looking back from his 1930's vantage point to the year when the drama begins, 1901. From time to time, he interrupts the play to comment on the action or to inform the audience about a character’s background. Early on, he even speaks with members of the audience.