ENID, OK - Gaslight Theatre opens its 52nd season Sept. 7-15 with a fresh yet familiar take on the Thornton Wilder classic, Our Town.
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Celebrating its 80th year, Our Town is widely known as the most-produced play in the history of American theatre. It follows the small town of Grover’s Corners, specifically the Webb and Gibbs families, through all of life’s twists and turns. Their children fall in love, marry and – in one of the most famous scenes in American theatre – die.
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Over the years, many productions of Our Town have gradually added extra design elements, costumes and scenery to the play, said Heather Palmer, the director for Gaslight’s production. A play within a play, the audience is essentially seeing rehearsals for a play about Grover’s Corners. Therein lies the fresh yet familiar take to this production.
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“Audiences in 1938 didn’t see period costumes,” Palmer said. “They saw clothes they all still wore, or they wore in their childhood. Audiences saw an actual stage, not a set made to look like a stage. Audiences had actors speaking directly to them, breaking the fourth wall, in ways they had never seen before.
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“In this production we have stripped away the period costumes and extra scenery. We’ve also added even more ways to include the audience in Grover’s Corners. This back-to-basics approach will allow today’s audiences to connect with the play in new ways.”
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Our Town features Mike Kilman as the Stage Manager, Bailey Wilson as Emily and Blake Recknagel as George, along with a host of talented Gaslight regulars and newcomers.
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The play has performances on Sept. 7, 8, 9, 13, 14 and 15. Friday and Saturday performances begin at 8 p.m., with Thursday curtain at 7 p.m. and Sunday curtain at 2 p.m. Tickets are $15 for adults, $12 for military and $8 for students. Thursday and Sunday performances have a discounted rate of $12 for adults and $8 for students.
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Tickets can be purchased by calling the theatre’s box office at 580-234-2307, visiting the box office at 221 N. Independence in Enid during working hours, or visiting www.gaslighttheatre.org.
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Celebrating its 80th year, Our Town is widely known as the most-produced play in the history of American theatre. It follows the small town of Grover’s Corners, specifically the Webb and Gibbs families, through all of life’s twists and turns. Their children fall in love, marry and – in one of the most famous scenes in American theatre – die.
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Over the years, many productions of Our Town have gradually added extra design elements, costumes and scenery to the play, said Heather Palmer, the director for Gaslight’s production. A play within a play, the audience is essentially seeing rehearsals for a play about Grover’s Corners. Therein lies the fresh yet familiar take to this production.
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“Audiences in 1938 didn’t see period costumes,” Palmer said. “They saw clothes they all still wore, or they wore in their childhood. Audiences saw an actual stage, not a set made to look like a stage. Audiences had actors speaking directly to them, breaking the fourth wall, in ways they had never seen before.
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“In this production we have stripped away the period costumes and extra scenery. We’ve also added even more ways to include the audience in Grover’s Corners. This back-to-basics approach will allow today’s audiences to connect with the play in new ways.”
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Our Town features Mike Kilman as the Stage Manager, Bailey Wilson as Emily and Blake Recknagel as George, along with a host of talented Gaslight regulars and newcomers.
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The play has performances on Sept. 7, 8, 9, 13, 14 and 15. Friday and Saturday performances begin at 8 p.m., with Thursday curtain at 7 p.m. and Sunday curtain at 2 p.m. Tickets are $15 for adults, $12 for military and $8 for students. Thursday and Sunday performances have a discounted rate of $12 for adults and $8 for students.
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Tickets can be purchased by calling the theatre’s box office at 580-234-2307, visiting the box office at 221 N. Independence in Enid during working hours, or visiting www.gaslighttheatre.org.
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