Our Town, Act III

Would you go back?

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TW: Death and Our Town plot spoilers

My theatre is currently in rehearsals for Our Town, the existential American play by Thorton Wilder. Until now, I hadn’t read the play since high school. It was presented as rather dark and depressing then. I’m delighted to say that it’s much better and more meaningful this time around. It really shouldn’t be played as a quiet, heavy, somber, show…