Auditions for ‘Our Town’ are at Massillon Museum
Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town” earned the 1938 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, startling audiences with its minimalist theatrical style: no curtain, no scenery, no props.
The Massillon Museum will present “Our Town” by Thornton Wilder on Saturday, Nov. 9 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 10 at 2 p.m. in Gessner Hall at the Massillon Museum.
Public auditions will be held on Monday, July 22 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Massillon Museum. Director Dave Harding, a museum board member and retired Washington High School English teacher and drama coach, will welcome all volunteers who want to try out for a part.
Selected cast members will receive scripts and read through the play together on July 29. Rehearsals will be held every Monday from Aug. 5 through Nov. 8, except the week of Labor Day. Rehearsal will be Tuesday, Sept. 3 that week.
“Our Town” earned the 1938 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, startling audiences with its minimalist theatrical style: no curtain, no scenery, no props. It opens with the stage manager’s introduction to Grover’s Corners, a fictional town based on Peterborough, New Hampshire, where Wilder often spent his summers. The play represents the daily lives of people in America from 1901-13. The first act describes their daily lives, the second act focuses on love and marriage, and the third act discusses death.
The Massillon Museum is located at 121 Lincoln Way E. in Massillon. For more information about the museum, call 330-833-4061 or visit www.massillonmuseum.org.