Our Town (Acts II & III)

Acts II and III of "Our Town" by Thornton Wilder, performed by Hudson High School, November 2008.

In this play, we took the line Emily cries to her mother in Act III, "Mama, let's *look* at one another," to guide us. Hence, in the first two acts, we tried to avoid making prolonged eye contact (except for the Stage Manager).

Also, we played with the idea of the afterlife vs. our life here on earth. The idea being that if, as Wilder expressed in his stage directions, the afterlife is just sitting about dully, with no hopes, no happiness, and just an endless world of grey...well, then wouldn't Emily choose to remain in the past, no matter how painful? But if, in fact, Wilder wanted to say something about how we MISS the good on earth, then shouldn't that be contrasted with something more good after it that we eventually see, too?

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[mrTKDdude99]

what song is playing at 50 min? i really need to know. also great play.

[gaudete]

@mrTKDdude99 Thank you! It's a song called: "Love Divine, All Loves Excelling."

[therealcritic28]

The way you've ended this, it is so powerful. It actually makes me cry. Perfectly brilliant direction.

[gaudete]

@therealcritic28 Thank you so very much! (Me, too.)

[shellers113]

this whole production is brilliant. really fantastic actors- the cast really takes this show to an amazing level. i love the approaches taken, like the eye contact idea. it makes an incredible difference.

this is one of my favorite plays, and it was so well done:)

[akje93]

thank you so much for uploading this. I had to read this for my homeschool, and watching it defiantly helped me understand this play more than just the book. Its hard not being able to sit around a classroom discuss the play, so thank you! it was excellent.

[GreenteaVO]

Crieddd mmyself a river

[trayzipe]

Im playing Mr.Foster, Si, and the bbplayers, and a casket carrier. I loved Si's nothing much...EXCEPT WERE LOSING!! part

[PITBULLGIRL45]

1:10:10 made me cryyyyy

[PITBULLGIRL45]

okaiiiiiii the end made me cry

[Actressintraining994]

wow.... a high school near mine is doing this play and i was unsure about auditioning but now i can't wait !!!

[paisleypoo96]

thanks so much for uploading this! I had to read Our Town for my english class and it made it a lot easier to be able to actually watch, listen, and read along with it. And I'm not an expert on plays or drama clubs, but I think the cast did a great job!