In this first part of a two-part series on Thornton Wilder’s Our Town, Gracious and Jared set the stage–how is Our Town different from the plays that preceded it? We’ll introduce the beloved characters, give some tips on how to act within the style of the play, and take you through the first act of the show.

“Our Town” by Thornton Wilder (Foreword by Donald Margulies)

Published by Harper Perennial: Modern Classics

Copyright © 1938, 1965 by the Wilder Family LLC. Forward copyright © 2003 by Donald Marguiles. Afterword copyright © 2003 by Tappan Wilder.

“Stella Adler: The Art of Acting” compiled & edited by Howard Kissel

Copyright © 2000 by Applause Books

Thornton Wilder Family Website

https://www.thorntonwilder.com/

“Our Town,” Thornton Wilder Page

https://www.thorntonwilder.com/our-town

The Thornton Wilder Society, “Our Town”

https://www.twildersociety.org/works/our-town/

The birth and life of an American classic: “Our Town” (Pulitzer files)

https://www.pulitzer.org/article/birth-and-life-american-classic-our-town

Preface to THREE PLAYS, Thornton Wilder

https://www.thorntonwilder.com/blog/2021/1/28/preface-to-three-plays-by-thornton-wilder-nbsp

‘In Our Living and Our Dying: Our Town in the 21st Century,’ Thornton Wilder YouTube

https://youtu.be/qhnHgz-nw2Y?si=q5c60YS5c9XEYx5n

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