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Our Town

Garrison Players Arts Center
Rollinsford, NH

Thorton Wilder's Pulitzer winning play about a small town in New Hampshire. Noted for its lack of set and its ability to touch the heart, this play has been produced in every corner of the country and now comes to the Garrison Players Arts Center. In Thorton Wilder's own words:

Our Town is not . . . a picture of life in a New Hampshire village; or a speculation about the conditions of life after death . . . . It is an attempt to find a value above all price for the smallest events in our daily life. . . . I have set the village against the largest dimensions of time and place. The recurrent words in this play are hundreds, thousands, and millions. Emily's joys and griefs, her algebra lessons and her birthday presents--what are they when we consider all the billions of girls who have lived,who are living and who will live? Each individuals assertion to an absolute reality can only be inner, very inner. . . . Our claim, our hope, our
despair are in the mindnot in things, not in scenery. Molire said that for the theatre all he needed was a platform and a passion or two. The climax of this play needs only five square feet and the passion to know what life means to us.

-- Thornton Wilder, 1957

From the Preface to Three Plays

published by Harper and Row

Note: Please note that even if BPT says the event is sold out, there may be tickets available at the door on a first come, first serve basis.

Kid Friendly: No

Dog Friendly: No

Non-Smoking: No

Wheelchair Accessible: No

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