Our Town at Blackfriars Playhouse through 8/9

Representing one of the most beloved works of American theater, Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Our Town dives deep into community and quotidian rhythms. Leaning into simplicity over spectacle, the play employs a Stage Manager to guide audiences through the ordinary happenings of Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire. Follow members of the Gibbs and Webb families as they navigate the everyday through young love, marriage, and loss, prompting the existential question: Do we ever realize life while we live it? $40–75, times vary. Blackfriars Playhouse, 10 S. Market St., Staunton. americanshakespearecenter.com

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