Performances

Past Events

Performance: Our Town

September 26, 2013 until October 27, 2013, Pittsburgh Public Theater, Pittsburgh, PA

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A story that is simple yet profound. A work of unparalleled imagination and heart. A stunning theatrical achievement that captures the experience of living in the moment. These are just a few reasons why Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Our Town is America’s most acclaimed play. An iconic play deserves an iconic star, so we are thrilled to announce that Pittsburgh’s most beloved actor, Tom Atkins, will perform the legendary role of the Stage Manager.

Please visit the Pittsburgh Public Theatre website for more information.

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Performance: The Matchmaker

September 20, 2013 until October 19, 2013, Taproot Theatre, Seattle, WA

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Thornton Wilder’s hit comedy about love, money and the love of money has matchmaking busybody Dolly Levi brokering true love for a wealthy businessman. Will anyone get what their heart desires? Unlikely circumstances and hilarious complications bring surprises at every corner in this play that inspired Hello, Dolly!.

Visit the Taproot Theatre website for more information.

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Performance: Working Progress: An Exploration of Thornton Wilder’s Playlets

September 18, 2013 until September 27, 2013, Gallery MC, New York, NY

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At The Local Theater at Gallery MC six magical evenings will unfold through the theatrical poetry of Thornton Wilder. This reading of Thornton Wilder’s 3-minute plays features actor/ writer/ musician Bill Weeden reading stage directions and performing musical accompaniment.

Performance: Dates: September 18, 19, 21, 22, 26, and 27 at 8:00 p.m.

For reservations, please visit The Local Theatre’s website or call 212.581.1966.

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Performance: Our Town

September 12, 2013 until September 29, 2013, Heagney Theatre at Nerinx Hall, Webster Groves, MO

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Described by Edward Albee as “…the greatest American play ever written,” the story follows the small town of Grover’s Corners through three acts: “Daily Life,” “Love and Marriage,” and “Death and Eternity.” Narrated by a stage manager and performed with minimal props and sets, audiences follow the Webb and Gibbs families as their children fall in love, marry and eventually pass away, only to discover what awaits us in the great beyond.

Visit the Insight Theatre Company website for more information.

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Performance: Theophilus North

September 6, 2013 until September 22, 2013, Cinnabar Theater, Petaluma, CA

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by Matthew Burnett
based on the novel by Thornton Wilder
Nathan Cummings, Director

From Off-Broadway comes this astonishing charmer of a play, based upon the semi-autobiographical final work of three-time Pulitzer Prize–winning icon of American letters, Thornton Wilder. Set in the tony resort town of Newport, RI, during the height of the Jazz Age in summer, 1926, Theophilus North fol­lows the exploits of the title character as he searches for adventure and his place in the world. Quitting his teaching position in New Jersey, and stranded in Newport after his jalopy breaks down, thirty-year-old Theophilus takes odd jobs (tennis instructor, French tutor, private reader…) in houses of the wealthy, infiltrating himself into the lives and troubles of Newport’s residents, both upstairs and downstairs. But the greatest adventure in store is not at all what he has imagined…

For more information, please visit the Cinnabar Theater’s 41st Season page on their website.

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Performance: The Happy Journey to Trenton and Camden

August 23, 2013 until August 25, 2013, North Hall, Huntington, MA

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“Wilder/Williams”—two one-act plays

by Thornton Wilder and Tennessee Williams

Four fully staged AEA performances of Thornton Wilder’s The Happy Journey to Trenton and Camden (1931) directed by Mitch Giannunzio and Tennessee Williams’ Talk to Me Like the Rain and Let Me Listen (1953) directed by Kenneth Tigar.

*Friday, August 23 at 8:00 p.m
*Saturday, August 24 at 2:00 p.m.(afternoon) and 8:00 p.m.(evening)
*Sunday, August 25 at 2:00 p.m. (afternoon)

$15 at the door; Students free; open seating; wheelchair/elevator accessible

About the Historic North Hall Arts Festival
The 2013 Festival will open with the popular Opera and Song Showcase with three opera singers and piano accompanist who have performed internationally. The showcase is followed by a season rich with music, theater, dance, spoken word and visual art. Instrumental and choral music includes sacred, folk, jazz, blues, swing, rock, country, bluegrass and open mic music jams in July and August. This year we are presenting a fully staged production of two one-act plays by noted American playwrights Thornton Wilder and Tennessee Williams as well as a program featuring men’s and women’s fashion in Jane Austen’s literature and era.

The season’s programs have been made possible by the support of our sponsors: The Westfield News, The Daily Hampshire Gazette and the Arts Councils of Chesterfield, Huntington, Montgomery and Worthington.

Visit the North Hall website for more information.

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Performance: Our Town

August 23, 2013 until August 30, 2013, Theatre in The Park, Lincolns New Salem State Park, Il-123, Petersburg, IL

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Our Town, written by American playwright Thornton Wilder, is a Pulitzer Prize winning play. It is a character story about an average town’s citizens in the early twentieth century as depicted through their everyday lives. Using metatheatrical devices, Wilder sets the play in a 1930s theater. He uses the actions of the Stage Manager to create the town of Grover’s Corners for the audience. Scenes from its history between the years of 1901 and 1913 play out.

About the Director

Kelly Bassett – Over the last 25 years Kelly has been involved in all facets of the local Bassetttheatre community. She last appeared on stage for the Springfield Theatre Centre’s production of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. She spends most of her time these days behind the scenes directing. This year alone, she directed STC’s production of M*A*S*H and Winnie the Pooh. For Theatre Park, you have seen her direction in Anne of Green Gables and Little Women. Kelly is currently serving on the STC board of directors, as Vice President. She is looking forward to returning to TIP and the atmosphere of the park!

Cast

Stage Manager — Phil Funkenbusch
Emily Webb — Elizabeth Moody
George Gibbs — Forrest Sterling
Mrs Gibbs — Lora Beavers
Dr. Gibbs — Bob Fees
Mr. Webb — Dale Spoon
Mrs. Webb — Deborah Kerley
Rebecca Gibbs — Grace Thompson
Mrs. Soames — Mary Disseler
Wally Webb — Carter Sterling
Simon Stimson — Randy Robbins
Jo Crowell/Townsperson — Mackenzie Smith

Townspeople (Smaller parts will be cast from the following people)
— Kynzie Ashbaugh
— Phoebe Betters
— Abigail Cline
— John Kerley
— Ellen Mannion
— Shay McGhiey
— Beau Moody
— Melissa Sterling
— Sara Thompson

Visit the Theatre in the Park website for more details.

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Performance: Hello, Dolly!

August 5, 2013 until August 17, 2013, Cape Playhouse, Dennis Village, MA

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One of the greatest musicals ever written, Hello, Dolly! brings to life the tale of matchmaker Dolly Levi and celebrates the search for love. Playing matchmaker for herself this time, Dolly woos the resistant Mr. Horace Vandergelder, while also finding mates for two bumbling shopkeepers and persuading Horace to approve his niece’s marriage – all in a day’s work! Hello, Dolly! is a delectable treat for the whole family. Cape Playhouse favorite Mark Martino directs this classic American musical featuring the hit songs “Put On Your Sunday Clothes,” “Elegance,” “Before the Parade Passes By” and, of course, “Hello, Dolly!.” This lush production promises to delight!

Hello, Dolly! is a musical based on Thornton Wilder’s 1955 farce, The Matchmaker.

For more information, please visit the Hello, Dolly! page on the Cape Playhouse website.

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