The Thornton Wilder Society had an exciting 2024. Here are some highlights:
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Interview with Ann Patchett about her novel Tom Lake
In an interview with The New York Times, Ann Patchett discusses her new novel, bookstore secrets, and Wilder's Our Town.
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Our Town Reading with Hollywood A-List Cast Raises Hurricane Relief
On November 6th in Atlanta, Georgia, cast members of the upcoming Avengers movie and other Marvel Studios films gave a reading of Our Town to raise money for hurricane-damage relief in Puerto Rico.
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Performance: Our Town
October 25, 2016 until November 6, 2016, New Stage Theatre, Jackson, MS
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Performance: Our Town
July 17, 18, 19, 2015, The Village of Hopkinton, NH
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Tom Perrotta and the Brutal Power of Ordinary Details
Author Tom Perrotta, co-creator of an HBO drama, discusses how Wilder's classic American play has informed his own writing, The Leftovers in particular.
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Mental Health Workers and the Impact of Our Town
By day they are crisis workers, case managers, social workers, registered nurses, psychiatric technicians, therapists, and administrators.
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Emergency Service Raises Funds with Wilder
As reported by Dan Clark of the Idaho Statesman, Thornton Wilder's 1938 Pulitzer Prize-winning play Our Town is coming to Norristown, Pennsylvania to help a good cause.
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