Our Town

Director: Behnam Alibakhshi, UMass 2024 (playwright: Thornton Wilder)

What is life's destination? How much time do we waste on useless worries? How can love and kindness improve our lives?

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Nearly 90 years after its writing, Thornton Wilder’s Our Town remains one of the best-known plays in the English language, and we take its lessons for granted at our peril. It portrays the preciousness of a simple life and the joys of companionship. Follow the residents of Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire, as they navigate joy and pain, the unexpected and the mundane. "It is an attempt," said Wilder, " to find a value above all price for the smallest events of our daily life."