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Original Stage Manager and acclaimed director David Cromer returns August 24th-September 12th to perform final weeks.
New York, NY (July 27, 2010) - Producers Scott Morfee, Jean Doumanian and Tom Wirtshafter announced today the record-breaking production of Thornton Wilder's Our Town at the Barrow Street Theatre will play its final performance on Sunday evening, September 12th.
Lucille Lortel Award winning director David Cromer, who originated the role in this production, returns to the production on August 24th for the critically-acclaimed play's final weeks. Scott Parkinson, who appeared in the role last summer, will return to play matinee performances on August 28th & 29th and September 4th & 5th.
The iconic 'Stage Manager' role in this production of Our Town has been performed by seven actors, including Mr. Cromer, Mr. Parkinson, Jason Butler Harner, Stephen Kunken, Michael Shannon, Mr. McKean and Ms. Hunt.
David Cromer's award-winning staging of Wilder's play began performances on February 17, 2009, with an official opening night on February 26, 2009 where it received rave reviews at the downtown venue. Our Town went on to win the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Production and Outstanding Direction and Obie Award for Outstanding Director. This current staging of Our Town entered its second year on February 26th and became the longest-running production of the play in its 72-year history with its record-breaking 337th performance on December 16, 2009
The current cast of Our Town includes (in alphabetical order) Elizabeth Audley as Mrs. Soames, Jeremy Beiler as Simon Stimson, Robert Beitzel as Howie Newsome, Kati Brazda as Mrs. Webb, Will Brill as Joe Crowell, Jr, Nathan Dame as Sam Craig, Roger E. DeWitt as Joe Stoddard, Ann Dowd as Mrs. Gibbs, Emma Galvin as Rebecca Gibbs, Jennifer Grace as Emily Webb, Mark Hattan as Constable Warren, Jake Horowitz as Wally Webb, Helen Hunt as the Stage Manager, David Manis as Mr. Webb, Daniel Marcus as Professor Willard, James McMenamin as George Gibbs, Jeff Still as Doc Gibbs, Jason Yachanin as Si Crowell, with Dana Jacks, Lynn Laurence, Kathleen Peirce, Keith Perry and Mark Shock.
Our Town is produced by Scott Morfee, Jean Doumanian, Tom Wirtshafter, Ted Snowdon, Eagle Productions, Dena Hammerstein/Pam Pariseau, The Weinstein Company, and Burnt Umber Productions.
Thornton Wilder's high school graduation photo, Berkely High School, 1915"Success is paralyzing only to those who have never wished for anything else." --1956
"All art is didactic. 'Come in for the Beauty,' says the artist, 'and stay for the Persuasion."' --circa 1930's
"You've got to go to Shakespeare and Tolstoi for a clear statement: women are just as good as men (and even a little better.)." -- In a letter to Phyllis McGinley, April 2, 1965
"Influence is not direct, obvious, apparent. I learned most from some of the courses I flunked." --July 1975
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