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Show , i s "Our Town" cast members shown rehearsing the wedding scene are: Ron Jewell, preacher; George Gibbs, played by Jansen Davis and Emily Webb, played by Amy Westerly. The StageRight Theater Company production of Thornton Wilder's masterpiece will run for two more showings on March 6 and 7. In Review 'Our Town ' wonderful play i i : c i - r occn searunuig iur ncaxiy a year iur a permanent home for the production. produc-tion. Its home is now in the Bountiful Boun-tiful Elks Lodge, 544 W. 400 N., West Bountiful in the same building as The Shed. Ticket information is available from Joy Davis at 292-3284. By CHERIE HTJBER Clipper Correspondent There are still two more nights to see "Our Town," Thornton Wilder s Pulitzer Prize winning play. The last two performances of "Our Town" by StageRight Theatre Company are March 6 and 7. "Our Town" originally opened on Broadway back in 1938. Because the play did win a Pulitzer Prize, it has been performed many, many times and by all kinds of groups from kids in school to professionals. pro-fessionals. "Our Town" as performed by StageRight makes it clear that Wilder did indeed write a wonderful wonder-ful play. When "Our Town" opened, the audience was caught in the spell of what life was like in a small New England town more than three decades before. The audience today is much further removed in time from Grover Corners, N.H., but the message is still there. The theatergoer theater-goer comes away with the feeling, "Oh, so this is what life is all about." The stage manager sums it up as, "This is the way we were in our growing up, and in our marry-ng marry-ng and in our living, and in our dying." Of course, it takes more than a great play to create an enjoyable evening. The cast of "Our Town" is also excellent Ron Jewett, as the on-stage "Stage Manager," brings a delightful spark of life to the performance. per-formance. Mike Westenskow as Dr. Gibbs and Stephen C. Miner as Mr. Webb, the publisher of the town newspaper, both bring life to their important parts in the play. The author, Thorton Wilder, was bom in Madison, Wis., where his father was also the editor of a newspaper. His first novel. The Cabala was published in 1926. It was followed by The Bridge of San Luis Reyy which won him his first Pulitzer Prize in 1928. He also won Pulitzer prizes for both "Our Town" and "The Skin of Our Teeth." Another play "The Matchmaker' Mat-chmaker' became the musical "Hello Dolly." "Our Town" originally opened with conventional stagings and sets. Critics were unimpressed. The producer pro-ducer removed all the scenery except ex-cept a few chairs and tables and a pair of ladders and that was how the play was First presented on Broadway Broad-way in 1938. StageRight has followed the same successful format. for-mat. Because 1992 is Bountiful' s Centennial year a lot of interest in Bountiful s past has been rekindled. "Our Town," of course, records the past in a New England town. Still the similarities are striking. Family strength and the support and understanding in a small community communi-ty are still values worth protecting. Another nice thing about StageRight productions is that the audience seating capacity is small. The viewer is right up close to the performance where it is possible to catch every facial expression of the performers. There are some choice parts of "Our Town" that will leave the you laughing. But don't forget the Kleenex you may find yourself a little teary before it is all over too. The goal of StageRight is to bring br-ing "classic theatre at a classic price" to the Wasatch Front. They have done that with "Our Town." StageRight Theatre Company has been producing classic theatre for almost four years. The company has |