UTSA presents classic "comfort food" American play
(Oct. 23, 2001)--"Our Town," the classic American play by Thornton Wilder, will be performed at UTSA at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 24-26, 1:30 p.m. Oct. 27, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 31-Nov. 2 and 1:30 p.m. Nov. 3 in the Buena Vista Street Building Theater at the Downtown Campus.
Since its first performances in 1938, "Our Town" has been regarded as one of the best representations of life in America and a landmark of the theater. The play expresses basic truths of human existence and offers a compassionate glimpse of that simpler time before the Great Wars.
The Pulitzer Prize winning play, set in a small New England town in 1901, shows Americans beginning a new century, looking ahead to what they might become and looking back at what brought them where they are.
"The play lets us see that we share many of the values of a century ago," said Philip W. Hoke, director of the production and UTSA communication lecturer. "It offers an escape from the events of Sept. 11. It's life affirming, and rather than 'Seize the day,' I think it says, 'Appreciate the day.'"
Tickets for the production are $5 and are available at the door.
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