It’s the beginning of a new life for Emily Webb (Lucinda Harvey) and George Gibbs (Jacob Lacy) as they get married at the end of Act II in Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town.” The award-winning drama will be performed this weekend and next at the Steve W. Shepherd Theater, by Fredericksburg Theater Company. — Submitted photo/James Fox
“Our Town,” a Pulitzer Prize-winning drama and America’s most-produced play, will continue its run this and next weekend at the Steve W. Shepherd Theater.
Opening night for “Our Town” was Oct. 16. Tickets are now on sale.
Tickets are $29 for adults and $12 for children 17 and under.
Special educational group rates for students are available. This offer extends to students, teachers and chaperones. The rate is $8 per student, with free admission to a teacher or chaperone for every eight paid student admissions.
The theater is at 1668 U.S. 87 South.
Then, on Halloween, FTC will air the 1959 horror film “The Tingler,” starring Vincent Price. The film will also be shown at the theater.
Tickets can be purchased online at www.fredericksburgtheater.org or by calling 830-997-3588.
‘Our Town’
Wilder’s play is set in Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire and takes viewers through the lives and deaths of its residents.
Viewers see what life was like in rural America a century ago, and they also see how the dead deal with letting go of life.
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