“Our Town” is coming to our city when the Warsaw Community High School Drama Department presents the play this weekend. The play, set in the early 20th century, will be on the WCHS Performing Arts Center stage Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for students and senior citizens. Pre-sale tickets for reserved seating are available by contacting the WCHS Performing Arts Center box office at 574-371-5040. According to a synopsis provided by show co-director Erin Mills, “This play, by Thorton Wilder, explores a beautiful, quaint little town called Grover’s Corners in the year 1901. While the town is a major focal point of the play, Wilder centers the plotlines on the people that call Grover’s Corners home. “It is set in three acts. The first act discusses the history of the town and the people, specifically the friendship growing between two young people, George and Emily. The second act moves forward in time and takes a close look at George and Emily’s romantic relationship, and ends with their wedding. And the third act looks at how death affects this little town and how the dead perceive the living. “It is an incredibly moving and poignant show that captures effortlessly the true emotions and hardships of everyday people,” the synopsis concludes. “Our Town” won the 1938 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the 1989 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival and the 1989 Tony Award for Best Revival. The WCHS cast includes: Derek Grose as stage manager; Kendra Housel as Mrs. Gibbs; Christine Trier as Mrs. Webb; Jonathan Warner, Dr. Gibbs; Jordan Fredericks, Howie Newsome; Emma Lemon, Joe Crowell Jr.; Cole Hoskins, George Gibbs; Kathy Frazzetta, Emily Webb; Tara Rusinack, Rebecca Gibbs; Katie Yocum, Wally Webb; Lucas Thomas, Mr. Webb; Nikos Schlitt, Simon Stimson; Amanda Pilz, Mrs. Soames; Bailey Berelsman, Constable Warren; Wyatt Slone, Professor Willard; Margo Rheinhardt, woman in balcony; Gus Gigous, belligerent man/farmer McCarty; Brooke Neubaum, woman in audience/sound effects Act II; Emma Lemon, Si Crowell; Kodi Holle, first baseball player/sound effects Act III; Neil Lothamer, second baseball player/dead man; Briley Gargis, third baseball player; Aaron Wainscott, Sam Craig; Matt Grothouse, Joe Stoddard; Emma Bonifield, first dead woman; Kirstin Davis, second dead woman; Will Denzer, dead man; Justin Wottring, Mr. Carter/sound effects Act I; Nick DiVaccaro, Joe Crowell/sound effects Act II; Mo McFarland, sound effects Act I; Analiese Helms, sound effects Act II; and Whitney Borkholder, Gabi Bradley, Liz Brown, Korah Gillard, Summer Perry, Haleigh Randall, Emma Tomasik and Annie Wray as choir members. The string quartet includes Analiese Helms, Maddie Hooks, Caleb Remocalda and Laura White. Stage managers are Margot Rheinhardt and Jason Sager.
