Grove City College’s Theatre Program is going to be performing not one, but two shows this spring: “Doubt: A Parable” and “Our Town.”
Both productions open March 14 and run through March 16, with “Our Town” extending its run on March 22 and 23. The shows are free and open to the public. To reserve tickets, visit gcc.edu/tickets.
“Our Town,” a staple of American theater, will be presented in the Little Theatre of Pew Fine Arts Center, which showtimes.at 5 p.m. March 14, 15, and 22, and 7:30 p.m. March 16, and 23.
“Doubt: A Parable” is being staged in Ketler Auditorium of the Pew Fine Arts Center, with showtimes at 7:30 p.m. March 14 and 15 and 5 p.m. March 16.
Both shows are directed by Betsy J. Craig ’77, director of the Theatre Program and professor of English.
Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town” takes place in a fictional American town called Grover’s Corners between 1901 and 1913. Often seen as a sentiment picture of the “the good old days,” the play was considered avant garde when it came out in 1938. It is a simple play about the complexities and nuances and beauty of what is, seemingly, everyday life. The cast includes freshman history and secondary education major Allie Cottom as Emily Webb and Caleb Vinoverski, a senior communication arts major and creative writing minor, as George Gibbs.
“Doubt: A Parable” won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Tony Award for Best Play. The play investigates an instance of doubt in a Catholic school in the Bronx in the 1960s and how people react under the pressure of feelings of skepticism and uncertainty. The cast includes Grace Scheller, a junior communication arts major and international studies minor, as Sister Aloysius, Hayden Wehrman, a junior computer science major and computer game design and mathematics minor, as Father Flynn, Jess Reynolds, a junior Spanish education major and English and theater minor, and Meredith Reed, a junior Christian ministries major and theater minor.