Our Town ​
comes to Altarena Playhouse WHAT:​ Altarena Playhouse presents ​Our Town,​ a​ play by Thornton Wilder. Directed by Clay David. WHEN:​ ​October 7 – November 13,​ Fridays & Saturdays 8pm, Sundays 2pm Special Thursday performance November 10 WHERE:​ Altarena Playhouse, 1409 High St., Alameda, convenient to public transit TICKET PRICES:​ $26 / $23 for students and seniors. Tickets available at www.altarena.org, (510) 523­1553 Altrena Playhouse is proud to present the fifth installment of their 2016 season, ​Our Town. ​This American dramatic classic spans almost 13 years in the town of Grover’s Corners, a quintessential small community reflecting the hopes and dreams, the failures and successes, of people everywhere. Altarena Playhouse’s artistic director and Our Town director, Clay David said, “The primary theme of Our Town is humanity's failure to appreciate every precious moment of life. The play is ultimately life­affirming in its urging us all to appreciate ordinary, everyday life in the face of mortality. My sincere wish is that we open our hearts and eyes, reconnect and unite our souls, and trust that the love that we sow now will bear many fruits. It will enhance our perceptions, so that for a moment our eyes can see and our ears can hear what is there about us, always.” This production, with live music throughout, finds the heartbeat of every well­worn line, every familiar word. Musical director, Francesca Brava says, “Clay and I collaborated to choose music from the period of the play...the beginning of the 20th century. It is music that evokes feelings of a simpler time when life was not so distracted and family, community, and church were the cornerstones of living. It is our hope that the music will contribute to transporting the viewer and listener to this simpler time and they will experience the enchantment of Our Town.” Even if you know this iconic Pulitzer Prize­winning drama, we guarantee you’ll experience something new. A special ASL interpreted performance will be presented on Friday, November 11. Additional information can be found at: ​www.altarena.org/asl. For press tickets, interviews with the director and/or cast members, and more information please contact: Jaime Ciabattoni at ​[email protected].