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Our Town by Thornton Wilder

You can read along with us HERE: CLICK TO READ OUR TOWN SCRIPT

or watch the full play HERE: CLICK TO WATCH OUR TOWN PLAY

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

Theatre Talk about Wilder's Our Town
The lasting impact of OUR TOWN

SUPPLEMENTAL ITEMS & PROJECT CHOICES

unit 1: THE AMAZING ARISTOTLE (300 BC)

ARISTOTLE'S ELEMENTS

Unit 2: IT’S ALL GREEK TO ME (550-220 BC)

GREEK THEATRE

Unit 3: MEDIEVAL (1400’s)

Mystery, Miracle, & Morality Plays

Unit 4: COMMEDIA (1500’s)

MORE COMMEDIA DELL'ARTE INFO
COMMEDIA PROJECT
TRADITIONAL COMMEDIA DELL ARTE COSTUMES
COMMEDIA INFO PACKET
costume templates (male & female)
how to draw costume sketches

Unit 5: Let’s SHAKE(SPEARE) it up!! (late 1500’s early 1600’s)

SHAKESPEARE RESOURCES

UNIT 6: COMEDY OF MANNERS/RESTORATION COMEDY/NEOCLASSIC THEATRE (1600 & 1700’s)

MORE MOLIERE THAN YOU EVER THOUGHT POSSIBLE

Unit 7: ARE YOU MELODRAMATIC ENOUGH? (1800’s)

MELODRAMA

Unit 8: TIME TO GET REAL(ism)… (1900’s)

WHAT IS REALISM? TEACHING VIDEO
LET'S GET REAL(ISM)
A DOLL'S HOUSE
5 day ensemble rehearsal
MONOLOGUE rehearsal tips

Unit 9: Our Last Theatre Unit is ABSURD! (FROM EUROPE after 2 World Wars 1940-1960)

ABSURDISM