SLOW

Slowing down.

It’s what the first act of OUR TOWN does without the audience fully realizing it.

“The First Act shows a day in our town,” the Stage Manager explains. What follows is just that: a spring day in a tiny New Hampshire town, circa 1901.

Act One is the hardest to direct. Two and Three fly by...acts that almost take care of themselves. But. Act One is the most important—and most difficult. It’s about slowing-us-down...to the speed-of-life.

Being in South Boston, Virginia...I am slowing down. “25 miles-per-hour in town” the police officer warned me last night. Long lines at the bank...no one in a hurry. A sixteen mile drive on a two-lane country highway to work at Carlbrook. No cell phone reception out there, no WIFI.

It’s time to slow down. Back to Wilder’s speed-of-life.