Glass Theatre
Our Town by Thornton Wilder
October 2-5 at 7:00 p.m.
Alumni Studio Theatre
The story follows the small town of Grover’s Corners through three acts: “Daily Life,” “Love and Marriage,” and “Death and Eternity.” The audience follows the Webb and Gibbs families as their children fall in love, marry, and in one of the most famous scenes in American theatre, return to discover “Oh, earth, you're too wonderful for anybody to realize you.” This American treasure is simple and profound.
Tickets are available at www.lynchburgtickets.com. $12 for adults, $8 for students/seniors. For more information email [email protected]
Pioneer Theatre
The Boys Next Door by Tom Griffin
October 3-5 at 7:00 p.m.
October 6 at 3:00 p.m.
Heritage High School
The place is a communal residence in a New England city, where four mentally handicapped men live under the supervision of an earnest, but increasingly "burned out" young social worker named Jack. Norman, who works in a doughnut shop and is unable to resist the lure of the sweet pastries, takes great pride in the huge bundle of keys that dangles from his waist; Lucien P. Smith has the mind of a five-year-old but imagines that he is able to read and comprehend the weighty books he lugs about; Arnold, the ringleader of the group, is a hyperactive, compulsive chatterer, who suffers from deep-seated insecurities and a persecution complex; while Barry, a brilliant schizophrenic who is devastated by the unfeeling rejection of his brutal father, fantasizes that he is a golf pro. Mingled with scenes from the daily lives of these four, where "little things" sometimes become momentous (and often very funny), are moments of great poignancy when, with touching effectiveness, we are reminded that the handicapped, like the rest of us, want only to love and laugh and find some meaning and purpose in the brief time that they, like their more fortunate brothers, are allotted on this earth.
Tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for students/senior citizens. Advance tickets available online at www.lynchburgtickets.com. Call 515-5400 for more information.