Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre have today announced full casting for Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Our Town.
Our Town by Thornton Wilder runs at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre from 16 May to 8 June 2019. Directed by The Gate Theatre’s Artistic Director, Ellen McDougall, the cast is led by Natalie Klamar in the central role of Stage Manager.
As the Stage Manager introduces another ordinary day in Grover’s Corners, the townsfolk go about their daily business: newspapers are delivered; people go to work; gardens are tended to. And a boy and girl fall in love. The boy, George Gibbs is played by Arthur Hughes, and the girl, Emily Webb by Francesca Henry.
But, as life’s events unfold and a community comes together, one question remains: “do any human beings ever realise life as they live it? Every, every minute?”
George and Emily’s parents are played by Karl Collins and Pandora Colin (Dr and Mrs Gibbs) and Tom Edden and Thusitha Jayasundera (Mr and Mrs Webb). Nicola Sloane takes the role of Mrs Soames, and Garry Robson, Constable Warren.
Completing the cast are: Phil Adele (Sam Craig), Jim Findley (Joe Stoddard), Peter Hobday (Simon Stimson),Terique Jarrett (Si and Joe Crowell), Louis Martin (Howie Newsome), Miriam Nyarko (Rebecca Gibbs) and Cleo Sylvestre (Professor Willard). The role of Wally Webb will be shared by Tumo Reetsang and Tyrell Russell-Martin.
Joining Director Ellen McDougall are Rosie Elnile (Designer), Sasha Milavic Davies (Movement Director), Orlando Gough (Composer), Lizzie Powell (Lighting Designer), Tom Gibbons (Sound Designer) and David Ridley (Musical Director). Casting is by Jacob Sparrow and Barbara Houseman is Season Associate Director (Voice and Text).
The 2019 season at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre also includes the opera Hansel and Gretel (14 – 22 June) in a co-production with English National Opera, Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream (28 June – 27 July) and Evita (2 August – 21 September), lyrics by Tim Rice and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Their award-winning production of Jesus Christ Superstar plays a 60-performance season at the Barbican Theatre (4 July – 24 August)
