"Our Town" Draws Large Crowd The town gossip, Mrs. Soames (Iris Riley), be - low, keeps Mrs. Webb (Debbie Ashbacher) and Mrs. Gibbs informed. One of the largest crowds ever at a PHS play attended the Prairie Drama Department's production of "Our Town". The play was held on the nights of October 27 and 28 in the Little Theater. People were all but hanging from the rafters on the twenty-seventh, with a total audience of 290. Attendance was somewhat less on the twenty-ninth, with an approximate total of 150 people. The setting of the play is a small New England town near the turn of the century. Members of the audience became involved in the day-to-day life of its townspeople. "Our Town" especially concerns two families, the Webbs and the Gibbs. The message of the play can be summed up in a quote from Emily Webb's final speech: "Do human beings ever realize life while they live it— every, every, minute?" An important and unusual feature of the play is the fact that no hand props are used. Instead, mime, a type of acting, is used . For example, things like cooking and eating a meal are done without a stove, dishes or silverware. Laying flowers on a grave is done without the flowers. "Our Town" is noted for this feature. Ballplayers. Directed by Sue Saucer . Technical Director . . . Russ Price CAST Stage Manager....William Christensen Kevin Villers Doug Exline Mike Gillette Jodee Rodee Debbie Ashbacher Jack D. Millard Amy Greenlief Dallas Bogner Pam Riggs Jon Gilette .Craig Christensen ...Eddy Knight Jerry Bennett Iris Riley Jeff Prunty Rob Heslop Merrilee Freeburg Dr. Gibbs Joe Crowell Howie Newsome Mrs. Gibbs Mrs. Webb George Gibbs.... Rebecca Gibbs... Wally Webb Emily Webb Prof. Willard Mr. Webb Woman in Audience ....Donna Scheetz Man in Audience Simon Simson Mrs. Soames Constable Warren ..... Si Crowell Sam Craig Joe Stoddard Townsperson/ Pianist .Kevin Grinder Chris Bell Townspeople Sarah Hartman Chris Salik Darren Bogner Eddy Knight Jeff Prunty Donna Scheetz Chris Bell Rob Heslop Darren Bogner, Eddy Knight Below: Mr. and Mrs. Gibbs (Kevin Villers and Jodee Rodee), nervously eat breakfast on their son's wedding day 45
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