‘Our Town’ auditions at Possum Hall June 25-26

Possum Point Players in Georgetown announced auditions for “Our Town” by Thornton Wilder will be held at 7 p.m., Monday, June 25, and Tuesday, June 26. More than 25 parts are available. Auditions will consist of a reading from the script and a short interview.

Show dates are Friday to Sunday, Sept. 7-9 and Sept. 14-16. 

There are many “Our Town” roles.  Stage manager, the narrator, who also plays the roles of master of ceremonies, Mrs. Forrest, Mr. Morgan and a minister. He guides Emily in her return to the living world.

Dr. Frank Gibbs, the town's physician, is returning from delivering the Goruslawski twins during the first act. He is the father of George and Rebecca Gibbs.

Mrs. Julia Hersey Gibbs, wife of Dr. Gibbs, represents a typical housewife in the first two acts; in the final act, she is seen as a spirit.

George Gibbs, the 16-year-old-son of Dr. and Mrs. Gibbs, discovers his love for Emily, marries her in the second act and grieves for her loss in the third act.

Rebecca Gibbs, Dr. and Mrs. Gibbs' daughter, is four years younger than George. She realizes that Grover's Corners is part of New Hampshire, part of America, part of the world and the universe. This expanding image is central to Wilder's theme.

Mr. Charles Webb is editor and publisher of the Sentinel, the town's newspaper, and one of its most important citizens. He lives across from the Gibbs family.

Mrs. Myrtle Webb, Charles Webb's wife, reveals her character through her conversation with Mrs. Gibbs; she represents the typical mother and housewife.

Emily Webb Gibbs, the Webbs' intelligent daughter, who grows up during the play, joins the two major families when she marries George Gibbs and dies later during childbirth.

Wallace "Wally" Webb is Emily's younger brother and one of the spirits in the last act. In Act III, we discover that he died suddenly from a ruptured appendix while on a Boy Scout trip.

Simon Simson, organist of the Congregational Church, is the subject of town gossip because of his alcoholism. As his death is suicide by hanging himself in the attic, Simon's memories of the past are negative.

Mrs. Louella Soames, a local busybody, clucks over Simon's alcoholism and idealizes George and Emily's marriage. She is a spirit in the last act.

Howie Newsome the milkman guides a seventeen-year-old horse named Bessie. Howie appears during Emily's return to the past in the last act.

Joe Crowell Jr. is the paper boy in the first act and also during the flashback, when Emily returns to life. A scholar at Massachusetts Tech, he is killed in France during World War I before he can use his education.

Si Crowell, Joe's younger brother, takes Joe's job as paper boy in Act II to indicate the passage of time.

Samuel "Sam" Craig, the son of Julia Gibbs' sister Carey, comes back from Buffalo after twelve years' absence. He provides exposition in the last act.

Joe Stoddard, the town undertaker, who provides background information in the third act and prepares Emily’s grave and remarks on how sad it is to bury young people.

Constable Bill Warren is the town law enforcement officer, whose duties require him to be sure that doors are locked and that drain pipes are adequate. On Feb. 7, 1899, he saves a man from freezing to death.

Professor Willard, a faculty member of State University, recites facts about Grover's Corners.

Other roles include Woman in the Audience, Man in the Audience, Woman in Balcony Box, Farmer Macarthy and Small ensemble ( 4-5).

For more information contact Russell Stiles, director, at russellsq@aol.com or 814-935-8821 or go to www.possumpointplayers.org.