Concordia Theatre presents Thornton Wilder’s ‘Our Town’

Described by Edward Albee as “the greatest American play ever written,” “Our Town” will be running April 16-19 in the Frances Frazier Comstock Theatre at Concordia College. 

Originally premiering in 1938, “Our Town” follows the citizens of Grover’s Corners through “Daily Life,” “Love and Marriage,” and “Death and Eternity.” Audiences follow the Webb and Gibbs families as their children fall in love, marry, and eventually — in one of the most famous scenes in American theatre — die. 

Jessica Chipman, playwright and visiting assistant professor of theatre art, is the director of “Our Town.” Chipman’s 2021 play, “Waves Waves Waves,” was selected as a semifinalist for the Austin Film Festival Playwrighting Award. Previously, Chipman was a high school teacher and theatre director in Alexandria, Minnesota. In 2021, Chipman was recognized as the Minnesota Theatre Educator of the Year by the Minnesota Educational Theatre Association. 

“Our Town” will be performed on the mainstage of the Frances Frazier Comstock Theatre at 8 p.m. April 16-18 and at 2 p.m. April 19. Doors open 20 minutes before each performance, with the box office opening one hour before each performance. Tickets are available online or at the door.

Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for students and seniors, and free for Concordia faculty and staff, alumni, high school prospective students, and Fargo-Moorhead students attending Minnesota State Moorhead, North Dakota State College of Science, North Dakota State University, or M State.

For more information, contact Ross Motter at the Concordia College Theatre Box Office at rmotter@cord.edu or 701.269.4865.