Our Town: Simsbury by Betsy Maguire
Performances: April 30, May 1, 2, 3, 2020 (Eno Memorial Hall)
June 18, 2020 (Simsbury Meadows Performing Arts Center)
Auditions: Jan.27, 28, 30
Directed by Chris Bushey
June 18, 2020 (Simsbury Meadows Performing Arts Center)
Auditions: Jan.27, 28, 30
Directed by Chris Bushey
A full-length play
Genre: Drama
Cast size: 9 men, 11 women, 1 boy, 1 girl
Duration: 2 hours, with an intermission
Setting: Simsbury, Connecticut
Time: Autumn, 2018
A fictional play, similar in style and structure to Thornton Wilder’s iconic 1938 play, Our Town.
Our Town: Simsbury celebrates the small town of Simsbury, Connecticut, with familiar locales and a varied cast of characters, including two ten-year-old children, a spirited group of “Simsbury Neighbors” and a mama bear and her cub. The heart of the play reveals itself in interwoven stores of small-town life, human struggle and, ultimately, human connection.
Betsy Maguire is a freelance writer specializing in grant-funded plays and unconventional theatre spaces. She is a member of the Dramatists Guild and the International Museum Theatre Alliance (IMTAL).
Betsy created the Living History program at The Mark Twain House & Museum in Hartford, Connecticut, and has worked with many other nonprofit and history organizations including the Simsbury Historical Society, Old New-Gate Prison & Copper Mine, the New England Air Museum and the Theatre Guild of Simsbury.
Betsy has written over twenty scripts and is the recipient of the 2019 Jon Lispky Award for Excellence in Playwriting, sponsored by the IMTAL, and the 2012 winner of Connecticut Stories on Stage, sponsored by Connecticut Heritage Productions. She has received Best Comedy and Best Drama festival awards, and second place in a national playwriting contest sponsored by the Association for Theatre in Higher Education.
Betsy created the Living History program at The Mark Twain House & Museum in Hartford, Connecticut, and has worked with many other nonprofit and history organizations including the Simsbury Historical Society, Old New-Gate Prison & Copper Mine, the New England Air Museum and the Theatre Guild of Simsbury.
Betsy has written over twenty scripts and is the recipient of the 2019 Jon Lispky Award for Excellence in Playwriting, sponsored by the IMTAL, and the 2012 winner of Connecticut Stories on Stage, sponsored by Connecticut Heritage Productions. She has received Best Comedy and Best Drama festival awards, and second place in a national playwriting contest sponsored by the Association for Theatre in Higher Education.
