Our Town: Simsbury by Betsy Maguire
A full-length play
directed by Chris Bushey
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.
The Cast:
Charley......................................................................... Steve O’Brien
Marcie............................................................................. Ginny Wolf
Lucas................................................................... Ethan Dotson-Kelly
Ed Patterson................................................................ Andrew Sharp
Donna Patterson............................................................. Tracy Weed
Lexi Patterson.......................................... Tara Civitillo, Maya O’Brien
Noah......................................................................... Camden Bouley
Elizabeth.............................................................. Rosemarie Beskind
Arthur............................................................................ Lud Baldwin
Ensemble Women: Stephanie Civitillo, Karen Sidel, Jenna Nikirk, Gloria Gick, Dian Pomeranz, Darlene Davis, Laura Garger, Kristin Lilley and Ginny Freeze
Ensemble Men: Mark Vogel, Marcus Burrus, Roy Donnelly, Chris Torizzo
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.