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Ironweed is gearing up for its 8th season in Santa Fe.
In co-production with the Santa Fe Playhouse, Ironweed presents one of American's most moving and celebrated plays, Our Town by Thornton Wilder, running March 29 - April 15, 2012.
Our Town, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, changed the landscape of American theater when it was first presented at the McCarter Theater in Princeton, New Jersey in 1938, and its message is just as powerful today.
Set in the mythical small town of Grover's Corners, New Hampshire in the early 1900's, the play takes the audience on poignant, haunting, and magical odyssey, sharing the joy and pain, loves and losses of a community searching to find meaning in the struggles of every day life. Told on a bare stage in sparse, elegant and stark detail, and guided by the mysterious, eternal presence of the Stage Manager, Our Town promises audiences an uplifting, touching, and deeply memorable journey featuring an ensemble of over 20 Santa Fe actors spanning three generations.
As part of their continuing commitment to support young and emerging artists in the community, Ironweed Productions, in collaboration with the New Mexico School for the Arts, has cast 6 of the school’s students in the ensemble of this production. And this production is sponsored by the Santa Fe teen arts center, Warehouse 21.
Performances are Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 2pm. Tickets are $20 General Admission; $15 for seniors, students, teachers, and the military; and $10 on Thursdays. Tickets can be reserved by calling the Playhouse at (505) 988-4262.
Last season, Ironweed produced American Buffalo by David Mamet, directed by Ironweed's Artistic Director Scott Harrison, and staged at El Museo Cultural. The production featured Todd Anderson, Rod Harrison, and J.D. Bray-Morris.
Here's what some of our patrons had to say about the production:
"A splendid, disturbing, amazingly sinewy evening of the very best theatre...brilliant acting."
"Simultaneously funny, horrifying, and heartrending."
Ironweed also sponsored a concurrent art exhibition of students' work from Fine Arts for Children and Teens entitled "The American Dream" which explored themes associated with the play.
