StreamingThornton Wilder: It's Time Documentary to Stream Free
Shakespeare Theatre Company will present the short film along with a Q&A.
By
Leah Putnam
May 06, 2022
Thornton Wilder
Washington, D.C.'s Shakespeare Theatre Company will livestream Thornton Wilder: It鈥檚 Time, a new documentary about playwright and author Thornton Wilder, May 18 at 7:30 PM ET. The new short will make its premiere during the theatre company's Shakespeare Hour Live!
As part of the event, Wilder's nephew Tappan Wilder and Wilder Director of Programs Rosey Strub will take part in a Q&A with the documentary's creator Jim Knable. Simon Godwin, Shakespeare Theatre Company's artistic director, and Dr. Drew Lichtenberg, the company's Resident Dramaturg, will moderate the discussion.
Wilder won three Pulitzer Prizes, and remains the only writer to win a Pulitzer in both fiction and drama. In honor of the 125th anniversary of Wilder's birth, Shakespeare Theatre Company is producing a revival of Our Town, one of Wilder's most famous plays. Performances will run in Washington, D. C. May 12鈥揓une 11 at Sidney Harman Hall.
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Look Back at Past Performances of Our Town on Broadway
Look Back at Past Performances of Our Town on Broadway
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Our Town 半岛体育 - Jun 1938
Martha Scott and cast of the 1938 production of Our Town
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Martha Scott and John Craven in the 1938 production of Our Town
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Cast of the 1938 production of Our Town
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Helen Carew, Doro Merande, and Evelyn Varden in the 1938 production of Our Town
A portion of the proceeds from the concert will benefit the Entertainment Community Fund's Women's Health Initiative, founded by the late Phyllis Newman.
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