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Producers Scott Morfee, Jean Doumanian and Tom Wirtshafter present the acclaimed David Cromer production of’ Thornton Wilder’s Our Town. Performances begin tonight, February 17th with an official opening night set for Thursday, February 26th, 7:30 p.m., at the Barrow Street Theatre (27 Barrow Street), whose space was completely redesigned for this production. 

The cast of Our Town includes (in alphabetical order) Jeremy Beiler as Sam Craig, Rob Beitzel as Howie Newsome, Kati Brazda as Mrs. Webb, George Demas as Constable Warren, Donna Jay Fulks as Mrs. Soames, Jennifer Grace as Emily, Wilbur Edwin Henry as Professor Willard, Adam Hinkle as Joe Crowell, Ronete Levenson as Rebecca Gibbs, James McMenamin as George, Ken Marks as Editor Webb, Jonathan Mastro as Simon Stimson, Seamus Mulcahy as Wally Webb, Lori Myers as Mrs.

Video games as digital puppetry. Technicians will use several xbox 360 consoles and laptops linked to each other in the venue and to others over the internet to control digital characters in real-time in front of an audience.

Halo3 and World of Warcraft, among other games, will be used to tell the stories of Niobe and the Japanese poet, Ono no Komachi. A digital movement piece and a version of Alvin Lucier's "I am sitting in a Room" also will be presented.