The week before the Cardin school’s production becomes a time in which everyone is focused on the upcoming show. How can it be otherwise when more than 65% of the students are involved? Tonight’s opening performance of Our Town, the first of three performances, is the culmination of weeks of preparation under the talented leadership of Leslie Smith Rosen.
Thornton Wilder’s classic play, Our Town, is one of the most produced and best loved plays of the 20th century. Wilder’s portrayal of everyday life at the turn of the 20th century allows the audience to see the ordinary while pushing it to look for the extraordinary. How many of us can’t relate to a hurried breakfast as we move on to the next task in our day? How often do you take the time to have a meaningful conversation with those in your community? Do you even know your neighbors? Audiences often watch Our Town with a nostalgic longing for a simpler life – before the internet, texting and social media – when neighbors were friends and people carried on conversations face to face.
Cardin is similar to Grover’s Corners in that we know each other and are a genuine community. We are very privileged to be involved in a school in which students and faculty are a community, and where we have meaningful dialogues in and out of the classroom.
Please join us as we perform Our Town, April 11th and 12th, at 7:30 pm in the Louis and Henrietta Blaustein Auditorium at Temple Oheb Shalom.
~Barbie Prince
Head of School
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