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First Person: Ellen McDougall on finding the commonality in the American classic 'Our Town' by Ellen McDougall

The director explains what drew her to the season-opener this summer at the Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park I've wanted to direct Thornton Wilder's Our Town for a long time. The play is beautifully written and its form feels not only ahead of its time (it was written in 1938), but also extremely powerful for a contemporary audience in an open air theatre.

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 10:24AM on May 19, 2019

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