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Our Town's Stage Manager is one of the most coveted roles in American theatre—the guide, storyteller, and quiet heartbeat of the play. Speaking directly to the audience through much of the show (but also with the actors at times), this character moves effortlessly between narrator and participant, shaping how we see the town, its people, and ourselves. It’s a role that rewards clarity, warmth, intelligence, and confidence rather than showiness. Actors who love connecting with an audience, commanding the stage through quiet presence and voice, and carrying big ideas with ease will find this role deeply satisfying. Exceptional memorization skills are essential for this role.

Emily is the emotional heart of Our Town—bright, curious, thoughtful, and ultimately transformative. This role demands exceptional chemistry: with George, as first love grows into adulthood; with Mrs. Webb, in moments of tenderness and longing; and with the Stage Manager, who becomes her guide across time and understanding. The actor must convincingly portray Emily from adolescence to adulthood (roughly ages 15–28), including a brief return to earlier childhood in Act 3. It’s a rare opportunity to carry the play’s deepest questions about love, memory, and regret. This role requires comfort with pantomime and precise physical storytelling, as Our Town relies on imagined objects and clear, intentional movement rather than realistic props.

Wally Webb is a small role with an outsized emotional impact. Cheerful, affectionate, and full of life, Wally embodies the innocence and vitality of Grover’s Corners. Though his stage time in Act 1 is brief, he will be among the wedding guests in Act 2 and, powerfully, among the Dead in Act 3. Here, his fate quietly reshapes how we understand loss, memory, and the fragility of everyday moments. This role is ideal for a young actor who can be natural, open, and truthful. This role requires comfort with pantomime and precise physical storytelling, as Our Town relies on imagined objects and clear, intentional movement rather than realistic props. Children auditioning for Wally should be able to sit still and focus for the duration of Act 3 (approximately 30 minutes).

Mrs. Webb represents the emotional undercurrent of Our Town: love expressed through daily routine, restraint, and sacrifice. Her the quiet cost of caretaking—someone who feels deeply but has learned not to voice every fear or longing. Her Act 2 monologue is one of the play’s most important moments. This role calls for warmth, nuance, and emotional honesty. This role requires comfort with pantomime and precise physical storytelling, as Our Town relies on imagined objects and clear, intentional movement rather than realistic props. This actor will also sing in the choir and will be required to learn, perform, and record 3 choral hymns along with the other choir members.

Editor Webb is steadiness personified: principled, observant, and quietly devoted—to his family, his work, and the moral fabric of Grover’s Corners. An expert on all things Grover's Corners, his presence anchors the household and community while modeling a thoughtful, humane masculinity. This role shines in its subtlety: the actor must convey deep love, pride, and concern—especially for Emily—without sentimentality. Editor Webb represents the dignity of ordinary goodness and the weight of responsibility carried without complaint. It’s an ideal role for an actor who excels at restraint, listening, and emotional truth beneath calm surfaces. This role requires comfort with pantomime and precise physical storytelling, as Our Town relies on imagined objects and clear, intentional movement rather than realistic props.

George begins as an awkward, confident-on-the-surface teenager and grows into a man capable of tenderness, humility, and responsibility. This role hinges on authentic chemistry with Emily—first playful, then vulnerable, then deeply human. George must convincingly age from adolescence into adulthood, allowing the audience to witness real emotional growth rather than a sudden transformation. George is charming, energetic, and kind of a goofball. Strong chemistry with Emily and Dr. Gibbs is needed. This is a richly rewarding role for an actor unafraid of growth and imperfection. This role requires comfort with pantomime and precise physical storytelling, as Our Town relies on imagined objects and clear, intentional movement rather than realistic props.

This role is small but mighty. George's younger sister, her lines provide key comic relief, and she delivers one of Our Town’s most breathtaking moments during her Act 1 monologue, quietly expanding the play from a local story into a meditation on time, space, and eternity. The actor must balance childhood simplicity with an uncanny sense of wonder—never “precocious,” but sincerely curious. This role is perfect for a young performer who speaks with clarity, allowing a single, moonlit moment to resonate as the play's philosophical heart.  This actress will join the ensemble for Act 2 and appear in the funeral party in Act 3 as an adult (approximately age 23).

Julia keeps the Gibbs household running with warmth, humor, and common sense—but beneath that steadiness is a life of choices that narrowed over time. She once imagined travel, possibility, something beyond Grover’s Corners. Her regret never curdles into resentment; it lives quietly alongside deep love for her family and pride in the life she made. This role calls for an actor who can let unspoken longing surface naturally, making the “trip never taken” feel real, particularly in Act 3 where she is featured among the Dead. This role requires comfort with pantomime and precise physical storytelling, as Our Town relies on imagined objects and clear, intentional movement rather than realistic props. This actor will also sing in the choir and will be required to learn, perform, and record 3 choral hymns along with the other choir members.

Dr. Gibbs is competent, practical, and emotionally reserved—a man who believes deeply in work, responsibility, and providing for his family. His focus on duty often takes precedence over reflection or emotional expression. This role calls for an actor who can convey a subtle (or perhaps shielded) affection, authority, and restraint. This role requires comfort with pantomime and precise physical storytelling, as Our Town relies on imagined objects and clear, intentional movement rather than realistic props.

Simon Stimson, the choir director, articulates the negative case. He gives voice to the despair that, prior to Act 3, remains largely unspoken. Simon represents the cost of belonging in a place that values normalcy over mercy. Once a visible member of Grover’s Corners, he becomes someone the town whispers about but never truly confronts. His presence forces the audience to reckon with what happens when a community notices suffering but does nothing meaningful to intervene. This role requires bravery, emotional precision, and a refusal to simplify a deeply complicated man. His achingly powerful monologue in Act 3 is widely considered one of the play's most powerful moments. This actor will also sing in the choir and will be required to learn, perform, and record 3 choral hymns along with the other choir members.

Howie Newsome is everyday life made visible. As the milkman, he moves through Grover’s Corners as part of its daily rhythm—reliable, friendly, and unassuming. His brief exchanges ground the play in routine, reminding us how much of life is made up of ordinary interactions we barely notice. This role may be small, but it requires ease, natural timing, and authenticity. Played truthfully, Howie becomes part of the town’s pulse—one of the many “background” lives that Our Town insists are anything but insignificant. This role requires comfort with pantomime and precise physical storytelling, as Our Town relies on imagined objects and clear, intentional movement rather than realistic props.

Mrs. Soames is expressive, talkative, and emotionally transparent—often providing genuine comic relief through her earnestness and lack of social filter. A choir member and fixture of town life, she is deeply invested in community rituals, especially the wedding in Act 2. Yet beneath the humor lies real feeling. Her Act 2 monologue, often cited as one of the act’s most memorable moments, captures how overwhelming joy and emotion can become unmanageable. Moments later, her Act 3 appearance, among the Dead, shakes the audience into a sudden awareness that things have changed. This actor will also sing in the choir and will be required to learn, perform, and record 3 choral hymns along with the other choir members.