The School of Drama will conclude this year's season with "Our Town," the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama by Yale alumnus Thornton Wilder '20.

Set at the turn of the century in the fictional town of Grover's Corners, New Hampshire, "Our Town" interweaves the day-to-day events of two families, the Webbs and Gibbs. The play follows George Gibbs and Emily Webb from their initial friendship through their awkward and endearing courtship, their wedding day, and on through their life together.

Claudia Zelevansky, who is in her final year of the Master in Fine Arts directing program at the School of Drama, will direct the production, which runs Thursday-Wednesday, May 3-9, in the University Theatre, 222 York St.

"'Our Town' is a beautiful and dangerous play about the art of living," says Zelevansky. "Sixty-three years after its premiere, Wilder's call to arms for a state of awakeness, patience and clarity is at least as urgent now as it was in 1938. Falling providentially on the centennial on which the play's events begin (May 7, 1901), this production is a tribute to the promise of all new centuries -- an opportunity to look at how we were and how we are. I think Wilder said it best: 'in our growing up and in our living and our dying.'"

Before coming to Yale, Zelevansky was the Jonathan Alper Directing Fellow at Manhattan Theatre Club. At Yale she has directed "Hot Jam Lunch" (a stage adaptation of the movie "Fame") for the Yale Cabaret and "As You Like It" for the School of Drama.

Featured in the production are Dara Fisher, Jane Cho, Peter Katona, Brad Heberlee, Bridget Flanery, Leslie Elliard, Heather Mazur, Adriana Gaviria, Pun Bandhu, Billy Eugene Jones, Tamilla Woodard, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Derek Milman, Mark Mattek and Casey Reitz.

The artistic staff includes scenic designer Erik Flatmo, costume designer Melissa McVay, lighting designer Scott Bolman, sound designer and composer Fitz Patton, stage manager Courtney Todd, and dramaturgs Kate Bredeson and Erika Rundle.

Performance times are 7 p.m. on Monday; 8 p.m. Tuesday-Friday; and 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Saturday. Individual tickets range from $12 to $15. Discounts are available for students and seniors. To order tickets, call the Yale Repertory Theatre box office at (203) 432-1234. Box office hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday.

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