Not / Our Town, by Pony World Theatre
Be wary, look about. - The Nurse, Romeo and Juliet, Act III, Scene V Warning: this play contains theatricality. That sums up a big chunk of the acreage covered by the reviews and write-ups of Not / Our Town that I have seen. They all talk about a unique feature of the play. Before it begins, you are asked to scan a QR code and answer several questions. Audience answers collectively determine various things that happen in the play. For example, you can request that the actors use props, which they did not in the original Our Town a century ago. So, I guess I am doing the same as the items in the Times (in the regular paper and in their The Ticket ), the Stranger , and Broadway World Seattle . I am leading off with talking about this. But only because I think the focus on this feature dominates the discussion and misses the point. I don’t recall how many questions there are, maybe seven or eight or so, and as the play goes on, you can sort of count them off in your head. If you’re li