Our Town at American Shakespeare Center

DC Theater Arts - Highly Recommended

"...Each incarnation of Our Town has its moments; what truly sticks with me this time is Angela Iannone's turn as Simon Stimson, the long-suffering choir director at one of the local churches. Frustrated, with a hair-trigger temper, her Stimson is the one whose personal demons prove invincible; a simple hand gesture, refusing help or even conversation, speaks volumes. And when the demons finally take their toll, Iannone delivers Stimson's reflections on life so vividly that they wipe out any naive notions you might have about small-town life. We know people like this, we want to reach out and help them; but Stimson, like so many before and since, onstage and off, is having none of it."