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Auditions for a summer production of Thornton Wilder's “Our Town” are Friday, April 25, from 7 to 9 p.m., and Saturday, April 26, from 10 a.m. to noon, at Main Street Arts. Directed by Gordon Korstange, the play will use Saxtons River as the stage, inserting local information into the script and moving among various locations within the village, including the former Congregational Church (now the historical society), the Saxtons River Inn, Main Street, the elementary school, and the cemetery.
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