Our Town, which opened at the Merc Playhouse last night, is two acts monotony and one act of epiphany.
The play, set at the turn of the 20th century, pulls you in with its banalities of life, a way of being before TV or moving pictures, much less cell phones. Everyone does what they’re supposed to do- men go to work, women quietly labor in the home, and children go to school. There is order…
