Michelle Bruno

As Spud Milton continues his awkward stagger through adolescence, he learns one of life's most important lessons: When dealing with women and cretins, nothing is ever quite as it seems. "I'm practically a man in most areas," writes Spud confidently on his sixteenth birthday. The year is 1992 and, in South Africa, radical change is in the air. The country may be on the bumpy road to an uncertain future, but Spud Milton is hoping for a smooth ride as he returns to boarding school as a senior. Instead, he discovers that his vindictive arch enemy is back to taunt him and that a garrulous Malawian has taken residence in his dormitory, along with the regular inmates and misfits he calls friends. Spud's world has never seemed less certain; he attempts to master Shakespeare, wrestles constantly with his God, and the power of negative thinking, and develops an aversion to fried fish after a shocking discovery about his grandmother, Wombat.

Our Town is a three-act play by American playwright Thornton Wilder. It is a character story about an average town's citizens in the early twentieth century as depicted through their everyday lives. Using metatheatrical devices, Wilder sets the play in a 1930s theater. He uses the actions of the Stage Manager to create the town of Grover's Corners for the audience. Scenes from its history between the years of 1901 and 1913 play out. Originally broadcast on the Showtime Network, then as part of the PBS series "Masterpiece Theatre" (season 33, episode 1).

1969年、ニューヨーク上空に珍しいオーロラが出現した日、消防士フランクは救助を終え、妻ジュリアと6歳の息子ジョンの待つ家へと戻ってきた。親子3人の生活は幸福な輝きで満たされていた。ちょうどその日のオーロラのように。だが、その2日後、フランクは殉職する。息子ジョンは深い哀しみに暮れる。それから30年。再びニューヨークにオーロラが出現した日、ジョンはふと父が愛用していた無線機を見つける。そしてそこから男の声が聞こえてくる……。まるでそれは父と話しているようだった。