Jack Ferver’s My Town Reviewed in the New York Times
Assistant Professor Jack Ferver.
My Town, a semi-autobiographical show written by Bard Assistant Professor of Theater and Performance Jack Ferver, was reviewed in the New York Times. The play, a one-person retelling of Our Town by Thornton Wilder, follows a schoolteacher and interrogates rural American life through dance-theater. Gia Kourlas writes that My Town, which Ferver performed at NYU Skirball last week, is “purposefully enigmatic” and “a feat of constant storytelling and choreography.”
Ferver discusses their inspirations for My Town, including industrialization, Martha Graham’s choreography, and the Wizard of Oz. They say the questions that animate Our Town, and by extension My Town, are, ‘How are you living? And are you really paying attention? Are you present?’”
Bard’s Theater and Performance Program offers an interdisciplinary, liberal arts-based approach to the making and study of theater and performance, and embraces a wide range of performance practices, from live art and interactive installation to classical theater from around the globe.
Post Date: 11-25-2025
Ferver discusses their inspirations for My Town, including industrialization, Martha Graham’s choreography, and the Wizard of Oz. They say the questions that animate Our Town, and by extension My Town, are, ‘How are you living? And are you really paying attention? Are you present?’”
Bard’s Theater and Performance Program offers an interdisciplinary, liberal arts-based approach to the making and study of theater and performance, and embraces a wide range of performance practices, from live art and interactive installation to classical theater from around the globe.
Post Date: 11-25-2025