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00:21The New York Times
00:32The New York Times
01:02The New York Times
01:02The New York Times
01:02The New York Times
01:05It was a nightmare. People were yelling
01:10for gravy and potatoes
01:11and more brussels sprouts and peas
01:13and they thought I was a waiter. I've never
01:15even played a waiter. Not staying for
01:17your mother's funeral because of a matinee
01:19of nonsense is overreacting.
01:22No, I'm not overreacting. Everything I loved
01:24is gone, you see. You just
01:25have to get through this. Do I?
01:27I don't think I do. I think you have to get me
01:29out of here and get me back on stage.
01:31I don't care how you do it. We've been over
01:34this. You are still a
01:35meme. Listen, I'm asking you
01:37how he has a friend, okay? A what?
01:40A friend. You're my friend.
01:42All your friends get ten percent.
01:44Look, I won't stay here.
01:46Just find me a path
01:47out of here.
01:51I'll call you back.
01:54What are you doing here?
01:56Dinner.
01:57Remember?
01:58We need to sit down. Hey, we need to
02:01sit down, have a nice
02:03meal, drink some wine, and talk
02:05about this like adults.
02:20Dinner theater.
02:21Do not start.
02:22I'm not starting.
02:25The Millersburg Festival
02:26Theater used to be a destination.
02:28You have absolutely nothing.
02:30Our parents acted on that stage.
02:32Dad should be there now doing Lear.
02:33Doing it? He's living it.
02:35No, he's not. He's
02:37okay. He's compromised
02:38in some ways, but he's
02:39he knows who he is. He confided
02:42in me, something that
02:43well, that I confided in, so I can't
02:46share it. He's gay.
02:48You know.
02:49Everybody knows.
02:50He came out the first time
02:52about a month ago. Now
02:53he comes out every day, and
02:54then he forgets he did, and
02:56he comes out again. It's sad
02:58and happy. It's weird.
03:00Well, I wish somebody had told
03:01me that our dad was in a
03:02coming out loop. Jesus, I
03:05mean, you could have called.
03:07I would have come and...
03:08And done what? Beat him up?
03:09Oh, honey, don't say that.
03:10Seriously, that's not cool.
03:11Sweetheart, don't you have
03:12something to do?
03:12I want to see who wins.
03:13He was doing Willie Lohman
03:14for me. He did Out Out
03:16Brief Candle. He made
03:17me cry. It reminded me of how
03:19great we were in our dinner
03:22theater.
03:23You are such a pompous ass.
03:27If you'd climb down from your
03:29ivory tower for five minutes,
03:31maybe you see what's going on
03:33in this country. Do you have
03:35any idea how hard it is just
03:37to live?
03:37We had to close down for 15
03:38months. Our subscriber base is
03:40gone. Miranda, why don't you
03:42take some duck up to your room,
03:43okay? Can I have some wine?
03:45No, no, you cannot.
03:47It's fine. It's a little
03:47glass. It's fine.
03:48You know, we can't afford to
03:50produce anything on our own, so
03:51yes, we are bringing in
03:53pre-packaged touring musicals
03:55because we're just trying to make
03:56sure this theater survives.
03:58We are serving food, we are
04:00serving alcohol, and let me tell
04:01you something. Forever Plaid and
04:04nonsense saved our ass.
04:08You're gouging out the soul of
04:09this town. You do know that.
04:11What does the mayor have to say
04:13about this?
04:13She's the mayor.
04:14I'm the mayor.
04:15You're the mayor?
04:16Yep, I'm the mayor. Deal with
04:18it.
04:18Dark and stormy's. I thought it
04:20was appropriate. It's usually
04:21ginger beer and rum, but I've
04:22added a little paladin.
04:23Just give it to me.
04:24Make it more of an event.
04:25You've changed. Kristen, you
04:27have fundamentally changed as a
04:30human being.
04:31Oh, no, no, no. You don't get
04:32to tell me who I am.
04:33I'm not telling you who you
04:33are. I'm telling you who you
04:34were. You had very high ideals.
04:38You were an artist. You built a
04:40theater company with your bare
04:41hands in New York.
04:43No, we, we built a theater
04:46company. You just stopped
04:47showing up.
04:48You still blame me because my
04:49career took off and yours didn't
04:51Maybe that's because I was too
04:52busy taking care of you.
04:53Or maybe it was something else.
04:59No, no, I'm not going to.
05:01What?
05:03Say it.
05:04Do I need to say it?
05:05Yes, you do.
05:06Absolutely not.
05:07Do not say it.
05:08Do not say it.
05:08Say it.
05:09Do not say it.
05:10I will say it.
05:11Please.
05:12You weren't as good as I was.
05:14You are such a dick.
05:17Well, at the time you weren't.
05:18You want to know why?
05:19I wasn't able to go to auditions
05:20because the entire time I was there,
05:22I was looking after you.
05:23Come on, please, please.
05:25I know what kind of a dick you are.
05:29Hey.
05:29You can use the front door, you know.
05:31Yeah, you always used to say that
05:32I was super romantic and stuff.
05:34Hi.
05:37Whoa, what is up with the yelling?
05:39My mom and uncle are having an epic shit fight.
05:42I used to date like 20 years ago.
05:45Your mom dated your uncle?
05:47Mm-hmm.
05:47Oh, there's duck on the bed if you want some.
05:54Oh, my God.
05:56So I finished our Mirando demo?
05:58Really?
05:59Mm-hmm.
05:59And?
06:00It's a total banger.
06:02I mean, you slay the fucking kingdom, babe.
06:05Don't say slay.
06:15That's your voice.
06:16Jesus, smoke out the window.
06:18No.
06:19Sorry.
06:21You do sound pretty good.
06:26So I can get us gigs when you're at Penn.
06:28And I got a lead on an apartment in Brewery Town.
06:31It's $850 a month, which is sick.
06:34Could we chill for like five seconds?
06:36Yeah.
06:37Just know what we're doing?
06:38Yeah, it's just you're...
06:39I'm not accepted at Penn.
06:40I'm wait-listed at Penn.
06:41And you're talking about apartments.
06:42It's stressing me out.
06:43Oh, Penn would be crazy to not take you.
06:47I mean, you're the smartest, most talented, most wonderful person I've ever met.
06:51Thanks.
06:54Why am I even trying to go there?
06:58It's great school.
07:00I know.
07:01That's what my mom says.
07:01But I don't know.
07:08My Nana's gone.
07:11Might be moving away.
07:17Everything just happens so fast.
07:33You called her a bad actress again.
07:37Why do you do that?
07:38She gets all self-righteous, you know?
07:42And just...
07:43It...
07:43Writes off my whole life.
07:47She gets in my head.
07:49To this day, when I'm trying to make a decision about something, I hear her voice judging me.
07:54You know, sometimes, when you talk about Kristen, it's like you think you're married to her.
08:02I just want to remind you, she's actually my wife.
08:05Oh, I know.
08:06Yeah.
08:07I know.
08:07And she was a terrific actress in New York.
08:10She just didn't want to be there.
08:13Not with me.
08:16Mom's dead.
08:19She was always there.
08:22And now...
08:24She's not.
08:27To Mom.
08:30To Mom.
08:36I want you to know...
08:39I've decided to stay for the funeral.
08:43You know, attending your mother's funeral is not a noble thing.
08:47You...
08:47You make it sound...
08:49Noble.
08:51It's my voice.
08:53I'm gonna pay for the whole thing, every penny.
08:55Yes, you will.
08:57I want to have it at the theater.
08:59The funeral?
09:00Yes.
09:00I want Mom on stage.
09:01One last time.
09:02In a coffin, of course.
09:04Obviously.
09:07We'll invite the town.
09:10The theater will live.
09:12Again.
09:13If only briefly.
09:16Then I'll be gone.
09:18It'll be my swan song.
09:23Isn't it Mom's swan song?
09:25Yes.
09:26Hers, too.
09:30There's a restaurant.
09:33Mom's dead.
09:35I don't know if we can actually do that.
09:37Put a dead body in a restaurant.
09:40We're...
09:40We're gonna need to get a permit.
09:42I think you'll be able to make that happen.
09:44You know the mayor.
09:51It's a shitty apartment building.
09:52Where a lot of very lovely people live.
09:55And it's on a lot that is not zoned commercial.
09:57So, rezone it.
09:59Best Buy needs 5,000 square feet
10:01and I can't get that within the mall footprint.
10:03Well, I'm sorry,
10:04but I can't keep going back
10:05to planning and zoning for you.
10:07People are not liking it.
10:08Best Buy.
10:09Best Buy.
10:10I mean, I'm bringing you a Best Buy
10:12tied up with a bow.
10:13I mean, look at me expanding your tax base.
10:16It's a gift.
10:18And I do not mean to sound ungrateful,
10:22but there are a lot of people in this town
10:24who are beginning to think that you're the...
10:26The Devil.
10:27Yeah.
10:28Yeah, because the Devil comes to town
10:30in the dark of night and replaces a vape shop.
10:33Flowers by Barbara
10:35and a shitty residential building with a Best Buy.
10:38It's the worst Stephen King novel I can imagine.
10:42Flowers by Beverly.
10:42Beverly.
10:44Her name's Beverly.
10:45And I'm really sorry for Beverly,
10:47but I didn't kill her business.
10:48COVID did.
10:52Look, conversations like this
10:53are happening all over this country
10:55and they're not easy.
10:57But, you know, you can either
10:59cry for the florist or the vape shop or, uh...
11:04You take my money
11:06and you take it
11:08and you rebuild this town.
11:11I don't.
11:13You know, just
11:14hold a candlelight vigil
11:16for the whole friggin' thing.
11:17If I
11:19go to P&Z for you,
11:21then I need to be able to tell them
11:22that you've committed to
11:23building some low-rent residential.
11:25At least 12 units.
11:27And in a better location.
11:28Why not?
11:28And a $250,000 donation
11:32to the daycare centre at the Y.
11:35Done.
11:41Ooh, look at all, eh?
11:46You do cost me some money,
11:48but we're doing it.
11:50We're doing business.
11:53How's the theatre?
11:54It's fine, fine.
11:56But it's a lot right now.
11:58I don't know if you know,
12:00uh...
12:00My mother-in-law just died.
12:04Do you need help?
12:06Because, you know,
12:07if you help me with the taxes on 217,
12:09roll them all in...
12:10You need to go now.
12:12Should I, uh,
12:13cross the line?
12:15Hey, listen, you.
12:16We're doing good work here.
12:18You should be proud.
12:20Oh, and if I am the devil,
12:22then maybe the devil
12:23is what Millersburg needs.
12:32Hey, Dad.
12:34Look at this.
12:35If John let your cape
12:37touch the floor
12:38even for a moment,
12:39you'd chase him around the room
12:41and beat him with your stick.
12:42Ooh, yeah,
12:43I remember that.
12:44Two funny boys.
12:46Yeah.
12:47Your mother and I
12:48had a great laugh
12:48about that this morning.
12:50You too.
12:51That's good.
12:52Um,
12:54speaking of mom,
12:55um,
12:55we,
12:56we're doing a,
12:58a thing
12:58for mom
12:59tomorrow
13:01at the theater.
13:02A show?
13:03It's a, it's a kind of show.
13:06Um, it's, it's a, it's a, it's a, it's a, it's a, it's just, it's a thing for, for mom,
13:12a celebration.
13:13Whoa, are you in it?
13:14Yeah, I have a part, but it's, it's, it's more of an ensemble kind of thing. Mom, in fact, is
13:21the star.
13:23Do you understand?
13:25Do you understand?
13:26I understand, but my sweet boy, it's not possible.
13:31It breaks my heart to say this, but she gave up her equity card years ago.
13:39I, I suppose if it's a one-off thing, the union would reinstate her.
13:45Uh, let me look into it.
13:48Mind you, if, if it's a comedy, maybe I could take her place.
13:53Remember my lady, Brecknell?
13:55I had her rolling in the aisles.
13:57It's, it's more of a drama, Dan.
13:59Um,
14:01I'll call the equity people.
14:02I'll, I'll let you know what they say, okay?
14:04Okay.
14:05I'll see you later.
14:14I hope it's not inappropriate for me to say, but I'm a big fan of your work.
14:18Oh, no, never inappropriate.
14:21I followed your career.
14:22We actually worked together once, many years ago.
14:26Of course we did.
14:27Yes, yes.
14:29Yes, we did play together.
14:31You were, uh, oh, I remember, I know, I was somewhere with you.
14:34It was at the MFT.
14:35It was at the MFT, yes.
14:37What?
14:37Midsummer Night's Dream.
14:38Yes, of course.
14:39You were, you were Demetrius.
14:42I was Demetrius.
14:44You were Lysander.
14:46Kenny did the glitter makeup for the fairies.
14:49Oh.
14:50That's when the bug bit me.
14:51Oh.
14:52I still do all my clients myself.
14:55Oh.
14:55No more glitter, though.
14:57Yeah.
14:57No.
14:58That's good.
14:59I mean, it is an art.
15:00I mean, simulating the glow of tissue flushed with blood and concealing scars and sutures so
15:07your loved one doesn't, you know, look like a mannequin.
15:12But the best moment that I've ever had in the theater is the two of you doing Our Town.
15:20Falling in love in the soda shop.
15:22You were so good together.
15:25So real.
15:29Now, shall we say hello to your mother?
15:32Yes.
15:34She's not finished, but I think you'll be pleased.
15:39Excuse me, Kenny?
15:40Kenny?
15:40When you say not finished, in what way not finished?
15:46Don't worry.
15:47She just looks like she's asleep.
15:49Like she could pop awake at any moment.
15:51Yeah.
15:52Could you?
15:54Could you just give me a moment?
15:56Certainly.
16:02Wait, John.
16:10John's not very good with death.
16:12I know, I know.
16:14Yeah.
16:15Listen, I want to apologize for what I said at dinner last night.
16:18About my lack of talent?
16:21I was just...
16:23Kenny's right.
16:24You were good in Our Town.
16:26You were good in everything.
16:27I was good.
16:28Yeah.
16:33That was a long time ago.
16:44Richard.
16:46What is it?
16:49I'm sorry about Ethel.
16:53I really loved her.
16:55I know you did.
16:57She was like my mother, too.
17:04She wore this to your opening of Long Day's Journey.
17:07Oh, it's beautiful.
17:10We're going to put it on her.
17:11No one's even going to see it, right?
17:13Mm-hmm.
17:15Yeah.
17:17Everything just feels so ridiculous and pointless.
17:21What do you mean?
17:22What do you mean by everything?
17:23Everything.
17:25They give birth a stride of a grave.
17:27You're too young to quote Beckett.
17:30You've got your whole life ahead of you.
17:32What am I going to do with it?
17:34You're going to be an actor.
17:36Mom wants me to go to Penn.
17:38What do you want?
17:39I want to act.
17:42But I don't even know if I'm any good at it.
17:45Of course you're good.
17:46You're my niece.
17:47But maybe I only want to do it to piss Mom off because she doesn't want me to do it.
17:51I don't know.
17:53I have anxiety all the time and everything is just fucked up.
17:57Democracy is dying.
17:59People hate each other.
18:00The world is just falling apart.
18:02It's different than when you guys were young.
18:03We had the Cold War.
18:04We had the bomb.
18:05We had race riots.
18:06We had Richard Nixon.
18:09We had the Vietnam War.
18:11Did Papa or Nana ever tell you about the rock musical that they put on at MFT?
18:16No.
18:17Viet Rock it was called.
18:19Very controversial.
18:20They were picketing us.
18:22I had this song.
18:24Men Die Young was the name of the song.
18:26Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
18:30Baskets wear out and men die young.
18:33One night I was singing it and I came face to face with this woman that I knew whose son
18:39had just gotten his orders for Vietnam just two weeks before.
18:43And I'm singing this right in her face.
18:46What did she do?
18:47She threw her arms around me and hugged me tight.
18:52I just kept singing.
18:54What can I do?
18:58Every night after the play, the audience and the actors would gather together and talk.
19:04Anyway, we had our troubles.
19:11Yeah, we felt disenfranchised, angry as hell.
19:18But we had a place where we could commiserate and commune.
19:24Now that place is a dinner theater.
19:27Uh, yeah.
19:29But it's still a theater.
19:31So there's hope.
19:34Oh, yeah.
19:37Perfect.
19:41Now the other one has to come in about three inches towards...
19:45How's it going?
19:46Oh, great.
19:47You know, I'm glad you're here.
19:48You can help me with the music cues.
19:49I'm going to have underscoring, you know, between as transitional.
19:54Why are you there?
19:58That's me and Hamlet.
19:59That was Mom's favorite.
20:01You can't do that.
20:02Why not?
20:03Because it's not your funeral.
20:05I'm shocked I have to remind you of that.
20:08I know it's not my funeral, but Mom loved that performance.
20:12It was her favorite.
20:14And the town will recognize it.
20:16Ties in the whole theater, Mom, the graveyard, death, the whole tragedy.
20:25Okay, fine.
20:27Nina, let's lose the photograph stage right.
20:30Put it downstairs.
20:32And replace it with Mom in Salome.
20:35No.
20:36Okay, let's bring in the Mom in Salome.
20:38Hold that thought.
20:40Mom in South Pacific.
20:42Copy that.
20:42It's in the green room.
20:44Happy?
20:44Yes.
20:45Let's run the sound cues for Ethel's entrance, shall we?
20:49Yeah, we're going to run cue 14.
20:51Her entrance?
20:53Yeah.
20:54Start with number one, please, whenever you're ready.
20:57Number one.
21:21Yeah, I get it.
21:22I get it.
21:23You were transfixed.
21:24You don't like it.
21:25I know.
21:26It's too much.
21:27It was just an idea.
21:28Um, reset 14.
21:30Reset 14?
21:31This next one is going to be entirely different.
21:33Much more lighthearted, more carefree, more whimsical.
21:37You'll recognize it.
21:38It's one of Mom's favorites.
21:41Uh, number six.
21:43Number six.
21:44Going.
21:56Seriously?
21:58What?
21:59Too light?
21:59Send in the clowns.
22:01Isn't that totally disrespectful?
22:03Is it just me?
22:04Yeah, it's just you.
22:05I said the same thing.
22:07Thank you, Randall.
22:09You're welcome.
22:09Thank you, Randall.
22:10Yes, and how many Tony Awards have you won?
22:12Remind me, please.
22:13Yeah, okay.
22:14I don't know what I'm doing.
22:15I mean, how would I?
22:16Hey, hey, hey, hey.
22:16Take a breath.
22:16Take a breath.
22:17Hey, hey.
22:18Clearly I know nothing.
22:20Listen, maybe, maybe, maybe, maybe don't have to cough and descend.
22:26Just have it on the stage at the beginning.
22:30Nope, nope.
22:31It's got to have an entrance.
22:32Sorry, sorry.
22:33This, this is the theater that Mom built with Dad, and it's her last entrance, and it's got
22:38to be a big entrance, okay?
22:40Q3.
22:43Q3.
22:43Q3.
22:44Q3.
22:45Q3.
22:46Q3.
22:47Q3.
22:48Q3.
22:49Q3.
22:50Q3.
22:52Q3.
22:57Q3.
23:05What the fuck?
23:09Okay.
23:10Go, go, go, go.
23:10Go, go, go, go.
23:11I don't know what I was thinking.
23:13I'm sorry.
23:14I just, I'm sacrificing everything for some cheap spectacle.
23:18I'm not trusting the material.
23:20It's a funeral.
23:22Everybody loved Mom.
23:23They're going to be sad.
23:24Yeah.
23:25Yeah.
23:25I just want it to be perfect.
23:26That's all.
23:27I, I know you do.
23:29I know you do.
23:31It's going to be great.
23:32Yeah.
23:33Hey, just the fact that it's here.
23:36In our theater.
23:37Of course, I know.
23:38You're right.
23:38It's your gift to her.
23:39Yeah.
23:41Thanks, John.
23:42You're right.
23:42Um, let's lose the fog machine, random.
23:47That's a mistake.
23:48I know you're right.
23:55I know you're right.
23:59Thanks for coming.
24:04You have the house.
24:07How's that?
24:17Richard! Richard!
24:20Here I am!
24:22How are you doing, Dad?
24:23Fine, fine. John's taking good care of me.
24:26Good.
24:27Your mother is so looking forward to this.
24:32We're good.
24:35Would you help, Granddad?
24:39Hi, sweetie.
24:41Hi, sweetie.
24:45Hi.
24:55Hi, everyone.
24:59It means so much looking out and seeing you all here.
25:04And I want to thank you for coming here today to help us celebrate the life of my mother, Ethel
25:11Bean.
25:14A wife, an actress, and a friend.
25:20A friend to all of you.
25:25I'm sorry.
25:28I'm sorry.
25:31You okay?
25:33Yeah.
25:37Where were you?
25:39Friend to all and grandam of this hour, our family's theater.
25:46As some of you know, she was born in Dayton, and she worked her way through nursing school as an
25:52upholsterer's assistant.
25:53But the truth is, life for Ethel Harper Bean really didn't begin until she played Laura in the glass menagerie
26:02right here, on this stage, with Linus there as her gentleman caller.
26:11Okay, I think I'm good.
26:13I think I've got it.
26:16You know, my mother always dreamed of being an actress, but it took her a while to find a home.
26:25This place, this place was her home, the Millersburg Festival Theater.
26:31And it's her life in this place that she would want us to celebrate.
26:37Now, we have a video for you that was put together by Miranda and Randall.
26:43So, please.
27:09Horace Bandegilder never tired of saying most people, people in the world, we're fools.
27:17And in a way, I think he's right, isn't he?
27:22But there comes a moment in everybody's life when he must decide whether to live with human beings or not.
27:30Be a fool among fools or a fool alone.
27:34As for me, I've decided to live among them.
27:50Oh, here, excuse me.
27:51Is there a funeral happening in here?
27:53Yes, there is.
27:54Wait.
27:55What?
27:55You are he?
27:57What?
27:57You're from the movies, Connor.
27:59This is he.
28:00He's the one I tell you about.
28:02Oh, my God.
28:03What's your sign?
28:04What's your sign?
28:05Just one thing I have.
28:05Maybe a little bit.
28:06I'm so sorry.
28:07This is totally inappropriate.
28:08I'm Connor Boyle.
28:09I'm working with the mayor.
28:12You're a sister-in-law?
28:13No, I mean, you are...
28:14No, he's Richard Dean, you idiot.
28:16He's huge.
28:17Oh, well, you know, she's huge.
28:18Come on, look.
28:19Would you sign something, please?
28:22Of course.
28:23Shh, shh, shh.
28:25Come on.
28:25He's nice.
28:26Stop.
28:28All right.
28:29Put to Nadia.
28:31Uh, Nad...
28:33Nadia.
28:34Nadia.
28:35With great love and respect.
28:40And I...
28:41And don't ever...
28:42Don't ever give up on dreams.
28:45I won't.
28:46And then put...
28:47Your dreams will...
28:48Your dreams will come true one day.
28:50Your dreams, I hope so.
28:52I promise.
28:53Oh, okay.
28:54Love always.
28:56Love always.
28:56I carry you in my heart.
28:59I've run out of room.
29:00And then you just put your name.
29:01Yeah, just great.
29:02Really appreciate it.
29:03Thank you very much.
29:04You don't know how much this means to me.
29:07You don't know how the theatre, it feeds me.
29:09I hope they haven't buried her yet.
29:11When you walk through a storm
29:15Hold your head up high
29:20And don't be afraid of the dark
29:24At the end of the storm
29:28There's a golden sky
29:32And the sweet silver song
29:36Of a lark
29:39Walk on through the wind
29:44Walk on through the rain
29:49Though your dreams be tossed and blown
29:55Hello.
29:56It's your paid friend, Ali.
29:59Richard, are you there?
30:00Yes, I am.
30:01Here's the deal.
30:02They are willing to have you back at Liera
30:04But you need to consent
30:05To a psychological evaluation
30:07And two weeks of anger management training.
30:11Yes?
30:12I'll have to think about it.
30:13I'll call you back.
30:16You'll never walk alone
30:34I have to admit
30:35I thought this would be a train wreck
30:37Well, I gave him a few notes
30:39It's kind of great
30:45We are such stuff as dreams are made on
30:49And our little life is rounded
30:52With a sleep
30:56Shakespeare's Tempest
30:57His last play
30:59And his farewell to the theater
31:03Fitting words today
31:05As we say goodbye
31:06To my mother, Ethel
31:07The founder
31:09Of this
31:11This theater
31:14It's difficult for me to explain
31:16What it was like
31:16Growing up in an atmosphere
31:18Of creativity
31:19And free expression
31:20And the impact that it had
31:22On me
31:24And my brother John
31:25On Kristen
31:26And Miranda
31:29And this town
31:32There's Mrs. Wilkie
31:33My favorite algebra teacher
31:35And a brilliant Masha
31:37In the seagull
31:38Howard Frazier
31:40Who, when the lights went out
31:42On our morning becomes Electra
31:44He ran out to his truck
31:45Hooked up our electrical system
31:47And in five minutes
31:49Presto, the lights were back on
31:50He knew how important it was
31:52To keep the lights on
31:53In this theater
31:54At that moment
31:55It was the most important thing
31:56In his life
31:57And it still is
31:59Important
31:59Because the Millersburg Festival Theater
32:02Was not just my mother's home
32:04It was
32:05And is
32:06The soul
32:08Of this town
32:10Sadly
32:10I must report
32:13That
32:13Because of financial
32:15Pressures
32:16And
32:17Misguided
32:18Programming
32:19Choices
32:20This theater
32:21Is in trouble
32:23It might even close
32:25That's right
32:26But
32:27We're not
32:28Going to let
32:29That happen
32:30Are we
32:31No
32:34I'm coming home
32:36To Millersburg
32:37I'm coming home
32:39And I swear to you
32:42That together
32:43I will restore
32:46The soul
32:48Of this town
32:49By producing
32:51And directing
32:51And maybe starring in
32:53The greatest production
32:55This country
32:56Has ever seen
32:57Of a true
32:58American classic
32:59Thornton Wilder's
33:01Our Town
33:04My sons
33:05Come home
33:16This is mom's funeral
33:18Right
33:19No
33:19Not anymore
33:20It's the Richard Bean show
33:46It's the Richard Bean show
33:51It's the Richard Bean show
33:51It's the Richard Bean show
33:51It's the Richard Bean show
33:51It's the Richard Bean show
33:52It's the Richard Bean show
33:52It's the Richard Bean show
33:52It's the Richard Bean show
33:53It's the Richard Bean show
33:54It's the Richard Bean show
33:54It's the Richard Bean show
33:55It's the Richard Bean show
33:58It's the Richard Bean show
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