On November 6th in Atlanta, Georgia, cast members of the upcoming Avengers movie and other Marvel Studios films gave a reading of Our Town to raise money for hurricane-damage relief in Puerto Rico.
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2017 is the year the Thornton Wilder Society Newsletter joins the twenty-first century.
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In conjunction with the Third International Thornton Wilder Conference, the Society is currently inviting paper proposals.

Update: The proposal deadline has been extended until January 21, 2018.
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In anticipation of Theatre For A New Audience’s opening of The Skin of Our Teeth, The New York Times published an article about how the play is relevant to our current times, with comments by Paula Vogel, Bartlett Sher, Carey Perloff, and TFANA director Arin Arbus.
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The 2016 issue of The Thornton Wilder Society Newsletter is now shipping, and includes a number of articles and new photos!
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The Thornton Wilder Society invites proposals for papers at the 2017 American Literature Association Conference. (Submissions required by January 15, 2017.)
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The Thornton Wilder Society invites proposals for papers at the 2017 Comparative Drama Conference. (Submissions required by November 30, 2016.)

Update: We are no longer taking proposals. The cut off date was November 30, 2016. Thanks to those who contributed their work.
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The Wilder Society is moving but staying in New Jersey, of which Wilder had fond memories from teaching at the Lawrenceville School during much of the 1920s.
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