Actor Who Played George Shares Experiences From "Our Town"

Jordan Laurence Digby, a third year CSULB Theater major, who played George Gibbs in Our Town shared his experiences as an actor. According to Digby, Our Town was his first play that he read and casted. He eventually fell in love with George. “George is my favorite character because I really see such a growth in him in such an ark in his emotional range,” Digby said. “George is definitely my favorite character.” George was 16 at the beginning of the play, but the play ended when he was 34, as Emily dies from childbirth, according to Digby.
Trevor Biship, Our Town’s director, according to Digby, “is a genius.” He taught Digby how to show the emotions that George was going through after his wife died, and having to care for an ill infant.
“Biship made it contemporary, as the play is set in 1938. I had a cell phone and a laptop. Very contemporary,” Digby said.
Digby won the part for George against 400 other people. Martial arts was what got Digby into acting, since he loved pretending. However, he finds the hours as a student actor grueling—the rehearsals are 6:30 pm to 12 am every day, and he still needs to do his homework and studies. “I am so tired and I do cry,” Digby said. “I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world. I love it. I'm married to the theater. This is my life.”

Read Long Beach Press Telegram's Review of the play here:

http://www.presstelegram.com/lifestyle/ci_13552936

Read the review in te Daily 49er here:

http://www.daily49er.com/diversions/university-players-bring-our-town-into-future-1.1994240