Our Town by Thornton Wilder represents the daily lives of people in America from 1901 to 1913. The first act describes their daily lives, the second act focuses on love and marriage, and the third act discusses death. This play is unconventional in its use of minimal sets and complete lack of props. Performers must pantomime many objects throughout the show. The Stage Manager, who is the narrator of the play, breaks several rules of theater. First, he talks directly to the audience and acknowledges that he is in a play. Second, he occasionally leaves his role as narrator to take on the parts of several characters in the play. Third, he knows what will happen in the future, and sometimes comments on events that will happen to characters years later.