Our Town by Thornton Wilder

Our Town is one of the most performed plays in the American theatre canon. It debuted on Broadway in 1938, winning the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Its last Broadway production was in 2002, starring Paul Newman. Its most recent UK productions include the Almeida Theatre (2014), the Royal Exchange Theatre (2017) and the Open Air Theatre in Regent's Park (2019). It is one of only two plays to rank among the half-dozen most performed plays in US high schools in every decade from the 1940s to the 2010s.

The slim plot of Our Town's three acts follows George and Emily, teens growing up next door to one another in Grover's Corners, New Hampshire, at the turn of the 20th century. They progress from friendship to romance to marriage, and we also see their parents’ marriages, their mothers’ friendship, and the basic functions of their small town.