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Our Town

American  

noun

  1. a play (1938) by Thornton Wilder.

Our Town Cultural  

  1. (1938) A Pulitzer Prize –winning play by Thornton Wilder, dealing with everyday life in a small town in New England.

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Our Town, written by US playwright Thornton Wilder, follows the daily lives of the residents of Grover's Corners in New Hampshire.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026

Which small town was the home of lovers George and Emily in the Thornton Wilder play Our Town?

From Slate • Oct. 17, 2023

The NEA created Our Town, a program to fund demonstration projects of “creative placemaking,” in which the arts would be deployed to make communities stronger and more livable.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 6, 2021

The two-part Harry Potter play is being condensed into one and there has been no word on pre-pandemic plans for revivals of classic plays "Death of a Salesman" and "Our Town."

From Reuters • Aug. 18, 2021

So anyway, he ended up switching to Our Town.

From "Wonder" by R. J. Palacio

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