Show Plot Our Town

Author: Thornton Wilder

Time Period: 1901 to 1913

Setting: Concord, Massachusetts (primarily the March family's modest home, parlor, and attic, with brief scenes in New York or Aunt March’s estate depending on the adaptation)

Summary:  The Stage Manager introduces the town, its geography, and its routine citizens, focusing on the Gibbs and Webb families as they go through the mundane, joyful, and heartbreaking activities of small-town existence.