Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1938, Our Town by Thornton Wilder may be the most popular American play ever written. It explores traditional American values of religion, community, family, and the simple pleasures of life. Although the setting, characters, and events are commonplace, Our Town addresses such universal themes as the human condition, and the value of everyday life. Wilder wrote, “Our Town is not offered as a picture of life in a New Hampshire village; or as a speculation about the conditions of life after death. … It is an attempt to find a value above all price for the smallest events in our daily life.” Our Town may be the most frequently staged American play of the twentieth century.