OUR TABLE
WRITTEN BY KIRSTEN GUENTHER
DIRECTED BYÂ JACK CUMMINGS III
OUR TABLE
A New Play by Kirsten Guenther
Stranded on a table in the wings of the McCarter Theatre in 1938, a group of props attempt to process some devastating news: they’ve just been fired from up-and-coming playwright Thornton Wilder’s new play Our Town. What will they do now? Where will they go? Will Thornton Wilder see the error of his ways and change his mind? Think Toy Story meets The Grapes of Wrath meets A Chorus Line. A whimsical new take on an American classic, Our Table explores what happens when we’re no longer deemed useful.
THE JOURNEY SO FAR
JUNE 2025
1-week READING
FEBRUARY 2026
1-week READING
MARCH 2026
2-WEEK WORKSHOP
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Kirsten Guenther began her career as a travel correspondent in Paris, writing for USATODAY.com and the dating column Frenched. Her romantic life wasn’t all that interesting, so she made most of it up.
A Richard Rodgers Award–winning writer, Kirsten is adapting Elin Hilderbrand’s The Summer of ’69 for Sony/3000 Pictures (Co-EP), recently sold an original romantic comedy series to Netflix (Co-EP), and wrote Lionsgate’s Puppy Love, now streaming on Amazon. Her stage work includes MGM’s Benny & Joon, Paramount’s Roman Holiday, and Mrs. Sharp, starring Jane Krakowski. Upcoming projects include The Real Housewives of New York City: An Unauthorized Opera and Fairytale Ending, produced by The Carlson Company and Seth MacFarlane’s Fuzzy Door, with MacFarlane set to star.
Our Table is made possible by the Joanna & Steven Sanders New Works Program.
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