pedanther

I don't know the play, but just FYI, until I moved to Virginia, I'd lived nearly my entire life growing up in Putnam County, New York.

I don't know if "your" Putnam County and "my" Putnam County are the same, or if any of the humor is Putnam specific.

But if it is the same, I wonder if the author chose it as a stand-in for any smallish community (because if you look it up in an encyclopedia, one of the facts you'll learn is that a) it's the smallest county in New York State, and b) many of its towns are "bedroom communities" for Manhattan, NY, which is one of the biggest commercial centers in the world.

And if those two facts together don't call out "Writing Prompt!," I'll eat my nonexistent hat.

Sorry for the ramble. Just seeing a word associated with my childhood home triggered the verbal equivalent of dog drool. ;-)