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My guess is that some kind of factions form, with some townsfolk taking Jade/Tabitha’s side and some opposing.
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Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
In a small, backwards Australian community, coming of age and coming out evince fear in the Christian townsfolk.
—Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
The audience is thrust into 1944 Hartford with townsfolk excited about how the circus is coming to town.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 27 Apr. 2026
Just as the various townsfolk characters are clearly modeled on those that trod the musical boards back in Broadway‘s Golden Age, so too does the score owe its debts.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 20 Apr. 2026
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Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
In a small, backwards Australian community, coming of age and coming out evince fear in the Christian townsfolk.
—Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
The audience is thrust into 1944 Hartford with townsfolk excited about how the circus is coming to town.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 27 Apr. 2026
Just as the various townsfolk characters are clearly modeled on those that trod the musical boards back in Broadway‘s Golden Age, so too does the score owe its debts.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 20 Apr. 2026
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“Townsfolk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/townsfolk. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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townsfolk
plural noun
towns·folk
ˈtau̇nz-ˌfōk 
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