Get your copy of the original script forThe Counting Table written by D.K. Turner, edited by Cindi Boiter and Jon Tuttle with a forward by Jane Turner Peterson.

In this sixth installment of the Jasper Play Right Project, 2026’s winning playwright D. K. Turner invites the reader and the viewer into one of the most intimate settings in the life of a family—the dinner table. But like most tables sitting in kitchens throughout the American South, this table serves many functions, one of which is a place to reconcile expectations and interpretations of the past and the future. The Counting Table is the story of how one extended Carolina family comes to terms with the legacy of both responsibilities and worldly possessions. Pull up a chair to Mama Rut’s table. The cornbread is cooling and the rice is starting to steam.

Join the Jasper Project as we present the premiere staged reading of the Winner of the 2026 Jasper Play Right Project, The Counting Table by DK Turner. Directed by iconic theatre artist Jocelyn Sanders, starring Marilyn Mattheus with a dynamic cast that includes Bonita Peeples, Samuel McWhite, Tashera Pravato, and Mykkel Wright.
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