Wigfield: The Can Do Town That Just May Not is a satirical novel by comedians Amy Sedaris, Paul Dinello, and Stephen Colbert, three of the four creators of the Comedy Central show Strangers with Candy.

The story concerns journalist Russel Hokes, who is trying to complete his assignment, write 50,000 words about a dying small town in America.

In his desperate search he stumbles upon Wigfield, a quarter-mile stretch of concrete and gravel, dotted with strip clubs and used auto parts shops.

So this candidate wins the election, and then all these people living there contest it and organize this fight to save the town."

The character of Donny Larson, Wigfield's local strip club manager, was also inspired by people Colbert met while growing up in the South, "Every choice in life they make usually hurts them and others, but they have no sense of personal responsibility whatsoever.

The photographs were taken by fashion designer Todd Oldham,[11] at his studio, and locations around Port Jervis, and Milford, Pennsylvania.

[13] It has also been published by Highbridge Audio as an unabridged audiobook with voice performances by Sedaris, Dinello, and Colbert.

The show consisting mainly of staged readings, featuring large photos of each character projected on a screen set up behind the trio, was produced by WestBeth Entertainment, and launched at the Chicago Center for the Performing Arts on May 2, 2003.

[2][5][15][16] The show ran Off-Broadway through May 9-17 at New York City's Jane Street Theatre,[11] to a sold-out crowd.

[18] Wigfield ended with a string of shows at New York City's Lucille Lortel Theatre in July 2003.

[17] On their show at the Jane, Russell Scott Smith of the New York Post, said: "This is less a play than an elaborate book reading.