For one night only, acclaimed playwright Joshua Harmon will present the first reading of his brand-new play, We Had a World to a small, exclusive Studio audience.
Studio audiences will know Harmon for blockbuster plays like Admissions and Bad Jews (whose 2014-2015 run at Studio remains the record-holder for most tickets sold in the theatre's history). Harmon also wrote the Tony-nominated Prayer for the French Republic.
In addition to the reading, Joshua will also join our Artistic Director, David Muse, for a discussion of this intensely personal play. After the reading, we invite you to join us for a dessert reception, where you can mingle with Joshua, David, and fellow theatre-lovers.
Proceeds for this event support Studio R&D, our incubator for new plays encompassing the full range of Studio’s commissioning and new work development activities.
A dying woman calls her grandson and asks him to write a play about their family. “But I want you to promise me something,” she says. “Make it as bitter and vitriolic as possible." In this searing, funny and deeply personal play, Harmon recreates thirty years of family fights, monstrous behavior, enormous cruelty, and enduring love. The play is scheduled to premiere at the Manhattan Theatre Club in 2025.
JOSHUA HARMON plays include Prayer for the French Republic (Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, Tony nomination), Skintight, Admissions (Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award), Significant Other and Bad Jews. Musicals: The Bedwetter. He has been produced on Broadway and the West End; Off-Broadway at Roundabout Theatre Company, Lincoln Center Theater, Manhattan Theatre Club, and Atlantic Theater Company; across the country at Geffen Playhouse, Huntington, Studio Theatre, Speakeasy, Theater Wit, Actor's Express, and The Magic, among others; and internationally in more than a dozen countries. Honors include two MacDowell fellowships and a Guggenheim. Graduate of Juilliard.
If you have any questions, please contact us at devo@studiotheatre.org or 202.919.3712
*Discounts and promotional offers cannot be applied to this performance.