About the Show

New drama tracing family fights, cruelty, and love across 30 years of a New York childhood.

The play chronicles the New York childhood of the playwright, focused on his relationship with his mother and his "hilariously eccentric but indomitable" grandmother. The grandmother's influence is presented as foundational to his development as both an individual and an artist. The narrative traces the evolution of these central family relationships over a period of thirty years, gradually uncovering deep-seated family secrets. The plot reveals instances of protracted family fights, notably cruel behavior, and underlying, enduring love within the family structure.

WE HAD A WORLD is a new play by Joshua Harmon (known for Bad Jews). The production is directed by Josh Seymour. The piece is described as deeply personal and sharply comedic, bringing the playwright's own family history to the stage.

Critic Reviews (2)

"Harmon could have made his stage self more of a know-all who can now diagnose all his relatives’ weaknesses and stand to one side of them, but he emerges here as a playwright who’s generous to all his characters and unwilling to turn them into shrink-wrapped cliches."
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"The idea that nothing lasts for ever is far more deftly achieved in the minute, fleeting interactions that Harmon and director Josh Seymour capture with the precision of a scientist pinning down a butterfly."
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