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A SAMUEL FRENCH, LTD. TITLE
Full-Length Play, Drama / 2w, 2m
Nick Payne
Surviving school as a fat kid is tough enough. When your mum’s a teacher, it’s hell. A sharp and hilarious story of a family trying to save everyone but themselves.
Winner! 2009 George Devine Award for Most Promising Playwright
Surviving school as a fat kid is tough enough. When your mum’s a teacher, it’s hell. What's more, Anna’s dad is obsessed with saving the world and her maverick uncle Terry is dossing on the couch. When Anna hits back at the bullies, she suspended from school and stuck at home with hapless Terry trying to save her. But Terry needs saving himself and, as the bond between the two deepens, Anna is swept up in a friendship she can’t live without.
This story of a family trying to save everyone but themselves is a sharp and hilarious consideration about whether it’s best to act on a macro-level or micro-level toward climate issues.
If There is I Haven’t Found It Yet first premiered in London at the Bush Theatre in October 2009. It later opened in New York City at Roundabout Theatre as produced by the Bush Theatre on 20 September 2012. Directed by Michael Longhurst, the production featured Annie Funke, Michelle Gomez, Jake Gyllenhaal and Brían F. O’Byrne.
GEORGE – Male, 40s, Anna’s fatherFIONA – Female, 40s, Anna’s motherANNA – Female, 15, considerably overweightTERRY – Male, 20s, Anna’s uncle
Various locations, including home and school. 2010s.
“A lovely, shrewd new play.” – The Independent
“[A] messy, fumbling and huggable comedy about a messy, fumbling and huggable family.” – The Guardian
“There are scenes of great, well-observed unflinching painfulness.” – The Independent
“The play... is about people groping their way forward even as the sky falls.” – The Guardian
ON BREAKING CHARACTER
Playwright Interview: Nick Payneby Cathy Thomas13 August 2019
If There Is I Haven’t Found It Yet – Roundabout Theatre Company Highlights
If There is I Haven’t Found it Yet – About the Show
Nick Payne’s plays include If There Is I Haven’t Found It Yet (Bush Theatre and Roundabout Theatre Company, New York), Wanderlust (Royal Court Theatre), Sophocles’ Electra (Gate Theatre), One Day When We Were Young (Paines Plough/Sheffield Theatres and Shoreditch Town Hall), ...
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