Mainstage
2026-2027
March 5-7 & 12-14, 2027
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, playwright Joshua Harmon recreates 30 years of family fights, monstrous behavior and enduring love.
We Had a World premiered off-Broadway at Manhattan Theatre Club on February 25, 2025. The production featured Joanna Gleason , Andrew Barth Feldman, and Jeanine Serralles. It was followed by a run in Boston at the Wimberly Theatre before premiering in the UK at the Hampstead Theatre , where it ran from May to July 2026.
We Had a World premiered off-Broadway at Manhattan Theatre Club on February 25, 2025. The production featured Joanna Gleason , Andrew Barth Feldman, and Jeanine Serralles. It was followed by a run in Boston at the Wimberly Theatre before premiering in the UK at the Hampstead Theatre , where it ran from May to July 2026.
“Delightful… it strikes an impressive balance of negotiating a story with many adverse emotional perspectives and moving parts while also maintaining a sense of honesty. I don’t just mean honesty in the sense of facts – though the verifiable biographical facts in Harmon’s story, and a bit of recorded material at the end, lend a gravitas to the characters and occurrences. I mean honesty in the sense of emotional transparency, the very real mix of love and resentment and insecurities and doubts that define all relationships, especially those within a family.” – The New York Times
“A delicate and extremely moving three-hander… written with an uncommon level of sympathy… a story of family in all its wonderful, terrible splendor, and one that will resonate deeply with anyone who’s ever had to figure out how to love someone despite the knowledge of their past.” – TheaterMania
Current Reservations and Ticketing information
Please follow the directions below for 1 & 2
To Reserve Seats (reservations required): Read Carefully as our policy has changed
1. Call our Box Office at 804-343-6364 to reserve number of seats. You must do this because seating is limited. (There are no physical tickets issued)
2. Once you know there are seats available and have reserved them by phone, pay using the link below.
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* When you arrive at the theatre, you will be checked in and seated. Parties will be kept together.
* If you have any special needs or requests (wheelchair/walker, sitting with friends who may have made a separate reservation), please let the box office know when you make your reservation. You can also include in the customer note section when you make payment.
* Doors open 30 minutes prior to curtain, please allow enough time to arrive before curtain. Late seating is not guaranteed.
Please follow the directions below for 1 & 2
To Reserve Seats (reservations required): Read Carefully as our policy has changed
1. Call our Box Office at 804-343-6364 to reserve number of seats. You must do this because seating is limited. (There are no physical tickets issued)
2. Once you know there are seats available and have reserved them by phone, pay using the link below.
You do not need a Paypal account to use this service. Processing fees are already included in the ticket price.
* When you arrive at the theatre, you will be checked in and seated. Parties will be kept together.
* If you have any special needs or requests (wheelchair/walker, sitting with friends who may have made a separate reservation), please let the box office know when you make your reservation. You can also include in the customer note section when you make payment.
* Doors open 30 minutes prior to curtain, please allow enough time to arrive before curtain. Late seating is not guaranteed.