We Had a World
February 12 – March 15, 2026
Written by Joshua Harmon (Prayer for the French Republic, Bad Jews)
Directed by Keira Fromm
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Approximate Run Time: TBD
Content Advisories: TBD
Notable Dates:
Opening Night: Wednesday, February 18th at 7:00 pm
ASL: Friday, March 13th at 7:30 pm →
Audio Described: Saturday, March 7th at 2:00 pm →
Open Caption: Tuesday, March 10th at 7:00 pm →
Synopsis:
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, the author of Prayer for the French Republic recreates thirty years of family fights, monstrous behavior, enduring love, and unexpected dishes of home-cooked spaetzle.
Cast & Crew:
Will Conard
Joshua
Will Conard
Will Conard (he/him) is a recent graduate of NYU’s Grad Acting MFA program. Regional: Rules For Living (Round House). Film: Lapsis. Education: MFA (NYU); BA (Brown University). willconard.com
Amy Resnick
Renee
Amy Resnick
Amy Resnick The Huntington: Prayer for the French Republic. Off Broadway: Death of Frank, I Think I Like Girls. National Tour: The Laramie Project, Laramie 10 Years Later (Tectonic). International Tour: Around the World In 80 Days (India).
Eva Kaminsky
Ellen
Eva Kaminsky
Eva Kaminsky (she/her) Broadway: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, The Lyons. Off Broadway: Signature Theatre, Director’s Company, Playwright’s Realm, Roundabout, The Play Company, Drama League, Partial Comfort, Axis Theatre.
Debra Wise
U/S Renee
Debra Wise
Debra Wise (she/her) Regional: Angels in America, Vanity Fair, The Half-Life of Marie Curie, The How and the Why, The Other Place, Arabian Nights (Central Square Theater); Homebody, Copenhagen, Distracted, The Life of Galileo, Einstein’s Dreams, Breaking the Code, From Orchids to Octopi, Christmas Memory (Underground Railway Theater @ Central Square Theater); Much Ado About Nothing (Commonwealth Shakespeare Company).
Joanna Strapp
U/S Ellen
Joanna Strapp
Joanna Strapp (she/her) The Huntington: The Triumph of Love. Regional: Blithe Spirit, Fallen Angels (North Coast Rep); Steel Magnolias, The Pursuit of Happiness, Billy and Ray, Love Loss and What I Wore (Laguna Playhouse); Noises Off! (The Rubicon); Sherlock’s Last Case (Gulfshore Playhouse); Holmes and Watson, The Illustrious Invalid (Kinetic Theatre); I’ll Be Back Before Midnight, Mary’s Wedding (Colony Theatre); Trying (Indian Wells Theatre); Reborning (The Fountain); The Curious Incident… (Greenway Court Theatre); Ensemble Member of The Antaeus Company in Los Angeles (The Seagull, Cloud 9, The Liar, Peace in Our Time, etc).
Jack Greenberg
U/S Joshua
Jack Greenberg
Jack Greenberg (he/him) The Huntington: The Hills of California, John Proctor is the Villain. Regional: The Hills of California (Berkeley Repertory); Romeo & Juliet, Macbeth (Commonwealth Shakespeare Company); Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (Reagle Music Theatre); The Soldier’s Tale (Brandeis Theater).
Joshua Harmon
Playwright
Joshua Harmon
Joshua Harmon (he/him) The Huntington: Prayer for the French Republic. His plays include Bad Jews, Significant Other, Admissions, Skintight, and Prayer for the French Republic, which was nominated for Best Play at the 2024 Tony Awards.
Keira Fromm
Director
Keira Fromm
Keira Fromm is a Chicago-based, Joseph Jefferson Award-nominated freelance director. She is an artistic associate at About Face Theatre, where she’s directed the Chicago premieres of The Brightest Thing in the World, Bull in a China Shop, Significant Other, Bright Half Life, and A Kid Like Jake.
Allison Beauregard
Assistant Director
Allison Beauregard
Allison Beauregard (she/they) New York Performance: Sing the Rainbow (54 Below); Queering the Canon (The Public Theatre/Joe’s Pub). Regional Performance: Trouble in Mind, Preludes (Lyric Stage); Mox Nox (Moonbox Productions); Go Back for Murder (Barnstormers Theatre); Detroit ’67 (Third Rail Rep). Voice and Dialect: Crumbs from the Table of Joy, Noises Off (Lyric Stage); The Meeting Tree (Company One); Flowers for Mrs. Harris (Boston University); Top Girls (Boston College); Confederates (Emerson College).
Dori A. Robinson
Dramaturg
Dori A. Robinson
Dori A. Robinson The Huntington: Leopoldstadt, The Band’s Visit, Prayer for the French Republic. Directing credits include: Silent Sky, Educating Rita, The Elm Tree, Fully Committed, A Bright Room Called Day, Julius Caesar, The Merchant of Venice, The Lion in Winter, Winter of Discontent, Peter and the Starcatcher, A Bintel Brief, The Chelmites Capture the Moon.
Janet Foster, CSA
NY Casting Director
Janet Foster, CSA
Janet Foster, CSA has been casting for over 35 years. At The Huntington, she recently worked on Fun Home, The Hills of California, The Light in the Piazza, The Triumph of Love, The Grove, Sojourners, Leopoldstadt, Toni Stone, and The Band’s Visit. Eight years at American Conservatory Theater included working with directors Carey Perloff, Mark Lamos, Mark Rucker, Annie Kaufmann, Loretta Greco, and many more.
Tyler Micoleau
Lighting Designer
Tyler Micoleau
Tyler Micoleau (he/him) The Huntington: God Of Carnage. Broadway: Buena Vista Social Club [Tony nomination]; Into The Woods, American Buffalo, Be More Chill, The Band’s Visit [Tony award]. International: Be More Chill (West End, Japan). National Tours: The Band’s Visit, Into The Woods.
Melanie Chen Cole
Original Music & Sound Design
Melanie Chen Cole
Melanie Chen Cole (she/her) is a San Diego based sound designer. The Huntington: Witch. Off Broadway: Is It Thursday Yet? (Perelman Performing Arts Center).
Izumi Inaba
Costume Designer
Izumi Inaba
Izumi Inaba (she/her) Off Broadway: How to Defend Yourself (New York Theatre Workshop). Regional: Dishwasher Dreams (Writers Theatre, Hartford Stage, The Old Globe, Merrimack Repertory Theatre); Noises Off (Steppenwolf Theatre, Geffen Playhouse). Tours: Million Dollar Quartet Christmas (Evan Bernardin Productions).
Lee Nishri-Howitt
Voice and Dialect Coach
Lee Nishri-Howitt
Lee Nishri-Howitt (he/him) The Huntington: The Triumph of Love, Leopoldstadt, The Band’s Visit, Prayer for the French Republic, The Lehman Trilogy, Romeo and Juliet, The Art of Burning.
Rachel Padula-Shufelt
Hair, Wig, and Makeup Designer
Rachel Padula-Shufelt
Rachel Padula-Shufelt (she/her) The Huntington: John Proctor is the Villain, The Band’s Visit, The Heart Sellers, Joy and Pandemic, The Colored Museum. Broadway: Glass Menagerie, Waitress.
Courtney O’Neill
Scenic Designer
Courtney O’Neill
Courtney O’Neill (she/they) Regional: Guthrie Theatre, Goodman Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre, Lookingglass Theatre Company, Kansas City Rep, Denver Center, Baltimore Center Stage, The Apollo Theater, Great Lakes Theatre, Idaho Shakespeare, Lake Tahoe Shakespeare, Marin Theatre Company, South Coast Repertory, Writers Theatre, Cleveland Playhouse, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, American Players Theatre, Dallas Theatre Center, Round House Theatre, Milwaukee Repertory, and more.
Emily F. McMullen
Production Stage Manager
Emily F. McMullen
Emily F. McMullen (she/her) has stage managed over 30 shows over the past ten seasons at The Huntington, including Fun Home, Don’t Eat the Mangos, The Grove, Sojourners, Leopoldstadt, Toni Stone, John Proctor is the Villain, The Band’s Visit, The Lehman Trilogy, Clyde’s, The Art of Burning, Common Ground Revisited, Hurricane Diane, Sweat, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, Indecent, Romeo and Juliet, Man in the Ring, The Niceties, Top Girls, Bad Dates, Tartuffe, and Merrily We Roll Along.
Ashley Pitchford
Stage Manager
Ashley Pitchford
Ashley Pitchford (she/her) The Huntington: The Hills of California, The Light in the Piazza, The Triumph of Love, Leopoldstadt, John Proctor is the Villain, The Heart Sellers, Fat Ham, Joy and Pandemic, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, Our Daughters, Like Pillars, Teenage Dick, Witch, We All Fall Down, Man in the Ring.
Special Events:
Coolidge Corner Stage and Screen: Auntie Mame
Monday, February 9th at 7 pm
Featuring an extended introduction with a guest from the Huntington’s production of We Had a World.
When young, impressionable Patrick Dennis’ millionaire father dies, the boy is left in the care of his only living relative–his flamboyant, extravagant, devil-may-care … and never, never dull Auntie Mame. New York during the Jazz Age–Despite the best efforts of estate executive Dwight Babcock (Fred Clark) to rear Patrick (Jan Handzlik and Roger Smith) as a boring, stuffy aristocrat, the boy is swept into Mame Dennis’ (Rosalind Russell) world of parties, flappers and the most eccentric, entertaining, intelligent set of friends anywhere. Through the stock market crash, a marriage to a rich Southerner and his death while scaling the Alps, Mame’s whirlwind approach to life opens Patrick’s eyes to endless possibilities. Based on the hit Broadway play and the novel by Patrick Dennis.
From Playwright Joshua Harmon
“When Loretta [Greco] produced the West Coast premiere of Bad Jews, she said she wasn’t just interested in a single play, but in supporting writers over the course of their careers, and she has more than lived up to that commitment. This is the third play of mine she’s producing, in addition to many years of support and development opportunities. I am thrilled We Had a World will start its own journey out in the world at a theatre I so admire, led by one of my favorite people on the planet.”
From Director Keira Fromm
“Josh Harmon’s plays always have a profoundly moving effect on me and resonate on a deep cellular level. I see myself in the worlds and characters he creates. He has that rare ability to craft stories that are both incredibly personal and also speak so universally. I am especially taken by We Had a World, a play about the complexity of family life, and the tremendous humor and heartache that comes along with it. In this play, Josh gives us three indelible characters who are messy imperfect people trying their best to understand one another. The play fills me with such love and nostalgia for my own family, and I hope The Huntington audiences will share that experience too. I’m so excited to bring this beautiful play to Boston this winter.”
From Artistic Director Loretta Greco
“We didn’t want to go another season without a play from our brilliant friend, the playwright Joshua Harmon (Prayer for the French Republic), and it’s our absolute pleasure to produce Josh’s latest, We Had a World – a deeply personal, hilarious, and complicated 30-year slice of his family’s history. For me, it’s a roller coaster ride seen through the voracious appetite of young Joshua, full of laughter, lokshen, truly awful behavior, and enduring love – in other words, it’s just like family! I laughed while I cried throughout the entire thing. You are going to love it.”
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