CONSTELLATIONS
Written by
Nick Payne
Directed by
Devan McCoy
SUMMARY
One relationship. Infinite possibilities. In how many universes would you love someone? Nick Payne’s Olivier award-winning Constellations is a play about free will and friendship; it’s about quantum multiverse theory, love and honey. Roland is a beekeeper. Marianne is a quantum physicist. What are their odds of falling in love? With infinite moments that can change the trajectory of a life, it’s anyone’s guess how cosmic collision is possible. This play moves from the question of “what if,” to a poignant picture of “what is.”
HISTORY
Constellations premiered at the Theatre Upstairs at the Royal Court Theatre, London, on January 13, 2012. It transferred to the Duke Of York’s Theatre, London, in November, and was awarded the Evening Standard award for Best New Play 2012. The premiere production featured Sally Hawkins and Rafe Spall. The play was produced on Broadway by the Manhattan Theatre Club and the Royal Court Theatre at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre on December 16, 2014. The Broadway production featured Ruth Wilson and Jake Gyllenhaal.
TICKETS $15+fees ($16.55)
RUNTIME ESTIMATED AT 90 MINUTES + ONE 15-minute intermission
PLAYWRIGHT
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), Lay Down Your Cross (Hampstead Theatre), Constellations (Royal Court Theatre and Duke of York’s) and The Same Deep Water as Me (Donmar Warehouse). He is the recipient of the 2009 George Devine Award for Most Promising Playwright, the 2012 Harold Pinter Playwright’s Award, and the 2012 London Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Play, for Constellations.