Heisenberg (play)

Not to be confused with Say My Name! (Musical).

Heisenberg is a play by English playwright Simon Stephens. It opened off-Broadway on June 3, 2015, in a Manhattan Theatre Club production at New York City Center (Stage II), under the direction of Mark Brokaw.^[1] The production transferred to Broadway's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre opening on October 13, 2016. Both productions starred Mary-Louise Parker and Denis Arndt.^[2]

Heisenberg
Written by	Simon Stephens
Date premiered	June 3, 2015
Place premiered	New York City Center (Stage II)
Original language	English
Subject	Love story about a chance encounter between a 42-year-old mother and a 75-year-old butcher, and the chain of events it sets in motion.
Genre	Drama

The play opened at Wyndham's Theatre in London's West End on October 3, 2017. The production starred Anne-Marie Duff and Kenneth Cranham.

Heisenberg should not be confused with the play Copenhagen by Michael Frayn, about the physicist Werner Heisenberg.

Synopsis

Georgie Burns, a 42-year-old woman, and Alex Priest, a 75-year-old butcher, meet in a London railway station. They begin a relationship and eventually travel to New Jersey to search for Georgie's missing son.

Awards and nominations

• 2017 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play nominee for Denis Arndt