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Fat Pig
Play by Neil LaBute
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| Written by | Neil LaBute |
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| Date premiered | 2004 |
| Place premiered | Off-Broadway |
| Original language | English |
| Genre | Comedy |
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Fat Pig is a play by Neil LaBute. The play premiered off-Broadway in 2004 and won the 2005 Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Off-Broadway Play. The play had its West End premiere in 2008 and was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy. The play involves a romantic relationship between a plus-size woman and a young professional man whose friend denigrates the woman as being "fat". The play was also adapted into an opera in 2022 by composer Matt Boehler.[not verified in body]
Plot synopsis
In a large city, professional businessman Tom meets overweight librarian Helen in a crowded restaurant at lunch. Tom is taken with Helen's brash acceptance of how people see her and her in-your-face hone Fat pig neil labute pdf!