[not verified in body] In a large city, professional businessman Tom meets overweight librarian Helen in a crowded restaurant at lunch.

Carter introduces himself to Helen and, when she excuses herself, he berates her as a "fat pig", assuming that Tom would never date anyone like her and that she is in fact from the Chicago office.

Fat Pig premiered off-Broadway at the Lucille Lortel Theatre in an MCC Theater production, in previews on November 23, 2004, and officially on December 15.

The production was directed by Jo Bonney, with cast Ashlie Atkinson (Helen), Andrew McCarthy (Carter), Jeremy Piven (Tom), and Keri Russell (Jeannie) in her stage debut.

It was directed by Tamzin Townsend and featured Luis Merlo (Tom), Teté Delgado (Helen), Iñaki Miramón and Lidia Otón.

[citation needed] The play was staged in San Jose, California, at City Lights Theatre Company, under the direction of Tom Gough, its former artistic director.

The cast included James Ryen (Tom), Liliane Klein (Helen), Michael Daniel Anderson (Carter), and Laura Latreille (Jeannie).

[9] The Los Angeles, California, premiere was May 11, 2007, at the Geffen Playhouse's Audrey Skirball-Kenis Theater, with a cast including Kirsten Vangsness (Helen), Scott Wolf (Tom), Chris Pine (Carter), and Andrea Anders (Jeannie).

[10][11] Its UK premiere was on May 27, 2008, at the Trafalgar Studios, London, with a cast including Ella Smith as Helen, Robert Webb as Tom, Kris Marshall as Carter and Joanna Page as Jeannie.

[citation needed] The Colombia premiere was on March 31 at the Teatro Nacional La Castellana in Bogota, directed by Mario Morgan with cast Constanza Hernández (Helena), Fabián Mendoza (Tommy), Tatiana Rentería (Julia) and Juan Sebastián Aragón.

[15] The play was directed by Barbara Damashek and featured Boston cast member Klein reprising Helen, Jud Williford as Tom, Peter Ruocco as Carter, and Alexandra Creighton as Jeannie.

[16] The production was hailed by San Francisco Chronicle drama critic Robert Hurwitt, who wrote, "This is LaBute at the best of his bad-boy sensitive mode.

Playwright Neil LaBute's Fat Pig... is an alternately rude and heartwarming play with sweet moments, insults, and profanity.

It was directed by Matthew Decker and featured Ed Renninger (Tom), Melissa Joy Hart (Helen), Paul Felder (Carter), and Erin Mulgrew (Jeannie).

[24] The play was directed by Natasha MacLellan, and starred Michael McPhee (Tom), Jessica Barry (Helen), Matthew Lumley (Carter) and Stacy Smith (Jeannie).

Cast included Josh Hamilton (Tom), HeatherJane Rolff (Helen), Dane Cook (Carter), and Julia Stiles (Jeannie).