Nice Fish

It received its world premiere production at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, opening on April 6, 2013, and running through May 18, 2013..[1] The original production was directed by Rylance and Claire van Kampen (who also contributed original music) and featured Rylance as Ron as well as actors Jim Lichtscheidl as Eric, Emily Swallow as Flo and Chris Carlson as Wayne.

The play would be more powerful, he resolved, if he shaved off the majority of his own dialogue, leaving only essential connective tissue between the poems.” [4] A revised version of the play starring Rylance and directed by Claire van Kampen received its premiere production at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on January 17, 2016, and then transferred to St. Ann's Warehouse, New York, on 14 February 2016, running until 27 March 2016.

[5] The revised version of the play was also staged at the Harold Pinter Theatre in London in November 2016[6] and ran until February 2017.

[7] The London run received media attention when it was announced that four free tickets would be available at each performance to anyone who dressed up as a fisherman or fish.

During the American Repertory Theater run of the play in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in January 2016, Louis Jenkins joined the cast and performed the role of Wayne.