The Gin Game is a two-person, two-act play by Donald L. Coburn that premiered at American Theater Arts in Hollywood in September 1976, directed by Kip Niven.
Weller Martin and Fonsia Dorsey, two elderly residents at a nursing home for senior citizens, strike up an acquaintance.
The play premiered in a production by American Theatre Arts in Los Angeles, California in September 1976, directed by Kip Niven and with actors, Carol Locatell and John Terry Bell creating the roles of Fonsia and Weller.
The Variety reviewer wrote: "Some of the actors' movements in the early going could be smoother and less artificial, and the climactic moments of the final scene are more baffling than illuminating, but overall, Charles Nelson Reilly's direction reflects a keen sensitivity to the play's finer, unspoken points.
"[7] The play was revived on Broadway in a limited run, at the John Golden Theatre, on September 23, 2015 in previews, officially on October 14, 2015.
The Pulitzer jury, in awarding the prize, said: "The one new play...of sufficient originality, invention and staying power was 'The Gin Game'".