The Guys is a play by Anne Nelson about the aftereffects of the collapse of the World Trade Center.
In the play, Joan, an editor, helps Nick, a New York Fire Department captain, prepare the eulogies for the eight firefighters who died under his command that day,[1] out of a crew of twelve.
[2] The play debuted off-Broadway at The Flea Theater on December 4, 2001, directed by Jim Simpson and starring Sigourney Weaver and Bill Murray.
Since 2001, The Guys has been presented in 48 US states and in the Czech Republic, Argentina, Japan, Italy and Poland.
They also star in a 2002 film adaptation, for which Weaver was nominated for a Golden Satellite Award for best performance by an actress.