The Word for Snow

The Word for Snow
Written byDon DeLillo
CharactersA pilgrim
A professor
MuteJasper Britton
Date premiered27 October 2007 (2007-10-27)
Original languageEnglish

The Word for Snow is a one-act play by Don DeLillo. Inspired by global climate change, the play concerns a pilgrim who seeks out a professor who has fallen silent.

The play was commissioned by the Chicago Humanities Festival and premiered on October 27, 2007, in a production by the Steppenwolf Theatre Company. Subsequent to a West End production in 2012, Manhattan's Karma book store published the manuscript in 2014.

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