Don't Drink the Water is a
play written by
Woody Allen that premiered on
Broadway on November 17, 1966, and played for 598 performances at three different Broadway theaters. The
farce takes place inside an
American Embassy behind the
Iron Curtain. Although Allen contributed material for the 1960 Broadway musical revue
From A to Z, this was his first professionally produced play. The play was described as being "near the hit line", "one big overfed American folk joke" and "a very funny situation comedy" by critic
Otis L. Guernsey.