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.