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WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION NOMINATION FOR SMALL THEATRE COMPANY . meet our director for the lion in winter CAST ANNOUNCEMENT COMING SOON! Allison Olivia Choat (she/ they) is thrilled to return to Theater UnCorked after directing the company's inaugural production of Sweeney Todd back in 2018.
Edward Albee’s classic play, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf follows a middle-aged couple, George and Martha, as they manage the vulnerabilities of their marriage. George, a college professor, and his wife Martha, return to their home after a university faculty party where much alcohol was ingested.
Think about it: the title comes from a joke. It's a parody of "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?" from Disney's The Three Little Pigs. Some unknown person sang the parody at the party that the characters attended earlier, and it was apparently hilarious. Notice, though, that Albee never tells us in what context the little ditty was sung.
In the end, Berenger's sweetheart, Daisy, succumbs to the pressure of society, relinquishes her individualism, and joins the society of rhinoceroses — not because she wants to, but rather because she is afraid not to. She cannot revolt against society even to remain a human being. Berenger is left alone totally isolated, with his individualism.
To be afraid of “Virginia Woolf,” as Martha says she is at the play’s conclusion, is to admit a very human fear about the lack of inherent meaning in one’s existence. In order to feel fear, one has to have shed all of the illusions which had previously seemed to give life meaning.
Late one night, after a university faculty soirée, George and Martha welcome a younger couple into their home. As the alcohol flows and dawn approaches, the young couple are drawn into George and Martha’s toxic games until the evening reaches its climax in a moment of devastating truth-telling. Directed by Artistic Director Brendan Healy ...
14 de oct. de 2012 · Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? From left, Amy Morton, Tracy Letts, Madison Dirks and Carrie Coon star in a revival of this Edward Albee classic, which opened Saturday at the Booth Theater.
