Edward
Albee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Script opens November
16
The Berea College Theatre Laboratory continues its 2005-2006
performing season with the provocative and chilling Who’s
Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee, opening on the Mainstage
November 16.
Considered perhaps one of the greatest living playwrights
of the contemporary American theatre, Edward Albee offers a shocking
and frightening look at marital discord set amidst the bucolic
atmosphere of a New England liberal arts college. Who’s
Afraid of Virginia Woolf? opened in New York in 1962 and won
both the Drama Critic Circle Award and the Tony Award for Best
Play during that season. It was made into a famous film in 1966
starring then husband and wife team Elizabeth Taylor and Richard
Burton as the warring couple, George and Martha. The play recently
enjoyed a successful Broadway revival with Kathleen Turner and
Bill Irwin in the leading roles.
Senior theatre major Dorrie Pruvenok directs the production. “I
had no idea on a certain cold rainy Saturday night when I first
read the script that I would embark upon a journey that has taken
me over three years. It has been a constant test of endurance,
trust, and flexibility.” Who’s Afraid of Virginia
Woolf? features Jarrid K. Looney and Sarah Griffin as George
and Martha, in addition to Jason Bergstrom and Bethany Holmquist
as Honey and Nick, the young couple who find themselves in the
crossfire.
Performances for Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? are 8pm
November 16-19 in the McGaw Theatre. Tickets range in price from
$5 to $10 and can be reserved by calling the Theatre Box Office
at 985-3300 Monday through Friday from 1-5pm. Berea College students
are admitted free of charge. As a service to the community, a
sign-interpreted performance will be offered Friday, November
18. Enlarge-type programs and special parking and seating services
are also offered upon request.
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? contains adult language
and situations and is not suitable for children.
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