Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf

    George and Martha, so sad, so mad. He teaches history at a small New England college, where her father presides as president. After 23 years of marriage, their lives are now filled with intricate mind games, skewering wit, and countless bottles of gin and whiskey. It is late on a Saturday night, and Martha has invited a new faculty couple over for drinks after one of her father’s parties. When the new couple arrive, they enter a fun house of lies, distortion, and shocking revelations, games in which they learn about themselves, about one another, and about the desperate cost of love. Alternately funny and tragic, the games culminate in an unforgettable catharsis that is both life affirming and illusion-destroying. Directed by Aimé Kelly, Twilight Repertory Theatre’s (TRT) production of Edward Albee’s revised 2005 Broadway revival of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is a unique take on this modern classic story of love and betrayal.

    Truth or illusion...light is light, dark is dark? Drunken laughter lingers and violence sobers. Tenderness mixes with tension as emotions fueled by alcohol run hot, dancing with affection as well as wrath. Fun and games until someone gets hurt, or is death the only chance at new life? Twilight Repertory Theatre’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is sure to delight and provoke thoughtful fright in new and old audiences alike.