The Village Players are excited to present the American classic “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” to a new generation of theater-goers this summer. Actors are deep into rehearsals for this summer’s production, which opens July 28 in Wolfeboro.

“Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”, first produced in 1962, went on to win the Tony Award and the New York Drama Critics’ Circle award for best play, launching playwright Edward Albee into the forefront of American theater. This intensely compelling work delves into human relationships and the masks we wear before others– the stories we tell other people and that we tell ourselves. George and Martha seem like a fun-loving couple when they invite Nick and Honey over for drinks, but the evening of fun and games turns into verbal sparring, cruelty, and betrayal. What follows is an intense and psychologically gripping battle of wits and emotions that exposes the fragile nature of their own lives.

Director Jay Sydow points out that this play has been an amazing departure from the fun, light-hearted, no-thinking-required productions he is used to bringing to the stage.  “Everything I learned in American Literature in high school came flooding back to me.  This production has been a great deal of work for all involved, and I am extremely grateful for their dedication and conviction to bring this play to life.” 

Director: Jay Sydow
Assistant Director: Joshua Spaulding
Advisor: Carol Bense
Producer: Cathy Fraser

The Cast

Martha: Michaela Andruzzi
George: Bob Rautenberg
Nick: Robby Sturtevant
Honey: Amanda Wagner

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is generously sponsored by Linda Penney and Keith Lion. Thank you!

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. (www.dramatists.com)