The Barn Theatre, Southwick Community Centre
March 12, 13, 14 & 15 2025
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
by Edward Albee
Directed by
Dan Dryer
PLEASE NOTE THIS PRODUCTION STARTS AT 19.30
YouTube trailer link
Cast
Emily Dennett – Martha
Dan Dryer – George
Esther Dracott – Honey
Rich Jayston – Nick
Taking place during the course of one brutal and hilarious night.
George, a college professor and his wife Martha invite a young couple back for drinks after a faculty party. As the alcohol flows, their guests are coerced into witnessing and participating in George and Martha’s sadistic game-playing and vitriolic verbal scrapping, revealing shocking secrets.
A sensation when first staged on Broadway in 1962, Who’s Afraid of Viginia Woolf? was soon established as one of the great plays in post-war American drama, winning both a Tony Award and New York Drama Critics’ Circle award.
Its reputation was further advanced by the 1966 film adaptation starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton.
Over sixty years on from its premier, it is now seen as one of the most influential and highly regarded plays in American literature.
