When Edward Albee\u2019s play Who\u2019s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?<\/i> debuted in 1962, it immediately made headlines. The play was initially chosen to receive the 1963 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, but the advisory board withheld the prize. With sexual themes, coarse language, and heavy psychological content, it became a controversial hit.<\/p>\n
From April 6 through May 1, Who\u2019s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?<\/i> will be presented by partner company in residence, Immediate Theatre Project as part of NC Stage\u2019s mainstage season.<\/p>\n
After a faculty party at the university where George teaches history, he and his wife Martha return home. The tension between the two quickly becomes obvious. Martha tells George that she has invited Nick\u2014a new hire in the school\u2019s science department\u2014and his wife Honey over for an evening of fun and games. Any shred of civility dissipates as the deepest secrets and fears begin coming to light.<\/p>\n
Michael MacCauley and Callan White take on the roles of George and Martha, with Julia VanderVeen and Lucky Gretzinger as Honey and Nick. Director Hans Meyer says he has wanted to direct this play for more than 20 years.<\/p>\n
Lucky says, \u201cThis play is bananas. It really is. It makes all the sense in the world, but only through the strangest lens\u2026 It\u2019s a bouncy house of psychology and emotion, and that\u2019s always<\/i> going to be fun to watch.\u201d<\/p>\n