[NEohioPAL] PRESS RELEASE: The late Edward Albee's masterwork WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF opens at CVLT on October 21

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Date: 10/11/16

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      *The late Edward Albee's masterwork WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF
      opens at CVLT on *October 21

CHAGRIN FALLS, Ohio - When the eminent American playwright Edward Albee 
passed away at age 88 last month, director Claudia Lillibridge was 
already rehearsing her four-member cast to present his seminal 
blockbuster, WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?, for its October 21 opening 
at Chagrin Valley Little Theatre's River Street Playhouse. The 
six-evening run includes 8 PM performances on Fridays and Saturdays 
through November 5. Tickets are $12, general admission.

WHO'S AFRAID was Albee's Broadway debut and won five Tony Awards, 
including Best Play, in 1963. It ran for more than a year and a half, 
finding its way to the big screen in 1966 with the famous Mike Nichols 
adaptation starring Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor. Albee's 
ruthless and riveting drama has been enthralling and shocking audiences 
ever since.

CVLT's production features actors Rob Walter and Darlene Rocco as 
'George' and 'Martha', the embittered married couple who invite their 
younger counterparts, 'Nick' (John Hickman) and 'Honey' (Jennifer Betz), 
over for a night-cap following a university faculty party. What begins 
as a friendly invitation quickly spirals into a booze-soaked battle of 
psychological warfare, hurtling through the darker sides of marriage, 
academia, and the human condition, to reach an explosive conclusion.

As with all of Albee's works, WHO'S AFRAID holds an often-unflattering 
mirror up to its characters and, by extension, the audience. In 
interviews with the New York Times and The Guardian, Albee described it 
as the writer's job to raise that mirror. "All of my plays are about 
people missing the boat, closing down too young, coming to the end of 
their lives with regret at things not done, as opposed to things done," 
he said. "We're not merely decorative, pleasant, and safe."

CVLT's River Street Playhouse is the venerable non-profit's intimate 
62-seat "black box" stage, offering audiences an up-close seat for the 
withering dialog and emotional fireworks on stage. WHO'S AFRAID was seen 
at CVLT in the same space thirty-four years ago. The script contains 
very strong language and adult themes and is therefore not recommended 
for sensitive audiences or those under age sixteen.

Tickets to WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? are available by phone at 
440-247-8955 or online at CVLT.org. The River Street Playhouse is 
located at 56 River Street, just west of the main CVLT building in 
downtown Chagrin Falls. Seating and parking are limited, and early 
reservations and arrival are recommended.

CVLT is generously funded by Cuyahoga County residents through Cuyahoga 
Arts and Culture and supported by the Ohio Arts Council. CVLT is a proud 
member of the American Association of Community Theatre.

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