Audience shocker comes to Amarillo

(Amarillo, TX) - Edward Albee won the Tony Award for Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, his first major play, in which a college professor and his wife invite a younger academic and his wife over for drinks after a late-night party, leading to an evening of sadistic games, attempted seductions and shattering revelations. The Amarillo Little Theatre brings the play to its Adventure Space, April 7 – 17. Drop in for drinks and brace yourself!

GoodReads.com says that, since Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf’s 1962 debut, “audiences and critics alike could not get enough of Edward Albee's masterful play. A dark comedy, it portrays husband and wife George and Martha in a searing night of dangerous fun and games.

“By the evening's end, a stunning, almost unbearable revelation provides a climax that has shocked audiences for years. With the play's razor-sharp dialogue and the stripping away of social pretense, Newsweek rightly foresaw Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? as ‘a brilliantly original work of art--an excoriating theatrical experience, surging with shocks of recognition and dramatic fire [that] will be igniting Broadway for some time to come.'"

The play jumped from Broadway to film to become a major movie in 1966, starring Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor. It now is a staple of local theatre companies.

The cast of ALT’s production includes George - Don Washburn, Martha - Heather Manderson, Nick - Michael Froschheiser and Honey - Marlee Wall.

Performances are April 7 – 17, at ALT's Adventure Space is located at 2751 Civic Circle. The Adventure Space is a flexible, black box theatre space, which can seat 180. Tickets are $19-$21 with discounts for students, senior, and children, and are available by calling (806) 355-9991.

Amarillo Little Theatre is dedicated to the promotion and furtherance of live, nonprofit community theatre as an art form, stressing local and area participation in every facet of theatre production.

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