![]() ![]() and George and Martha are returning home after a night of drinks at a faculty party. The horror and anxiety of being trapped in a beyond-awkward situation remain but those feelings are tempered by a few moments in which the audience can breathe - until the next round of battling begins.Īs Edward Albee’s 1962 masterpiece opens, it’s already 2 a.m. Director Matthew MacDermid has ever so slightly lightened the play from some of the darker versions I’ve viewed over the years. They are ultimately tragic, at times comical but always compelling. ![]() It has been years since I have dropped in on George and Martha, the sniping hosts of one of theater’s most uncomfortable social gatherings in “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf.” The quarrelsome couple is onstage in a production by Oviedo’s The Ensemble Company, and as embodied by David Lowe and Janine Papin are in fine form.Īnd by fine form, I mean as complicated as ever. ![]()
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