EDWARD ALBEE: FROM A TO ZOO
AN EXCLUSIVE STAGED READING SERIES OF ALL OF EDWARD ALBEE'S PLAYS AT THE BLACK BOX
The Black Box, in association with The Estate of Edward Albee, presents EDWARD ALBEE: FROM A TO ZOO, AN EXCLUSIVE STAGED READING SERIES OF EDWARD ALBEE'S PLAYS. From the masterworks to the rarely and almost never seen - and including some hidden gems from the Albee canon - this monthly series will be followed by a conversation with the cast, director, and Jakob Holder, Executive Director of The Edward F. Albee Foundation and Mr. Albee's longest serving assistant. Additional guests will soon be announced. General admission seating is FREE yet limited for each evening in this series. House opens approx. 7pm.
Wednesday May 24 7:30pm: The Sandbox (1959) & The American Dream (1960)
Wednesday June 28 7:30pm: Marriage Play & Finding the Sun (1987)
Monday July 24 7:30pm: The Man Who Had Three Arms (1983)
Wednesday August 30 7:30pm: Malcolm (1966)
Wednesday September 27 7:30pm: Listening and
Counting the Ways (1976)
Wednesday October 25 at 7:30pm: Fragments (1993)
Wednesday November 15 at 7:30pm: The Lady from Dubuque (1980)
Wednesday December 13 at 7:30pm: The Play About the Baby (1998)
Edward Albee was born on March 12, 1928, and began writing plays 30 years later. His plays include THE ZOO STORY (1958), THE DEATH OF BESSIE SMITH (1959), THE SANDBOX (1959), THE AMERICAN DREAM (1960), WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? (1961-62, Tony Award), TINY ALICE (1964), A DELICATE BALANCE (1966, Pulitzer Prize; 1996, Tony Award), ALL OVER (1971), SEASCAPE (1974, Pulitzer Prize), LISTENING (1975), COUNTING THE WAYS (1975), THE LADY FROM DUBUQUE (1977-78), THE MAN WHO HAD THREE ARMS (1981), FINDING THE SUN (1982), MARRIAGE PLAY (1986-87), THREE TALL WOMEN (1991, Pulitzer Prize), FRAGMENTS (1993), THE PLAY ABOUT THE BABY (1997), THE GOAT OR, WHO IS SYLVIA? (2000, 2002 Tony Award), OCCUPANT (2001), AT HOME AT THE ZOO: (ACT 1, HOMELIFE. ACT 2, THE ZOO STORY.) (2004), and ME, MYSELF & I (2008). Mr. Albee was awarded the Gold Medal in Drama from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters in 1980. In 1996 he received the Kennedy Center Honors and the National Medal of Arts. In 2005, he was awarded a special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement.