{"id":3767,"date":"2018-10-22T20:38:36","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T00:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/?p=3767"},"modified":"2018-10-22T20:40:41","modified_gmt":"2018-10-23T00:40:41","slug":"whos-afraid-of-virginia-woolf-this-week-in-berkeley-springs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/?p=3767","title":{"rendered":"Who\u2019s Afraid of Virginia Woolf This Week in Berkeley Springs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Morgan Arts Council presents Who\u2019s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? for four more performances \u2013 Wednesday through Saturday of this week \u2013 October 23 to October 26 at the Ice House in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zy5qT4oNM3E\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/macicehouse.org\/events\/whos-afraid-of-virginia-woolf\/\">Book online here<\/a> or call 304-258-2300 to reserve seats.<\/p>\n<p>Who\u2019s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? examines the complexities of the marriage of a middle-aged couple, Martha and George.<\/p>\n<p>Late one evening, after a university faculty party, they receive an unwitting younger couple, Nick and Honey, as guests, and draw them into their bitter and frustrated relationship.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe the audience often can\u2019t tell whether George and Martha are sparring for fun or sparring for real,\u201d director Tom Brooks told Russell Mokhiber of <em>This Week in Morgan County.<\/em> \u201cAnd we don\u2019t know what it\u2019s about. Is it about alcoholism? Not really. Is it about abuse? I guess to a certain level. Not physical abuse. But the thing is \u2013 George and Martha love each other. Which may not be apparent at first.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a younger couple who come to the house. There are only four people in the cast. The older couple and the younger couple. The play takes place in real time, from just after 2 o\u2019clock in the morning to just after dawn.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brooks says that the play was written in 1962 and at that time \u201cpeople didn\u2019t talk that way to each other.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat wasn\u2019t the norm. The norm was the American dream. We\u2019ve got a little house in the suburbs and we are pleasant to each other. Well, George and Martha don\u2019t follow those rules.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The play was written by Edward Albee and it was his breakthrough play. Why was it so successful?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA critic, who attended the opening night was listening to people during the first and second intermissions talking to each other. And the people were saying \u2013 people don\u2019t talk to each other this way. Nobody behaves like this. But no one left. They all went back into the theater for the next excursion into the darkness to find the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brooks says the play is a cautionary tale.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe like to see the struggle and survival,\u201d Brooks said. \u201cPeople like stories of survival. George and Martha are lost. How do they find their way? And do they? At the end of the day, you will have to decide what happens.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Morgan Arts Council presents Who\u2019s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? for four more performances \u2013 Wednesday through Saturday of this week \u2013 October 23 to October 26 at the Ice House in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia. 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