Edward Albee’s award-winning play remains a classic with bite and contemporary meaning, and, as is often the case, whatever a daring cast brings to his bitterly cynical scenario becomes the gauge for a successful production. Veteran actor Michael Roark has the considerable directorial challenge here, and his cast intrigues, with Melissa Bedinger-Hade and Ed Amatrudo as Martha and George, denizens of academia who represent the epitome of dysfunctional middle-aged wedded, uh, bliss. Matthew Scott Baxter and Starina Johnson are Nick and Honey, the young married couple who become pawns in their hosts’ parlor games. Brace yourself for strong language and an even stronger emotional thrust.
Wednesdays-Sundays. Starts: March 19. Continues through April 3, 2010
