Three Tall Women
by Edward Albee
directed by Richard Barber
September 16 - October 16, 2011
Earning a Pulitzer and three Best Play awards for 1994, Edward Albee has, in Three Tall Women, created a masterwork of modern theatre. As an imperious, acerbic old woman lies dying, she is tended by two other women and visited by a young man. Albee’s frank dialogue about everything from incontinence to infidelity portrays aging without sentimentality. His scenes are charged with the most amazing wit, pain and laughter. His probing portrait of the three women reveals Albee’s genius. These “tall women” lay bare the truths of our lives-how we live, how we love, what we settle for, and how we die.
THE STORY: A young lawyer, "C," has been sent to the home of a client, a ninety-two-year-old woman, "A," to sort out her finances. "A," frail, perhaps a bit senile, resists and is of no help to "C." Along with "B," the old woman's matronly paid companion/caretaker, "C" tries to convince "A" that she must concentrate on the matters at hand. In "A's" beautifully appointed bedroom, she prods, discusses and bickers with "B" and "C," her captives. "A's" long life is laid out for display, no holds barred. She cascades from regal and charming to vicious and wretched as she wonders about and remembers her life: her husband and their cold, passionless marriage; her son and their estrangement. How did she become this? Who is she?
“A truly moving work . . . an undeniably affecting emotional care and a shimmering black sense of humor . . . essential for anyone interested in the forces that have shaped this influential writer.”
- Ben Brantley, New York Times
Show Info
Runtime: Approx. 2 hours (with one 15 minute intermission)
Showtimes:
- Thursdays (October 6th & 13th) - 8:00p.m. / $10
- Fridays - 8:00 p.m. / $17
- Saturdays - 8:00 p.m. / $17
- Sundays - 2:00 p.m. / $15
Show Resources
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