It seems I have been blessed, or cursed, with a life I have always been able to draw from. When portraying a character, I try to extract substitution from my real life, that’s how I render authentic motivation into my characters. Nick is also a highly complex character maintaining a marriage that has taken advantage of his underlying virtue of loyalty. Yeager: I play Nick, a young man with ambitions of power, wealth and ultimately validation by way of accomplishment. I’ve also had many challenges in my life, as we all have that I hope to overcome. The role does not fit in with my own persona, which has been difficult for me as an actress to present Honey.īusch: To me, Martha is a frustrated woman with regrets in her life that, in her mind, she can no longer rectify. She is referred to as a “mousy type” in the play. Johnson: Honey is an extremely timid and passive character. Spradlin: Briefly describe your character. Every character in this drama is literally in a fight for their life and I find it incredibly challenging to tell their story with true believably. This play created by the brilliant Edward Albee is such a spectacle. In both fiction and real life I am drawn to highly complex people whom on a daily basis must wage war against what life has brought them, and even more so against the life they have created for themselves. Johnson: I loved watching black and white films as a child, so I would watch the film version of “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf.” I found the characters and the dialogue fascinating, so when I heard that CLC was putting on the play, I was thrilled to audition for the chance to play Honey.īusch: Classic plays are always on my bucket list. So who wouldn’t want to direct it? It offers challenging, meaty roles for all of the actors, and the opportunity for a director to work closely with all of them in developing their characters. It was a groundbreaking experience when it was first produced. Sander: “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” is one of the great American plays. His most recent work has included “The King and I” at Pequot Lakes Community Theatre and “Five Women Wearing the Same Dress” at BCT. The production is directed by Michael Sander, veteran of numerous area productions. I believe this play to be one of the greatest pieces of dramatic literature in our history. “This is more than a vanity project for me. “Any actor I’ve ever had a serious conversation with has wanted a chance at this part,” Spradlin stated. The black and white classic of the cinema earned Best Actor and Actress nominations for all four cast members, with Taylor and Dennis winning in their respective categories.īCT director Patrick Spradlin plays the role of George in this upcoming version. Many will be familiar with the 1966 film version of the play, starring real-life husband and wife Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor, and featuring Sandy Dennis and George Segal. The 2005 Broadway revival was reviewed in this way from the Times: “While ‘Virginia Woolf’ may be the most vicious portrait of a marriage this side of Strindberg, it is also - deeply and truly - a love story.” The New York Post wrote at the time, “Scorching and exhilarating … this great play seems to have deepened over the years.” When it debuted on Broadway in 1962, Newsweek called it “a brilliantly original work of art - an excoriating theatrical experience, surging with shocks of recognition and dramatic fire.” The Village Voice proclaimed it to be “… a crucial event in the birth of a contemporary American theatre.” And the New York Times stated “it towers over the common run of contemporary plays.” What transpires is a night of raw truth-telling, attempts at illusion and deceit, and a final reckoning for both couples that leaves them all fundamentally changed, a news release stated. On this particular night a young couple, new to the college community where George is a professor and Martha is daughter to the university president, drop by for a short, polite visit. The play takes place on one late night at the home of Martha and George, a couple who’ve been married for years and who have each swallowed much resentment, disappointment and pain. With a title inspired by graffiti Albee saw scrawled on a New York bar’s restroom mirror, “Virginia Woolf” is a classic of contemporary drama.
Edward Albee’s “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” will hit the Chalberg Theatre stage with performances at 7 p.m.
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