There are a few reasons why Edward Albee’s Tony- Award-winning, Pulitzer-Prize-finalist play “The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?” is the right play for right now.
Written 25 years ago, long before “GOAT” emerged as an acronym for “greatest of all time,” Albee’s surrealistic stage drama/tragedy examines some of society’s most time-honored staples – family, morality, love, societal expectations, gender norms, and more. It revolves around a seemingly typical family – a loving couple and their teen son – that falls apart when the husband/father falls in love with a goat.
Albee constructed the one-hour, 45-minute production like a Greek tragedy, and he invites (maybe demands is a better word for it) audiences to examine their own feelings and judgments about the shocking turn of events. Berkeley’s Shotgun Players present the play on Ashby Stage, 1901 Ashby Ave. Directed by Kevin Clarke and starring William Giammona as the husband/father, the production just got extended through May 3.
Tickets are $40-$80 and going fast at shotgunplayers.org.
Copyright © 2026 Bay City News, Inc. All rights reserved. Republication, rebroadcast or redistribution without the express written consent of Bay City News, Inc. is prohibited. Bay City News is a 24/7 news service covering the greater Bay Area.