online<\/a> or at (510) 841-6500 ext. 303. Discounts available.<\/p>\nProtagonist Martin Gray leads a seemingly normal, good life, as a successful architect with a loving wife and a teenage son. But he has a pretty big secret: He\u2019s in love with a goat named Sylvia. What follows the staggering revelation is a devastating confrontation as the veneer of domestic perfection comes crashing down.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThis play tests the limits of permissiveness,\u201d says director Kevin Clarke. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t moralize on what\u2019s good or bad \u2014 you have to take the characters at face value and believe them when they tell you they\u2019re in love.\u201d Nor does the show shirk from asking or answering tough questions. Martin\u2019s confession is a deeply personal inquiry, driven by Albee\u2019s clever dialogue and disarming comedic timing, into an unyielding ethical interrogation.<\/p>\n
Martin\u2019s revelation forces him to experience his affair through the eyes of his jolted family. A wife must contend with her adulterous husband. A son deals with the realization that parents can be flawed, while also navigating his recent coming-out as gay. A longtime friend struggles with realizing how little he knew. Through Albee\u2019s visceral writing, taboos arise and offer an examination of sexuality and human connection.<\/p>\n
William Giammona plays Martin, a role inaugurated by Bill Pullman during the play\u2019s 2002 Broadway debut. Erin Mei-Ling Stuart returns to the Ashby Stage with a heartfelt portrayal of Martin\u2019s wife, Stevie Gray. The role was previously played by Mercedes Ruehl, earning her a 2002 Tony Award nomination for Best Actress. Stuart last appeared with Shotgun Players in the 2025 world-premiere of Christopher Chen\u2019s \u201cThe Motion.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kevin Singer plays family friend Ross. He was nominated for a San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Award for his performance as George in Shotgun Players\u2019 2025 \u201cSunday in the Park with George.\u201d\u00a0 And Joel Ochoa rounds out the cast playing the Gray\u2019s son, Billy.<\/p>\n
Behind the scenes, designer Liliana Duque Pi\u00f1eiro has set Albee\u2019s most daring work and unforgettable scenes with a set design as bold as the play\u2019s themes.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The playwright, Albee, wrote in a 2005 collection of essays, \u201cYou may, of course, have received the misleading information that the play is about bestiality \u2014 more con than pro. Well, bestiality is discussed during the play (as is flower arranging) but it is a generative matter rather than the \u2018subject.\u2019 The play is about love, and loss, the limits of our tolerance and who, indeed, we really are.\u201d<\/p>\n
Previews start March 21 and the play opens March 28. Tickets are on sale now, and some dates have already sold out.<\/p>\n
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