STATEN ISLAND, NY \u2014 Sea View Playwright\u2019s Theatre will open Edward Albee\u2019s Pulitzer Prize-winning play \u201cThree Tall Women\u201d today for a two-weekend run at its Staten Island location.<\/p>\n
The production features Regina Paleau as \u201cA\u201d, Cheryl Grogan-Wagner as \u201cB,\u201d and Emma White as \u201cC,\u201d under the direction of Craig Stoebling. The show will run for five performances through Nov. 23.<\/p>\n
Albee\u2019s play tells the story of three women in two distinct parts. The first half presents a naturalistic conversation between a wealthy nonagenarian known as \u201cA,\u201d her middle-aged caretaker \u201cB,\u201d and a young lawyer \u201cC.\u201d In the second half, the three women transform into personifications of the same woman at different ages \u2014 92, 52, and 26 \u2014 as they confront her life, memories and regrets.<\/p>\n
The play is largely autobiographical and based on Albee\u2019s contentious relationship with his adopted mother. It explores themes of aging, memory, and self-deception through the interactions of the three characters.<\/p>\n
\u201cThree Tall Women\u201d premiered off-Broadway in 1994 and won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama that year. The play made its London West End debut in 1995, featuring Maggie Smith in the role of \u201cA,\u201d and returned to Broadway in 2018 with Glenda Jackson as \u201cA\u201d and Laurie Metcalf as \u201cB,\u201d winning the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play.<\/p>\n
Albee has long been considered one of America\u2019s foremost playwrights. His works include \u201cThe Zoo Story,\u201d \u201cWho\u2019s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?\u201d and \u201cThe Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?\u201d In 2023, Sea View Playwright\u2019s Theatre produced Albee\u2019s \u201cWho\u2019s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?\u201d and \u201cAt Home at the Zoo,\u201d which were partially funded by a NYSCA grant through Staten Island Arts.<\/p>\n
Performances of \u201cThree Tall Women\u201d are scheduled for today, Saturday, Nov. 15, at 8 p.m.; Sunday, Nov. 16, at 2 p.m.; Friday, Nov. 21, at 8 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 22, at 8 p.m., and Sunday, Nov. 23, at 2 p.m. The theater is located at 460 Brielle Ave., Sea View. <\/p>\n
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