Photo Flash: First Look at The Edge Theater's WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?, Opening Tonight

The Edge Theater presents "Who''s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" tonight, July 24, through August 16 at 1560 Teller Street in Lakewood. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast onstage below!

George, a professor at a small college, and his wife, Martha, have just returned home, drunk from a faculty party. Martha has invited a young couple to stop by for a nightcap. When Nick and Honey arrive the charade begins. The drinks flow and suddenly inhibitions melt. George and Martha face off as one of the theater's most notoriously dysfunctional couples in playwright Edward Albee's hilarious and harrowing masterpiece.

Scott Bellot has been cast as George, Emma Messenger as Martha, James O'hagan-Murphy as Nick and Maggy Stacy as Honey.

"Who''s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" won both the 1963 Tony Award for Best Play and the 1962-''63 New York Drama Critics'' Circle Award for Best Play. The film adaptation was released in 1966, written by Ernest Lehman, directed by Mike Nichols, and starring Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, George Segal and Sandy Dennis. It was also selected for the 1963 Pulitzer Prize for Drama by that award's drama jury. However, the award's advisory board -- the trustees of Columbia University -- objected to the play's then-controversial use of profanity and sexual themes, and overruled the award's advisory committee, awarding no Pulitzer Prize for drama in 1963.

Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m.; Thursdays July 30, August 6 & 13 at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, July 26 & August 2 at 6 p.m.; Sunday, August 9 & 16 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $26 and are available online at www.theedgetheater.com or by calling 303-232-0363. The Edge Theatre, 1560 Teller Street, Suite 200, Lakewood CO 80214. Free Parking.

Photo Credit: Rachel D. Graham Photography