Arena Stage Season Continues With AT HOME AT THE ZOO and RUINED

Edward Albee's At Home at the Zoo 

Part of the Edward Albee Festival
February 18 - April 17, 2011 / in the Kogod Cradle
American master Edward Albee has outdone himself once again with a riveting new drama that expands on the one-act that launched his career 50 years ago, The Zoo Story. In this meticulous and nuanced look at the lives of three New Yorkers, an everyday conversation between a husband and wife takes an unexpected turn into dangerously personal territory. The revelations and confrontations catapult them from their delicately balanced world onto life-changing paths. With the intensity and honesty for which Albee is known, At Home at the Zoo reveals the cutting truth about the razor's edge of our humanity.

Ruined
By Lynn Nottage / Directed by Charles Randolph-Wright
April 22 - June 5, 2011 / in the Fichandler
In war-torn Congo, Mama Nadi keeps the peace between customers on both sides of the civil war by serving everything from cold beers to warm beds. Inspired by interviews conducted in Africa, Ruined was the most honored play in 2009, winning the the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, as well as Best Play awards from the Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel, Obie, New York Drama Critics' Circle and Outer Critics Circle. This searing play is an engrossing and uncommonly human story told with humor and song, revealing the immeasurable loss and hopelessness of war, yet finding affirmation in life and hope.

Production to be named at a later date
May 6, 2011 - June 19, 2011 / in the Kreeger

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