Steppenwolf Presents WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?

directed by Pam MacKinnon.  The production features ensemble members Tracy Letts and Amy Morton with Carrie Coon and Madison Dirks. Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? plays December 2, 2010 -13, 2011 in Steppenwolf's Downstairs Theatre, 1650 N. Halsted St.  The press performances are Saturday, December 11 at 3 pm and Tuesday, December 14 at 7:30 pm.
On the campus of a small New England college, George and Martha invite a new professor and his wife home for a nightcap. As the cocktails flow, the young couple finds themselves caught in the crossfire of a savage marital war where the combatants attack the self-deceptions they forged for their own survival. Ensemble members Tracy Letts and Amy Morton face off as one of theatre's most notoriously dysfunctional couples in Albee's hilarious and harrowing masterpiece.
Steppenwolf Theatre Company's production of Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? will be presented by Arena Stage in Washington, D.C. February 25 - April 10, 2011 as part of the The Edward Albee Festival in Arena's inaugural season in its new Mead Center for American Theater.