Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf at FIM Flint Repertory Theatre

New opening date for FIM Flint Repertory Theatre production of Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf

NEW DATES: March 28– April 7

COST: $22 - $27

INFO: https://thefim.org/event/virginia-woolf/

FIM Flint Repertory Theatre will open Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf March 28 instead of March 22 due to a change in cast. The production will run through April 7 at FIM Elgood Theatre. The play stars Emily Townley and Flint Rep Associate Artist Rico Bruce Wade and is directed by Joshua Morgan.

It’s 2 a.m. and George and Martha are just getting started. The middle-aged married couple, a once-promising historian and his boss’s frustrated daughter, welcome a younger professor and his wife for a nightcap—only to ensnare them in increasingly dangerous rounds of fun and games. An unblinking portrait of two American marriages, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf is Edward Albee’s explosively comedic and harrowingly profound masterpiece.

In addition to Townley and Wade, the cast of includes Flint Rep Associate Artists Kevin O’Callaghan as Nick and Amanda Kuo as Honey.

“We couldn’t be more excited to produce this fresh and dangerous new take on Edward Albee’s darkly funny and unsettling play,” says Flint Rep Producing Artistic Director Michael Lluberes. “George and Martha are two of the greatest roles in the American theatre and they’re being played by two of our finest actors. The play is a ferocious and dazzling emotional boxing match and there’s no better way to experience it than in the intimate Elgood Theatre.”

The play features scenic and costume design by Scott Penner, lighting design by Mike Billings, sound design by Taylor J. Williams, fight and intimacy direction by Alexis Black and is stage managed by Ernie Fimbres.

Emily Townley (Martha) is a company member at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company in Washington, DC, where previous credits include Teenage Dick, Taylor Mac's HIR, The Arsonists, The Totalitarians (Helen Hayes Award nomination, Outstanding Lead Actress), Detroit, Bright New Boise, Maria/Stuart, The House of Gold, Spain, Fuddy Meers, Wonder of the World and Watbanaland. Other select DC credits include: Edward Albee's The Goat, or Who Is Syliva? for Rep Stage; The Amateurs, Comedy of Tenors and Bad Dog for Olney Theatre Center; How I Learned To Drive and The Sisterhood for Round House Theatre; Twelfth Night (Helen Hayes Award, Outstanding Play) and Romeo and Juliet for the Shakespeare Theatre Company; The Mystery of Love and Sex for Signature Theatre; Between Riverside and Crazy, Laugh, Skin Tight, Rock N' Roll, The Bright and Bold Design for Studio Theatre and Unseen for Mosaic Theatre. Select regional credits include The Game's Afoot and All My Sons for Gulfshore Playhouse and Teenage Dick for the Huntington Theatre and Pasadena Playhouse.

Rico Bruce Wade (George) has appeared in numerous Flint Rep productions, including Death of a Salesman, The Boatman and Into The Woods. Other credits include Ixion Ensemble's production of Broke-ology, Clarence Brown Theatre’s production of Trouble in Mind, and Williamston Theatre’s production of Blue Door. He worked extensively with Second City-Detroit, collaborating on more than a dozen revues. His film work includes Ken Nelson's Sincerely, Brenda, Scot Magie's 490 and Jeff Wray's Songs for My Right Side. In 2022, he was the recipient of an Ohio Valley Regional Emmy award for his performance in Learning Through Art – A Black Anthology of Music. Wade is also an instructor at Wayne State University and has been a teaching artist with the Detroit Creativity Project, Planet Ant Theatre and the Michigan Actors Studio.

Joshua Morgan (Director) is an actor and director based in New York City. Before moving to New York, he founded and ran the first dual-city theater company that was based out of Washington DC and Winston-Salem, North Carolina, which won the Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Emerging Theater Company in its first year. Before that, he directed the first-ever children’s web series that was incorporated into student curriculum throughout the southeast. Some personal favorite projects he has helmed include the regional premieres of Andrew Hinderaker’s Suicide, Incorporated, Madhuri Shekar’s In Love and Warcraft (Helen Hayes Award nomination for outstanding direction) and Toni Press-Coffman’s Touch. He’s a University of North Carolina School of the Arts alum.

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