Two plays become one in Edward Albee’s At Home at the Zoo
Edward Albee first wrote The Zoo Story as a one-act play in 1959, adding Homelife as the first act almost 50 years later. The “complete” play, Edward Albee’s At Home at the Zoo, comes to the Prairie Players stage January 26-29.
Directed by Michael Bennett, At Home at the Zoo is the tale of Peter (played by Zach Hunter), who lives an unremarkable life until his wife (Carmen Peterson) is no longer appeased with the mundane and is distraught over the notion of simply existing without living. An unlikely conversation at the park with a homeless man named Jerry (Ross McIntire) the following day has Peter rethinking his comfortable existence.
At Home at the Zoo covers an array of themes, from isolation to social disparity and dehumanization in an all-too-materialistic world. There are adult themes and language throughout the production.
Edward Albee first wrote The Zoo Story as a one-act play in 1959, adding Homelife as the first act almost 50 years later. The “complete” play, Edward Albee’s At Home at the Zoo, comes to the Prairie Players stage January 26-29.
Directed by Michael Bennett, At Home at the Zoo is the tale of Peter (played by Zach Hunter), who lives an unremarkable life until his wife (Carmen Peterson) is no longer appeased with the mundane and is distraught over the notion of simply existing without living. An unlikely conversation at the park with a homeless man named Jerry (Ross McIntire) the following day has Peter rethinking his comfortable existence.
At Home at the Zoo covers an array of themes, from isolation to social disparity and dehumanization in an all-too-materialistic world. There are adult themes and language throughout the production.