The Goat, Or Who is Sylvia?

When: Friday, April 18, 2008, 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

Where: Baton Rouge Little Theatre, 7155 Florida Blvd., Baton Rouge

Cost: $15

Age limit: 18+

Description: The Goat, Or Who is Sylvia? by Edward Albee
Directed by Keith Dixon

Featuring:
Bill Martin as Martin

Jennifer Johnson as Stevie

Michael Katchmer as Ross

Ronald Coats as Billy

April 11 - 20, 2008

Tickets $15

PLEASE NOTE: This production contains strong language and adult themes.

Scroll down to read the Advocate article.

Three-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Edward Albee's most provocative, daring, and controversial play since WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?, THE GOAT won four major awards for best new play of the year (Tony, New York Drama Critics Circle, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle). In the play, Martin, a successful architect who has just turned fifty, leads an ostensibly ideal life with his loving wife and gay teenage son. But when he confides to his best friend that he is also in love with a goat (named Sylvia), he sets in motion events that will destroy his family and leave his life in tatters.
The playwright himself describes it this way: "Every civilization sets quite arbitrary limits to its tolerances. The play is about a family that is deeply rocked by an unimaginable event and how they solve that problem. It is my hope that people will think afresh about whether or not all the values they hold are valid."

There will be a post-show discussion on Sunday, April 13, with the director and cast, focusing on Albee's themes and reactions to the piece.