Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts and Deaf West Theatre, the performing arts organizations behind the Tony Award-nominated and Ovation Award-winning revival of “Spring Awakening” reunite to present “Edward Albee’s At Home at the Zoo” from March 10 to 26, with previews beginning March 7.

Troy Kotsur will play the role of Peter.
“We are thrilled to continue our partnership with Deaf West Theatre after the great success of Spring Awakening,” said Paul Crewes, The Wallis’ artistic director. “Edward Albee was one of the great American playwrights, and this particular piece explores ongoing themes across his own career, combining two master works – The Zoo Story and Homelife – that really bookend Albee’s life. This collaboration between The Wallis and Deaf West Theatre will be a powerful and engaging theatrical experience for all.”
Originally titled “Peter & Jerry,” “Edward Albee’s At Home at the Zoo” combines Albee’s classic short play “The Zoo Story” (1959) with its prequel, “Homelife” (2004). The play begins with Homelife, and offers a revealing look at Peter and Ann’s arid marriage, their missed attempts to communicate and the loneliness within their shared life. The tension escalates in the next act. While reading on a Central Park bench, a stranger walks up to Peter and declares that he has “been to the zoo!” The man, Jerry, begins to tell tale after tale, probing deep into Peter’s life and attempting to take the bench for himself.
“The success that came from ‘Spring Awakening’ has renewed our vigor in educating the world at large about our language and our culture while also advancing the appreciation of sign language theater,” said Deaf West Theatre’s Artistic Director DJ Kurs. “It’s the projects like ‘Edward Albee’s At Home at the Zoo’ that excite me the most.”
The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts’ Lovelace Studio Theater is located at 9390 N. Santa Monica Blvd. in Beverly Hills.
For information, visit thewallis.org.











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