Project- 1 Fable

Act One- Fun and Games

In Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Martha and George are a married couple enjoying an evening at home while having a few drinks. Martha is an older woman in her 50’s and George is a couple of younger in his late 40s. Throughout their evening Martha informs George that they will have some guests over, Honey and Nick. Honey and Nick are a younger couple, Nick works as a professor at the same College that George works and Martha’s father is the president of. When Honey and Nick arrive, they are confronted with a semi-uncomfortable situation; Martha is drinking and she may be a little drunk, George keeps confusing Nick for being a math professor, when he really is a biology professor. Honey and Nick are uncomfortable at first, Martha keeps humiliating George telling them about one time when she knocked him out with a sucker punch while her father was near them. At the end of Act one, George appears with a gun, but it is a fake gun and he shoots is and an umbrella pops out. Honey is scared after he shoots the fake gun and goes to the restroom to vomit.  

                                                    

Act Two- Walpurgisnacht

In the beginning of Act two, George and Nick are in the living room alone, they speak about different events that have happened in their lives. Nick mentions the reason he married Honey was because of a fake pregnancy. George shares with Nick a story about his friend that killed his parents and ended up in the insane asylum, shortly after that they end up arguing. Martha and Honey join them in the living room and Martha starts to tell them about a novel that George wrote and wanted Martha’s father to publish it, George does not want her to continue with the story and attacks Martha. George and Martha seem to be playing games with Honey and Nick, George starts to retell the story that Nick told him about Honey’s fake pregnancy, Honey runs back to the restroom to vomit, George decides to read a book and Martha starts to seduce and dance with Nick. George eventually gets tired and throws his book and Honey comes back wondering what the sound was.

Act Three- Exorcism
In Act Three, Martha is alone and yells for George, Nick and Honey to come out from where they are hiding. Nick and Honey finally appear and George appears to be outside with snapdragons and rings the doorbell. George and Martha start to have more arguments, whether the moon is up or down and then they argue with Nick on how he couldn't keep an erection to have sex with Martha. George brings up a game called "bringing up the baby" and its the final game they will play with Nick and Honey. George brings up a their son, which at first he didn't want Martha to talk about and now Martha doesn't want him to talk about, George starts to talk about their son and accuse Martha of being an overbearing mother and Martha accuses George of messing up his life. In the end of the game George says he received a letter that stated his son was in a car accident, Nick and honey soon realize that George and Martha are lying and are just playing games with them and they leave their house.