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PHOTOS from "The Play About The Baby" at Black Box PAC


By John Posada

originally published: 11/11/2022

(ENGLEWOOD, NJ) -- Black Box's is currently presenting under-produced masterwork: Edward Albee's The Play About The Baby.  This hysterically funny yet mysterious and poignant play features a young couple and the absurdist interruption when a strange man and woman appear. Performances take place November 10-13, 17-20, 26-27, and December 1-4. All performances are at 8:00pm. Photographer John Posada was on hand to take photos.

The production features Michael Gardiner, Danielle MacMath, Jeremy Niles, and Ilana Schimmel. The play is directed by Matt Okin.

Tickets are available for purchase online or at the door (cash only).  Late seating is at the discretion of the management. Masks are always welcome but not required. Since Summer of 2020, BBPAC has offered live theater against all odds by implementing a fluctuating number of safety measures to keep all actors, staff, and audiences safe. BBPAC reserves the right to adjust any health and safety protocols as needed or as might be requested by select guest artists. Please check ticketing links before attending to see if any protocols have changed prior to your visit.

Edward Albee was born on March 12, 1928, and began writing plays 30 years later. His plays include The Zoo Story (1958), The Death of Bessie Smith (1959), The Sandbox (1959), The American Dream (1960), Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1961-62, Tony Award), Tiny Alice (1964), A Delicate Balance (1966, Pulitzer Prize; 1996, Tony Award), All Over (1971), Seascape (1974, Pulitzer Prize), Listening (1975), Counting the Ways (1975), The Lady From Dubuque (1977-78), The Man Who Had Three Arms (1981), Finding the Sun (1982), Marriage Play (1986-87), Three Tall Women (1991, Pulitzer Prize), Fragments (1993), The Play About the Baby (1997), The Goat Or, Who is Sylvia? (2000, 2002 Tony Award), Occupant (2001), At Home At the Zoo: (ACT 1, Homelife. ACT 2, The Zoo Story) (2004), and Me, Myself & I (2008).

Albee is a member of the Dramatists Guild Council, and President of The Edward F. Albee Foundation. Mr. Albee was awarded the Gold Medal in Drama from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters in 1980. In 1996 he received the Kennedy Center Honors and the National Medal of Arts. In 2005, he was awarded a special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement.

Here are more photos from the production.

The Black Box is located at 49 East Palisade Avenue in Englewood, New Jersey. The Black Box is a 501c3 non-profit organization. 

John Posada is a New Jersey based photographer specializing in photographing live theatre and music performances. For more than 15 years, John has photographed live events where he mastered the techniques of timing and capturing fast moving action under challenging lighting conditions. Currently, John has spent the last 3 years concentrating on photographing almost 200 theatre productions for over 70 different theatres. Click here for John's website.




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