The Zoo Story takes to Pavilion theatre stage

THE ACCLAIMED ONE-ACT PLAY WILL BE PERFORMED FROM FEB. 9 TO FEB. 11

KAMLOOPS THISWEEK

A classic one-act play will be performed over three days this week at Pavilion Theatre.

Edward Albee’s The Zoo Story will run from Thursday, Feb. 9, to Saturday, Feb. 11, at the theatre at Lorne Street and 10th Avenue, just east of downtown.

The play saw offBroadway success in the early 1960s.

The one-act production follows Jerry and Peter, two men of different backgrounds who meet one day in New York City’s Central Park, with the encounter changing their lives forever.

Albee was a Pulitzer prize-winning author who also penned Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? from People In Motion, the Kamloops Brain Injury, the Kamloops Stroke Recovery Association and the Kamloops branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association.

Kamloops actors Brandon Reid (who plays Jerry ) and Derek Rein (who portrays Peter) will be directed by Dusan Magdolen.

Showtime is 7:30 p.m. each night. Tickets are available online at kamloopslive.ca or by phone at 250-374-5483.

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