REVIEWS
Review: George and Martha Redux in ‘Everyone’s Fine With Virginia Woolf’
Critics' Pick
Ben Brantley
The New York Times
"Ms. Scelsa has a take-no-prisoners approach to satire that sends deconstructionist theories of feminist and gender studies way up into the ether, where they flare and fizzle like fireworks."
The Men Are Not Fine in Everyone's Fine With Virginia Woolf
Pete Hempstead
TheaterMania
"Scelsa's witty, trenchant parody of Albee's play packs a thesis-worth of critique on the way men perceive and portray skewed images of women through the distorted lens of the American patriarchy."
‘Everyone’s Fine With Virginia Woolf’ Gives Albee a Good Spank Over the Knee
David Cote
Observer
"Who’s afraid of the Albee estate? Not Scelsa. Her breezily intertextual, polysexual, queer-feminist dance remix reclaims that barren harridan Martha in the name of parody. Here’s a fruity summer cocktail for folks who like their yuks broad and their literary cuts deep."
Everyone’s Fine with Virginia Woolf, Abrons Arts Center, New York — consistently hilarious
Max McGuinness
Financial Times
"Kate Scelsa’s new riff on Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? tears up (the) template and sticks the pieces back together like a Dadaist poem."
EVERYONE'S FINE WITH VIRGINIA WOOLF
Carol Rocamora
Theater Pizzazz
"Albee's play has unleashed the unbridled imagination of actress/playwright Kate Scelsa... standing the play on its head and lampooning its male and female stereotypes. The result is... a wild and wonderful romp that will make your head spin (as well as your belly ache from laughing."
Elevator Repair Service’s ‘Everyone’s Fine With Virginia Woolf’ is One Helluva Ride
Ryan Leeds
Manhattan Digest
"Who run the world? Beyoncé and playwright Kate Scelsa both agree that is, indeed, 'Girls.' Actually, in the case of her new play, Everyone’s Fine with Virginia Woolf, Sclesa argues that it’s women who run the world-powerful women who have been demonized for defying societal expectations. She couldn’t be more right."
Review: Everyone’s Fine With Virginia Woolf at Dublin Theatre Festival
Chris McCormack
Exeunt Magazine
"This seems like new ground not only for Elevator Repair Service – a company making rigorous interpretations of American literature – but for anyone looking to address the male-authored canon. After a striking collapse of Louisa Thompson’s living room set, and the arrival of a paranormal PhD student (Lindsay Hockaday), come profound words about women. They should be written about as if they’re in the audience, no less than they’re in society.".
INTERVIEWS
Arena With Seán Rocks
RTE Radio 1 - Ireland
Radio interview for the Dublin Theatre Festival with Seán Rocks
RTE Radio 1 - Ireland
Radio interview for the Dublin Theatre Festival with Seán Rocks
How Hillary Clinton Inspired a Hilarious Reimagining, Everyone’s Fine With Virginia Woolf
Bedford+Bowery
Profile by Angelica Frey
Bedford+Bowery
Profile by Angelica Frey
LISTINGS
To Do: June 13-27, 2018
New York Magazine
1. See Everyone’s Fine With Virginia Woolf
Martha strikes back.
The always-fascinating Elevator Repair Service debuts a new play by ensemble member Kate Scelsa. Part homage to Edward Albee’s classic Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and part feminist evisceration of it, it promises a wild evening of subverted power dynamics and fierce “revenge on an unsuspecting patriarchy.” —Sara Holdren
Abrons Arts Center, 466 Grand Street, through June 30
To Do: June 13-27, 2018
New York Magazine
1. See Everyone’s Fine With Virginia Woolf
Martha strikes back.
The always-fascinating Elevator Repair Service debuts a new play by ensemble member Kate Scelsa. Part homage to Edward Albee’s classic Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and part feminist evisceration of it, it promises a wild evening of subverted power dynamics and fierce “revenge on an unsuspecting patriarchy.” —Sara Holdren
Abrons Arts Center, 466 Grand Street, through June 30
Abrons Arts Center Season Includes a Parody of an Albee Classic
The New York Times
Elevator Repair Service, whose stage adaptations of “The Sound and the Fury” and “The Great Gatsby” (a verbatim reading called “Gatz”) have earned awards and critical praise, is turning to Albee’s masterpiece for its latest production, written by Kate Scelsa, a member of the company. In the irreverent parody, “rubbing alcohol will be consumed, imaginary pregnancies will be indulged, and gender constructs will be destroyed once and for all,” the troupe said in a statement.
The New York Times
Elevator Repair Service, whose stage adaptations of “The Sound and the Fury” and “The Great Gatsby” (a verbatim reading called “Gatz”) have earned awards and critical praise, is turning to Albee’s masterpiece for its latest production, written by Kate Scelsa, a member of the company. In the irreverent parody, “rubbing alcohol will be consumed, imaginary pregnancies will be indulged, and gender constructs will be destroyed once and for all,” the troupe said in a statement.
Elevator Repair Service Announces Cast & Creative Team For EVERYONE'S FINE WITH VIRGINIA WOOLF
Broadway World
Elevator Repair Service, "one of the city's few truly essential theater companies" (New York Times), is pleased to present the world premiere of Everyone's Fine With Virginia Woolf, a new play written by longtime company member Kate Scelsa and directed by Elevator Repair Service Artistic Director John Collins. A sharp-witted parody of a celebrated American drama, Everyone's Fine With Virginia Woolf is, in turns, loving homage and fierce feminist take-down. In her incisive and hilarious reinvention of Edward Albee's classic Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Scelsa slyly subverts the power dynamics of the original play's not-so-happy couple. In the end, no one will be left unscathed by the ferocity of Martha's revenge on an unsuspecting patriarchy.
Broadway World
Elevator Repair Service, "one of the city's few truly essential theater companies" (New York Times), is pleased to present the world premiere of Everyone's Fine With Virginia Woolf, a new play written by longtime company member Kate Scelsa and directed by Elevator Repair Service Artistic Director John Collins. A sharp-witted parody of a celebrated American drama, Everyone's Fine With Virginia Woolf is, in turns, loving homage and fierce feminist take-down. In her incisive and hilarious reinvention of Edward Albee's classic Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Scelsa slyly subverts the power dynamics of the original play's not-so-happy couple. In the end, no one will be left unscathed by the ferocity of Martha's revenge on an unsuspecting patriarchy.
Elevator Repair Service Announces Cast of Edward Albee Parody
TheaterMania
Elevator Repair Service has announced casting for Kate Scelsa's Everyone's Fine With Virginia Woolf, running June 1-24 at Abrons Arts Center. John Collins directs. Written by Scelsa for the company, the work is described as a "loving homage and fierce feminist take-down" of Edward Albee's seminal drama Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? The cast for Everyone's Fine With Virginia Woolf features Elevator Repair Service veterans Annie McNamara as Martha, April Matthis as Honey, Mike Iveson as Nick, Vin Knight as George, and Lindsay Hockaday as Carmilla. The creative team includes Louisa Thompson (sets), Kaye Voyce (costumes), Ryan Seelig (lights), Ben Williams (sound), and Amanda Villalobos (props).
TheaterMania
Elevator Repair Service has announced casting for Kate Scelsa's Everyone's Fine With Virginia Woolf, running June 1-24 at Abrons Arts Center. John Collins directs. Written by Scelsa for the company, the work is described as a "loving homage and fierce feminist take-down" of Edward Albee's seminal drama Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? The cast for Everyone's Fine With Virginia Woolf features Elevator Repair Service veterans Annie McNamara as Martha, April Matthis as Honey, Mike Iveson as Nick, Vin Knight as George, and Lindsay Hockaday as Carmilla. The creative team includes Louisa Thompson (sets), Kaye Voyce (costumes), Ryan Seelig (lights), Ben Williams (sound), and Amanda Villalobos (props).
MEDIA
"Everyone's Fine With Virginia Woolf" Trailer