Peter and Jerry

Hartford Stage concludes its 40th Anniversary celebration with Peter and Jerry, a world premiere by the Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning Edward Albee. The legendary playwright expands his groundbreaking first play The Zoo Story into a full evening of theatre with a new first act, entitled Homelife. A quiet and unassuming man, Peter is simply looking for a quiet place to read his book. In Homelife, he is interrupted by his wife, Ann, who wants to talk about the stuff of life–spinach, cats, kids, marriage, sex and mortality. In The Zoo Story, we find Peter on his favorite bench in Central Park. His attempt to read his book is thwarted by Jerry, a stranger intent on taking over the bench.