Play: The Goat or Who is Sylvia? by Edward Albee

What happens when the happily-married, successful Martin announces he is having an affair with a goat? Chaos ensues. This play examines questions about friendship, sexuality and trust. When should a friend reveal a secret? Can someone be in love with two females at once? What are the boundaries in families, friendships, life? 

The affair with the goat is just one of the shocking elements in the play. My friend, actor Wayne Cote, was lucky enough to see the 2002 Tony-winning show on Broadway. He says that after certain lines audience members were so surprised that they turned to each other and said, "Did they really just say that?" Cote also says that the play's end was so shocking to the audience that it took people a while to clap because they were so stunned. 

Like many Albee plays, this play has excellent dialogue, and has the reader/audience thinking about the play hours later.