Opened at the Billy Rose Theatre on October 13, 1962. Closed May 16, 1964 after 664 performances — 19 months. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is a play by Edward Albee first staged in October 1962. It examines the complexities of the marriage of middle-aged couple Martha and George. Late one evening, after a university faculty party, they receive unwitting younger couple Nick and Honey as guests, and draw them into their bitter and frustrated relationship. Wiki link