Edward Albee is one of the preeminent dramatists of the American theater. His many plays include The Zoo Story, The American Dream, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, and The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?.
His many accolades include the 1996 Kennedy Center Honors, a Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement, the Gold Medal in Drama from the American Academy and Institute for Arts and Letters, the National Medal of Arts, and three Pulitzer Prizes.