PLAYBILL

Synopsis

Two one-act plays by Edward Albee. The Death of Bessie Smith follows conversations between the staff at a "Whites-Only" hospital on the day black blues singer Bessie Smith died in a car crash. In The American Dream, an elderly grandmother exposes a squabbling couple's secret to their neighbor.

The American Dream: Two one-act plays by Edward Albee. The Death of Bessie Smith follows conversations between the staff at a "Whites-Only" hospital on the day black blues singer Bessie Smith died in a car crash. In The American Dream, an elderly grandmother exposes a squabbling couple's secret to their neighbor.

The Death of Bessie Smith: Two one-act plays by Edward Albee. The Death of Bessie Smith follows conversations between the staff at a "Whites-Only" hospital on the day black blues singer Bessie Smith died in a car crash. In The American Dream, an elderly grandmother exposes a squabbling couple's secret to their neighbor.