To the Zoo and Back: ASL Meets Albee at the Wallis
by MICHAEL VAN DUZER "I've been to the zoo." startling announcement opens Edward Albee's seminal short drama, The Zoo Story. A menacingly loquacious Jerry hurls the words at Peter, a man he has spotted reading on a park bench. It's a deceptively simple assertion that starts a harrowing journey for both the characters and the audience. Albee's play was famously spurned by New York producers and received it…