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Grandma and the Young Man begin to converse with each other. As Mommy and Daddy cease to acknowledge Grandma while they wait, Grandma reverts from her childish behavior and begins to speak coherently to the audience. Throughout the play, the Young Man is very pleasant, greeting the other characters with a smile as he says, "Hi!". As Mommy and Daddy wait nearby in some chairs, the Musician plays off and on, according to what the other characters instruct him to do. Mommy and Daddy have brought Grandma all the way out from the city and place her in the sandbox. He does not speak and must be directed to play or stop playing his music.īeginning with brightest day, the Young Man is performing calisthenics (which he continues to do until the very end of the play) near a sandbox (or sandpit) at the beach.

The Musician: No particular age, but young would be nice.

He is from Southern California, but hasn't been given a name yet. He is the angel of death, performing calisthenics that suggest the beating of wings.

The Young Man: 25, a good-looking, well-built boy in a bathing suit.

Grandma is at conflict with her family, society, and death. Her husband died when she was 30, and she raised Mommy by herself from there on.

Grandma: 86, a tiny, wizened woman with bright eyes.

She gives her mom an army blanket, her own dish, and a nice place under the stove. After marrying Daddy, she brings her mother from the farm and into their big town house in the city.

Mommy: 55, a well-dressed, imposing woman.

The play is approximately 15 minutes long and involves direct address by the actors to the audience, their acknowledgment that they are performers in a play, and the offering of cues to the musician. Directed by Lila Neugebauer, the cast was Alison Fraser (Mommy), Phyllis Somerville (Grandma), Frank Wood (Daddy), Melody Giron (Cellist), and Ryan-James Hatanaka (Young Man). The play was produced Off-Broadway by the Signature Theatre Company in a triple bill of one-act plays by Edward Albee, Maria Irene Fornes, and Adrienne Kennedy. Directed by Albee, the cast featured Judith Ivey (Mommy), George Bartenieff (Daddy), Lois Markle (Grandma), Jesse Williams (Young Man) and Daniel Shevlin (Musician). The play was performed Off-Broadway at the Cherry Lane Theatre in March 2008, in a double bill with The American Dream.

Directed by Albee, the cast was Peggy Consgrave (Mommy), Jane Hoffman (Grandma), Edward Seamon (Daddy), Aisha Benoir (Cellist), and Earl Nash (Young Man). The plays ran from Februto March 6, 1994. The play was produced Off-Broadway by the Signature Theatre Company in a triple bill of one-act plays by Albee: Sand, The Sandbox and Finding the Sun. The play ran Off-Broadway, produced by The Acting Company, at the Public Theatre in March 1984, with 8 modern one-act plays, titled Pieces of Eight, directed by Alan Schneider. The play had several regional productions, including the Dallas Theatre Center in January 1963 starring Ruth Winchester in the lead role and the Los Angeles Theatre Company (season 1967-68). The play was produced Off-Broadway at the Cherry Lane Theatre in February 1962, in repertory with other Albee plays, in a Theatre of the Absurd series. The show starred Alan Helm (Young Man), Jane Hoffman (Mommy), Richard Woods (Daddy), Sudie Bond (Grandma), and Hal McKusick (Musician). The show was staged by Lawrence Arrick, original music by William Flanagan. The first performance was on Apin the Jazz Gallery in New York City.