This weekend will be a special one for No Refund Theatre (NRT) -- not only will the group be performing its final play of the semester, it will be celebrating its 15th anniversary.

At 8 tonight and 6 p.m. Friday, NRT will perform a production of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? in 111 Forum. Admission is free and open to the public.

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is about an older couple, George and Martha, who invite a younger couple back to their home after a party, Director Jesse Cramer (junior-English) said. Tension quickly emerges between George and Martha and becomes the focus of the play, he said.

The play, written by Edward Albee, was made into the 1966 film starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton and awarded five Oscars, according to the Internet Movie Database.

The play itself is well-known in theater circles, said Cramer, who hopes NRT's performance will host a good-size audience.

Cramer said he hopes to see NRT alumni in the audience because of the group's 15th anniversary. He added alumni in attendance will be excited to see how the group has evolved since they were members.

The group formed in the early to mid-1990s to create a venue for theater majors and non-theater majors alike to become involved in acting, and its members went from rehearsing in a laundry room to performing in the Forum, according to the NRT Web site.

But NRT alumni aren't the only ones who can appreciate the production, Cramer said.

"It's really such a twisted and fascinating show," said Ariela Rossberg (junior-theater), who plays Martha. "They play games and mess with each other's minds because they consider it fun. They pick at each other's weaknesses to get a rise, and that's what it's based on."

Cramer said the play contains a range of emotions, some very moving and others terrifying.

"The audience should be very tense; they should be thinking a lot about it afterwards," he said.

But the play is not so dramatic that it isn't any fun. Hilary Caldwell (freshman-theater) plays Honey, the younger of the two wives, and said her character serves as the comic relief of the show.

Cramer agreed the show has subtle comedy. There are very quick shifts between comedy and drama, and funny little snippets of scenes lighten the play, he said.