Everyman Theatre will make its first foray into the work of Edward Albee when A Delicate Balance opens a month-long run tonight. Albee won the first of his three Pulitzer Prizes for this 1966 drama about a family dealing with what director Vincent Lancisi describes as the timely subjects of "terror" and "unpleasant truths."

Anne Stone and Bill Hamlin play Agnes and Tobias, the suburban husband and wife whose home life is upset by the unexpected arrival of their frightened best friends, portrayed by Richard Pilcher and Judy Simmons. Rosemary Knower plays Agnes' alcoholic sister, and Deborah Hazlett plays Agnes and Tobias' maritally challenged daughter.

Show times at Everyman, 1727 N. Charles St., are 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays; 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, with matinees at 2:30 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, through Dec. 22. Tickets are $15-$25 (except tonight's opening, which is $30). Call 410-752-2208.