Fairview
by Jackie Sibblies Drury
Highlights
Awards & Recognition
Winner! 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Drama Nominee: Six 2019 Drama Desk Awards, including Outstanding Play
What readers are saying
Readers are highly impressed by the innovative structure and themes of the play. Many find the exploration of race and identity both disturbing and hilariously engaging. There is a strong consensus that while the text is powerful, the play would be even more impactful when experienced live on stage. However, a few find it challenging to fully grasp without the visual context of a performance.
Synopsis
At the Frasier household, preparations for Grandma’s birthday party are underway.
Beverly is holding on to her sanity by a thread to make sure this party is perfect, but her sister can’t be bothered to help, her husband doesn’t seem to listen, her brother is MIA, her daughter is a teenager.
Maybe nothing is what it seems in the first place.
Fairview is a searing examination of families, drama, family dramas and the insidiousness of white supremacy.
Winner of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Jackie Sibblies Drury’s groundbreaking, experimental masterpiece leaves a searing imprint.
Press Reviews
"[An] outstanding, frustrating, hilarious, and sui generis play… from moment to moment, Drury disturbed and frustrated and entertained us and made us wonder what we were all doing in that room, watching black actors perform being human."
— The New Yorker
"Rare and intimidating, unresolved and raw. It left me with the blood pounding in my ears."
— New York Magazine
Characters
| Character |
|---|
BEVERLY |
DAYTON |
JASMINE |
KEISHA |
SUZE |
MACK |
BETS |
JIMBO |
Videos
Fairview – Berkeley Rep Theatre Trailer
Publication
Fairview is a comedy play written by Jackie Sibblies Drury and published by Dramatists Play Service.
Digital editions available on Amazon Kindle.
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