The Contest
Shirley Lauro
Fairview
by Jackie Sibblies Drury
Off-Broadway Off-West End
Highlights
105 mins Present Day Role(s) for Black Actor(s) Unit Set/Multiple Settings Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes Comedy
Awards & Recognition
Drama Desk Award Pulitzer Prize
Winner! 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Drama Nominee: Six 2019 Drama Desk Awards, including Outstanding Play
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 .
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Fee: Minimum Fee: $130 per performance
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