Stick Fly
by Lydia Diamond, Lydia R. Diamond

Name: Stick Fly
Brand: Lydia Diamond
SKU: 9780573700927
Rating: 3.9 (341 reviews)

Highlights

Small Cast

Female

Male

120 mins Present Day Ensemble Cast Interior Set Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes American Black History Comedy

Awards & Recognition

Drama Critics Circle Outer Critics Circle

Winner! 2010 LA Drama Critics Circle Awards: Best Production, Best Direction, Best Ensemble Performance Winner! 2010 LA Garland and 2009 LA Weekly Theatre Awards for Playwriting Winner! Boston IRNE Award Winner! 2006 Black Theatre Alliance Award, Best Play Finalist! 2008 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize Nominee! 2012 Outer Critics Circle Award, Outstanding New Broadway Play

Synopsis

Winner!

2010 LA Drama Critics Circle Awards: Best Production, Best Direction, Best Ensemble Performance Winner!

2010 LA Garland and 2009 LA Weekly Theatre Awards for Playwriting Winner!

Boston IRNE Award Winner!

2006 Black Theatre Alliance Award, Best Play Finalist!

2008 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize Nominee!

2012 Outer Critics Circle Award, Outstanding New Broadway Play The affluent, African-American LeVay family is gathering at their Martha's Vineyard home for the weekend, and brothers Kent and Flip have each brought their respective ladies home to meet the parents for the first time.

Kent's fiancee Taylor, an academic whose absent father was a prominent author, struggles to fit into the LeVay's upper-crust lifestyle.

Kimber, on the other hand, is a selfdescribed WASP who works with inner-city school children, fits in more easily with the family.

Joining these two couples are the demanding LeVay patriarch Joe and Cheryl, the daughter of the family's longtime housekeeper.

As the two newcomers butt heads over issues of race and privilege, longstanding family tensions bubble under the surface and reach a boiling point when secrets are revealed.

Press Reviews

"Conflict and sexual sparks. A juicy family drama."
— The New York Times

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
KENT (SPOON) - 31, youngest son of the LeVay family; has grown up with an artistic disposition in a family of doctors and lawyers	male	—	(SPOON) - 31, youngest son of the LeVay family; has grown up with an artistic disposition in a family of doctors and lawyers
TAYLOR 27, daughter from an earlier marriage of renowned, recently deceased, public intellectual, James Bradley Scott; was raised by a single mother college professor	female	—	27, daughter from an earlier marriage of renowned, recently deceased, public intellectual, James Bradley Scott; was raised by a single mother college professor
CHERYL 18, the daughter of the family maid; pretty, bright, always well-intentioned; has always had a crush on Flip	female	—	18, the daughter of the family maid; pretty, bright, always well-intentioned; has always had a crush on Flip
FLIP 36, oldest son of LeVay family; the “golden boy” who, with some compromises, has fallen in line with his father’s expectations; an incorrigible ladies man	male	—	36, oldest son of LeVay family; the “golden boy” who, with some compromises, has fallen in line with his father’s expectations; an incorrigible ladies man
JOE LEVAY (DAD) - 58, LeVay patriarch; a well-intentioned man, who rules his family with a firm, loving hand; has always had a way with women	male	—	(DAD) - 58, LeVay patriarch; a well-intentioned man, who rules his family with a firm, loving hand; has always had a way with women
KIMBER 32, white; is an intelligent woman with a quick wit and sincere warmth; her social status matches that of the LeVays, with of course, the undeniable privilege of whiteness - of this she is aware, and on some level appalled	female	—	32, white; is an intelligent woman with a quick wit and sincere warmth; her social status matches that of the LeVays, with of course, the undeniable privilege of whiteness - of this she is aware, and on some level appalled