Full length play/drama. By Jackie Sibblies Drury.

Winner of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Fairview is a bold and disarmingly funny play that serves as “a glorious reminder of the unmatched power of live theater to rattle, roil, and shake us wide awake.” (The New York Times). When the play opens, we meet the Frasiers, a middle class Black American family trying desperately to make everything perfect for Grandma’s birthday celebration. But not too far into the festivities, we see the Frasiers’ story through a whole new lens, leading to one of the most outrageous and jaw-dropping endings in theatre history.

“A glorious, scary reminder of the unmatched power of live theater to rattle, roil and shake us wide awake.” — The New York Times

“A vehement, searching, fourth-wall-demolishing play…under a playful surface, Fairview is rare and intimidating, unresolved and raw. It left me with the blood pounding in my ears…” — New York Magazine.

Content Advisory: Fairview contains strong language, mature themes, racial slurs, and allusions to violent actions.  

Cast

• Beverly – Enjoli Valentine
• Jasmine – Diamond Purchase
• Dayton – Craig Byers
• Keisha – Precious Kimbrough
• Mack – Ashton Nanke
• Suze – Kristin Hamilton
• Jimbo – Luke Brooks
• Bets – Ann Lawrence

Creative & Production Team

• Aaron Reese Boseman – Director
• Zamora Simmons – Costume Designer
• S. Benjamin Farrar – Scenic & Lighting Designer
• Tyler Salow – Sound Designer
• Ben Lauer – Technical Director
• Jason “Blue” Herbert – Assistant Technical Director
• Lacey Ritter – Stage Manager
• Jillian-Giselle Mason – Assistant Director/Assistant Stage Manager
• CJ Mobberley – Properties Master
• Gregory Geffrard –Intimacy Director
• K. Michael Moore –Fight Consultant
• Sarah Fried – Wig Designer
• Britin Robinson – Master Electrician