Fairview at Capital Stage

Fairview

by Jackie Sibblies Drury

August 28 – September 29, 2024
Sacramento Premiere
2019 Pulitzer Prize Winner for Drama

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, and maybe nothing is what it seems in the first place! A standard family dramedy that takes a sharp, sly turn into a startling examination of deep-seated paradigms about race in America.

“…dazzling and ruthless…one of the most exquisitely and systematically arranged ambushes of an unsuspecting audience in years…a glorious, scary reminder of the unmatched power of live theater to rattle, roil and shake us wide awake.” –THE NEW YORK TIMES

Authors

• Jackie Sibblies Drury