Pulitzer Prize Winner FAIRVIEW Opens Friday at WCSU VPAC

Take a sneak peek into rehearsals of FAIRVIEW, opening Friday!

Pulitzer Prize winner FAIRVIEW by Jackie Sibblies Drury runs March 31st - April 16th in the Studio Theatre of the Visual and Performing Arts Center. Click here to watch this behind-the-scenes feature about our production, directed by Donna Baldwin-Bradby, along with footage from rehearsals.

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...! FAIRVIEW is a searing examination of families, drama, family dramas, and the insidiousness of white supremacy.
Winner of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize. “...dazzling and ruthless...one of the most exquisitely and systematically arranged ambushes of an unsuspecting audience in years...FAIRVIEW is a series of perspective-altering surprises, and they keep coming at you even when you think [Drury] must surely have emptied [her] bag of tricks...a glorious, scary reminder of the unmatched power of live theater to rattle, roil and shake us wide awake.” —The New York Times.

After the matinee performances on Saturday, April 1 and Saturday, April 15, there will be a talkback with Director Donna Baldwin-Bradby, members of the cast, and special guests, including Dr. Donald Gagnon, a professor of Theatre Arts and English, as well as faculty dramaturg. In addition, on Saturday, April 1, special guests will include WCSU Education professor Marsha Daria and WCSU doctoral candidate Hector Huértas, assistant principal for the Hartford public schools. On Saturday, April 15, special guests will include State Representative and WCSU alumnus Corey Paris and WCSU alumnus/journalist/blogger Alfonso Robinson. Both talkbacks are being sponsored by The Fourth Wall, the Theatre Arts department's student diversity group. The audience will be encouraged to stay and have a community conversation about the vital current issues and emotions raised in the play.