In Fairview at 4th Wall Theatre Company, a Family is Under Surveillance

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The Pulitzer Prize winning Fairview at 4th Wall is an event to be experienced rather than lines to be read on the page its director Aaron Brown says. 4thWallHouston

The play begins, as many family plays do, with a middle class family getting ready for a birthday party for Grandma. And just as most plays like this go, something goes awry, someone decides not to come and there are hurt feelings and anger., about to be onstage at Spring Street Studios courtesy of 4th Wall Theatre Company, makes a jump to the extraordinary, certain to be challenging to the audience.

is sometimes described as a comedy, Brown calls it"A special play. I like to think of it more of a theatrical experience than a straight play that is going to be clearly defined as comedy or drama." "Over the course of three acts [she] puts all those things in, shakes them up and turns them all upside down in a way that makes it more impactful for the audience.Cast members include Ciara Shabree, Shawanna Renee Rivon, Derrick Brent II, Jasmine Renee Thomas,"I had heard about this play in grad school.. I just heard wonderful things about it, I read it when it was published and I was scared of it.

Audience members are a crucial ingredient in the chemistry of the play, he said. "Part of the point of this play is that we present the question and let the audience answer it for themselves. We believe the audience is our final collaborator for this production which is scary because they come in really late.We are prepared that this play will feel different every night depending on who's in the room and reactions. And we believe that this play will evoke reactions, strong reactions.

 

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