Word: fabulationã
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There is a theater crowd on every campus; they’re the students whose names you see over and over again on playbills, either under cast or production crew or both. The majority of the cast in BlackCAST’s production of “Fabulation?? do not belong to this crowd. But I sure hope they join, because there are a couple of sensational actors in that show who I want to see over and over again...
Directed by Kristen D. Jones ’10 and assistant-directed by Andrew C. Coles ’09—both commendable first-time directors—and produced by Christian I.C. Strong ’09, “Fabulation?? boasted an eight-member cast who adeptly handled the play’s 27 roles. The production, which ran April 12-14 in the Loeb Experimental Theater, had a few opening-night chips in its polish, but more than compensated with a fantastic script (by Lynn Notage) and great acting...
...play’s greatest strengths was its ability to balance humor with the deeper implications of the play. “Fabulation?? was diluted with an overall sensitivity as well as interspersed with scenes of intense gravity. I completely lost it when Elmore, in a grippingly emotional soliloquy, confessed that she had rejected her family even when her father had sent her his weekly lottery money...
Literary critic Robert Scholes coined the term “Fabulation?? to refer to 20th century novels related to magical realism. But I prefer to think of it as stemming from the word “fabulous,” because that adjective most accurately describes my experience at this BlackCAST production...
...been very good, but dealt with suicide and rape—stereotypes of the black community. We wanted to do this show because it’s very clearly a comedy. We want people to come out, laugh, and enjoy a good time.“Fabulation?? is the story of Undine, a wealthy black business owner who, by a series of circumstances, discovers that she has lost her fortune. And of course, hilarity ensues.She has to move back to the projects where she grew up, and all this crazy stuff happens. She gets on welfare...
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