FAIRVIEW by Jackie Sibblies Drury

MISSION

To produce extraordinary professional theatrical experiences and to set a high standard for excellence in acting, direction, and design. We believe that only by paying artists a fair wage can we grow and sustain the community of professional theatrical artists in Houston.

STAFF

Philip Lehl, Artistic Director, Co-Founder

Jennifer Dean, Managing Director

Kim Tobin-Lehl, Resident Artist, Co-Founder

Catherine Dunaway, Development Manager

Gabriel Velazquez, Marketing Manager

Rubena Gracia, Box Office Associate

Rachel Clinkscales, Izzy Hurt, Noora Mustafa, House Managers

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Gary Chiles, President

Patricia Larson, Secretary

Harriet Schubb, Treasurer

Kenneth Bohan, Howard M. Bookstaff, Dominic Cellitti, Sharyn Feller Harris, Michelle Mower, Carol Sugimoto

ADVISORY BOARD

Holly Beretto, Jennifer Decker, Ruth McCleskey, Michael Mullins, Gabriella Nissen, John and Kelly Raley, Jason Roberts, Chip Schneider, Dr. Robert Shimko, Nancy Wozny

SPECIAL THANKS FOR THIS PRODUCTION

Center for Healing Racism, Ted Doolittle, John Meek, John Tyska, Robert Vaughan, and Hannah Warren

LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

4th Wall acknowledges that we gather on the traditional lands of the Karankawa, Atakapa, and Akokisas peoples. We honor, with gratitude, the land itself and the people who have stewarded it throughout the generations.

4th Wall Theatre Company is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization founded in 2011 by Kim Tobin-Lehl and Philip Lehl. Donations are tax-deductible to the full extent of the law.

FAIRVIEW

By JACKIE SIBBLIES DRURY

Directed by AARON BROWN

This production is sponsored by an anonymous donor.

CAST

Beverly ................................................. ShaWanna Renee Rivon

Dayton ............................................................... Derrick Brent II*

Jasmine ..................................................Jasmine Renée Thomas

Keisha ...................................................Ciara Shabree Anderson

Suze ........................................................................... Faith Fossett

Mack .................................................................... Wesley Whitson

Bets ................................................................... Courtney Lomelo

Jimbo .................................................................. Drake Simpson*

DESIGNERS & PRODUCTION CREW

Assistant Director ........................................ Christian Tannous

Stage Manager ..................................................... Kalin Menzel*

Lighting Designer ....................................... Christina Giannelli

Set Designer ...................................................... Nicholas Graves

Original Music & Sound Design ............... Robert Leslie Meek

Costume Designer ..................................................... Leah Smith

Properties ....................................................... Samantha Hyman

Scenic Production ..................... Sepeda Design & Production

Lighting Intern ..................................................... Lydia GaffordS

Crew ............................................................................... Kari Leija

Runtime: Approximately 95 minutes. No intermission. No re-entry once performance has begun.

*Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Stage Actors and Stage Managers. S Summer Shakes Program Alumnus

FAIRVIEW is presented through special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York. FAIRVIEW was originally commissioned and presented by Soho Rep, New York, NY (Sarah Benson, Artistic Director; Cynthia Flowers, Executive Director) and Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Berkeley, CA (Tony Taccone, Artistic Director; Susan Medak, Managing Director)

FROM THE DIRECTOR

I first encountered Fairview by Jackie Sibblies Drury after graduating from Baylor University with my MFA in Directing. I felt confident and artistic…and then I read this play. I was quickly humbled and challenged. I finished the play and told myself I would return to it one day. Then I experienced 2020. I watched and listened to the world around me in utter frustration. I could not always find the words to express the fears, feelings, and frustrations that swirled inside of me. Although it was painful, these past few years have provided me with a much clearer connection and perspective to approach the uniquely honest and challenging theatrical experience that is Fairview.

This company of performers, designers, and crew members has tirelessly wrestled with the questions Drury presents in this text to provide the most honest and specific story to share with you today. We invite you all to wrestle with this play as well. Throughout the rehearsal process, the company made new discoveries and connections. This production we are presenting to you today, however, is not finished. It is rehearsed and prepared, but we are awaiting our final collaborators… you — our audience. We invite you to engage with this material and hear the sincere invitation to participate when called on.

Thank you for coming to experience Fairview by Jackie Sibblies Drury. I believe theatre is at its best when it lingers with us, and I hope that is what Fairview does for you. I hope this play makes you think and rethink how you view the world. I hope it challenges us to reconsider the conversations we have with one another. I hope it restores a bit of the humanity and dignity we all deserve.

Aaron Brown Director of Fairview

WHO’S WHO

SHAWANNA RENEE RIVON (Beverly) is an award-winning and nationally-renowned playwright and producer. ShaWanna’s success grew with urban plays such as Cheaper to Keep Her and Marriage Material, which starred Vivica A. Fox, Brian McKnight, and Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins (of “TLC”), both of which toured nationally. ShaWanna earned her BFA in Playwriting and Dramaturgy from the University of Houston. As a developing creative, ShaWanna discovered her mission: to create period-piece comedies centered around the lives of Black women. In this, she has begun the development of her 7-Play Cycle, the first of which is Old Black and White Hollywood, about a 1950’s Black woman comic who desires to become the first Black female movie star. Old Black and White Hollywood was developed with Matt Chapman, Suzan-Lori Parks, and Theresa Rebeck and won the Edward Albee Playwriting Award. The second installment of her 7-Play Cycle, Power to the Queendom, was developed with the Rec Room Writers Group. Set in 1970s Houston, the script about a group of female Black Panthers is loosely based on a true story. The third installment of the 7-Play Cycle, You’re Cordially Invited to Sit-In, is about the 1960 sit-in demonstration that took place in Houston, and the play had its world premiere at Stages in the spring of 2022 under the direction of Aaron Brown. ShaWanna is currently under commission with the Alley Theatre.

DERRICK BRENT II (Dayton) is grateful to share in this, his inaugural opportunity, with 4th Wall Theatre. You’ve seen him in A Christmas Carol (Young Scrooge) and Sweat (Chris) with the Alley Theatre. In Violet (Flick) and Elf the Musical (Chadwick) with Queensbury Theatre. Fetch Clay Make Man (Muhammad Ali) and I Wish You Love (Jeffrey Prince) with The Ensemble Theatre. As well as Clybourne Park (Albert) with Dirt Dogs Theatre. Touring, in Peaches (Man) and The Burnin’ (Man) serving in company with Progress Theatre. Since receiving his BA in Theatre from Prairie View A&M University, he has served as Actor, Educator, Director, and Advocate. He is currently represented by BEAZ Talent.

JASMINE RENÉE THOMAS (Jasmine) is thrilled to be making her 4th Wall debut! Jasmine holds a B.A. in Theatre Arts and Communication Studies from Southwestern University and has performed onstage and onscreen with various companies including the Houston Symphony, Shabach Enterprise, and 7972 Films. Notable credits include: Hurricane Diane (Renee) with Rec Room Arts; The Revolutionists (Marianne) with Dirt Dogs Theatre Company; From Africa to the White House (Madame Lecretia) with Vincent Victoria Presents; Infancy (Mrs. Booker) with Sankofa Collective; Everybody’s Dead: A Comedy (Rebecca) and Tomorrow Game (Roe) with Mildred’s Umbrella; and 702 Punchlines & Pregnant: The Jackie Mason Musical (Waitress) at The Davenport, NYC. www.jasminereneethomas.com

WHO’S WHO

CIARA SHABREE ANDERSON (Keisha) is super excited to be making her 4th Wall debut! She is a Sam Houston State alum with a B.F.A. in Musical Theatre. Since graduation, she has explored working professionally in Houston. Some of her recent credits include: A.D. Players Theatre: Miss Maude, Apollo 8, No One Owns Me. Stages: Panto Hansel and Gretel. Bayou Theatre Company: For Colored Girls. As always, she would like to thank God and her family and loved ones for their continuous support that she would not be here without.

FAITH FOSSETT (Suze) Houston credits (selected): The Thin Place and The Glass Menagerie (4th Wall Theatre Company); Peer Gynt, Fair Maid of the West (Classical Theatre Company); The Diaries of Adam & Eve (Unity Theatre); The Visit (Landing Theatre). Other credits include Nebraska Shakespeare Festival, Quintessence Theatre Group (PA), and Virginia Stage Company. She self-produced and music directed the world premiere of her original electro-pop musical PULSATE: A Vampire Musical in 2019 at Houston’s Prohibition Theatre. Other projects include her one woman show, My Sacred Prairie Cherry. She received her B.F.A. from Nebraska Wesleyan University. www.faithfossett.com

WESLEY WHITSON (Mack) is thrilled to be back on the 4th Wall stage. He holds a BFA from The University of Houston. Regional Credits: 4th Wall Theatre Company: Gloria (Dean/ Devin), Houston Shakespeare Festival: King Lear (Cordelia/ Fool), The Ensemble Theatre: Clyde’s (Jason), Unity Theatre: The Mousetrap (Christopher Wren). Wesley is a former company member with The Broad’s Way Houston. This past year he was voted “Favorite Local Male Actor” in OutSmart Magazine’s Gayest and Greatest Readers’ Choice Awards and awarded Best Supporting Actor in Houston Press’ Theatre Awards. He wants to thank his friends and family for the lessons they’ve taught him and the love they’ve shared. Instagram: @slipperywhenwes

COURTNEY LOMELO (Bets) is excited to be at home with her 4th Wall family and all of the amazing patrons. Some of her prior roles include: 4th Wall Theatre Company: The Thin Place (Sylvia), Pride and Prejudice (Mrs. Bennett), Rapture, Blister, Burn (Catherine), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Titania, Hippolyta), A Winter’s Tale (Paulina),The Catastrophic Theatre: Fefu and Her Friends (Fefu), Curse of the Starving Class (Ella Tate), Snow White (Jane), Gravity Players: The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (Fabiana Aziza Cunningham), The Motherfucker with The Hat (Victoria), Stages: The Book of Maggie (Joan), Mildred’s Umbrella Theatre Company: The Maids (Claire),

WHO’S WHO

The Drowning Girls (Alice), Pollywog (Polly), Rome (Captain), Carnival Around The Central Figure (Marianne), Classical Theatre Company: Henry V (Dauphin, Gower, Bedford), The Birds (Chorus, Fortune Teller, Isis). Courtney is the Founding Artist of Gravity Players.

DRAKE SIMPSON (Jimbo) is very happy to be returning to the stage at 4th Wall Theatre where he has appeared in seven other productions. To say that he feels this to be his artistic home is an understatement. Other Houston stages on which he has appeared include the now defunct Horse Head Theatre for which he was a founding member. Additionally he has shared the stage with fellow artists at The Catastrophic Theatre, Stages, The Landing Theatre Company, and The Houston Shakespeare Festival, to name a few. Los Angeles credits include work at Theatre Tribe and the NoHo Arts Center. Film and television credits include work in several independent films, on ABC’s “Notes From the Underbelly,” and as a series regular in the Happy Madison pilot “Todd’s Coma.”

JACKIE SIBBLIES DRURY (Playwright) Plays include Marys Seacole (Obie Award); Fairview (2019 Pulitzer Prize); Really; Social Creatures; and We are Proud to Present a Presentation about the Herero of Namibia, Formerly Known as Southwest Africa, from the German Sudwestafrika, Between the Years

1884–1915. The presenters of her plays include Lincoln Center Theater, Soho Rep., Berkeley Rep, New York City Players & Abrons Arts Center, Victory Gardens, Trinity Rep, Woolly Mammoth, Undermain Theatre, InterAct Theatre Company, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Company One, and Bush Theatre. Drury has developed her work at Sundance, the Bellagio Center, The Ground Floor at Berkeley Rep, the Soho Rep. Writer/

AARON BROWN (Director) is currently an assistant professor and co-coordinator of Musical Theatre at Texas State University. Some of Aaron’s past directing credits include the world premiere of ShaWanna Rivon’s You’re Cordially Invited to Sit-In (Stages), Houston for the Holidays (Stages), Shakespeare in Love, Airness, Detroit ’67, Once on this Island, Violet, and Godspell (WaterTower), Crazy for You, Hamoncé: A Devised Piece, Black Magic: A Shakespeare Adaption, The Pavilion, and Hairspray (various). His assistant director credits include the world premiere production of Regina Taylor’s Bread (WaterTower), Ain’t Misbehavin (TUTS), and the regional premiere of Dear Jack, Dear Louise (A.D. Players). Aaron Brown holds an MFA in Directing from Baylor University and a BM in Music Theatre from Oklahoma City University. Aaron is a proud supporter and promoter of diversity in the arts. He is a firm believer that Representation Matters! Aaron is grateful for the love of his amazing wife Holly and their two kids, Eliza Grace and Isaiah Carter Brown.

CHRISTIAN TANNOUS (Assistant Director) is a Houston-based actor-director and is currently working towards his B.A. in Fine Arts and Arts Administration at the University of Houston-Downtown. Various theatre credits include: Sanctuary City (Henry), The Sound Inside (Christopher Dunn), Twelfth Night (Sir Toby Belch), Ring Round the Moon (Romainville), Reasons to Be Pretty (Kent), and Romeo and Juliet (Romeo). He is also proud to be part of The Man from Beyond cast at Strange Bird Immersive. Christian would like to thank his friends and family for their unrelenting love and support through this exciting chapter, especially his brother, Jordan...the very reason Christian ended up coming back “home” in the first place.

KALIN MENZEL (Stage Manager) Credits at 4th Wall Theatre Company: Sanctuary City; The Sound Inside; The Thin Place; Between Riverside and Crazy; Gloria; The Lifespan of a Fact; A Doll’s House, Part 2; The Realistic Joneses; The Glass Menagerie; Collected Stories; The Pussy Grabber Plays; Rapture, Blister, Burn; Pride and Prejudice; Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train (Stage Manager); Shakespeare in Vegas; Reckless (Stage Crew). Rogue Productions: I Love You Because (ASM). Kalin is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association. @kalinmenzel

WHO’S WHO

NICHOLAS GRAVES (Set Designer) is making his debut with 4th Wall on this production. He is an Associate Professor of Scenic Design and the Coordinator for Design and Technology at Sam Houston State University. He completed his Master of Fine Arts in Scenic Design at Indiana University and his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre Design and Technology at Abilene Christian University. Other scenic design credits include: The Crossword Play, Tiny Beautiful Things, Rock of Ages (Theatre SilCo); A Christmas Story, Coney Island Christmas (Unity Theatre); Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, The Musical Adventures of Flat Stanley (Main Street Theatre for Youth); Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Million Dollar Quartet, Legally Blonde (Lees-McRae Summer Theatre); Smokey Joes Café, Godspell, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Harvey (Raven Repertory Theatre); Chicago, Mamma Mia, The Drowsy Chaperone, 9 to 5: The Musical, The Wedding Singer (Bigfork Summer Playhouse).

CHRISTINA GIANNELLI (Lighting Designer) is so very happy to be back at 4th Wall where she has previously designed the lighting for The Sound Inside, The Thin Place, Between Riverside and Crazy, A Doll’s House, Part 2 (Houston Press Award), The Glass Menagerie, Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train, Pride and Prejudice, Lobby Hero, Cry Havoc, and BEDLAM’s Saint Joan (Houston Press Award). She has spent much of her career lighting ballet and opera and has been the Resident Lighting Designer for Houston Grand Opera, Cleveland-San Jose Ballet, Texas Ballet Theater, Houston Ballet, and the Metropolitan Opera. Favorite recent projects in Houston include No One Owns Me for A.D. Players, Dido and Aeneus and Eternity in the Underworld for Ars Lyrica; ROE and MacGyver the Musical (Houston Press Award) at Stages. She has spent much of this year happily recreating lighting for ballets by Christopher Bruce in far flung locations from Alabama to Australia and is weeks away from finishing an MFA in Design at UH. For many years she produced Weekend of Texas Contemporary Dance and other dance events at Miller Outdoor Theatre. Ms. Giannelli has served on the Boards of Zocalo Artists Yard, Infernal Bridegroom Productions, and the DiverseWorks Artists Board. She is the founder of Dance Source Houston, a service organization that supports and promotes dance in Houston.

ROBERT LESLIE MEEK (Original Music & Sound Design) is thrilled to be back at 4th Wall with this incredible group of artists. Selected credits include sound design and original music for Collected Stories, Pride & Prejudice, The Glass Menagerie, Between Riverside & Crazy, The Lifespan of a Fact, The Thin Place, The Sound Inside, and Sanctuary City (4th Wall Theatre Company); Woyzeck, Hurricane Diane, Put Your House In Order, A Number, and Wolf Play (Rec Room Arts); The Legend of Georgia McBride (Stages). He has directed and done sound design for: The Tempest, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, The Haunting of Hill House, Veronica’s Room, Titus Andronicus, Christmas Carol, Macbeth, Much Ado About Nothing (CCCT) and A Midsummer Night’s Dream at The University of Houston. He has also made original music for advertisements, worked with national brands, and collaborated on exciting original works including audio for an animated pilot for The American Museum of Natural History. Robert is a music producer with more than 300,000 streams on Spotify and releases original music as “J U N O.” You can listen and learn more at www.junomusichtx.com.

LEAH SMITH (Costume Designer) received her MFA in Costume Design from the University of Houston. Leah received her BFA from Western Michigan University. Previous costume design credits at 4th Wall include: The Glass Menagerie, Disgraced, Much Ado About Nothing, and True West. Stages: Panto Snow White. A.D. Players: Play That Goes Wrong, The Sound of Music. Classical Theatre Company: War of the Worlds, Nevermore, Peer Gynt. Houston Shakespeare Festival: Julius Caesar, Twelfth Night, Richard III, Henry V. Mildred’s Umbrella: The Hunchback of Seville. Opera Orlando (Associate Design): The Secret River. Titan Theatre: Medea, Richard III. University of Houston: Animal Farm, Dancing at Lughnasa, She Kills Monsters, Three Sisters, The Miser, The Liar. WMU: Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, Macbeth. Cityscape Kalamazoo: Tony & Tina’s Wedding. She previously served as Production Manager for Terrible Enfants Theater Company and is now the Costume Shop Manager at Stages.

SAMANTHA HYMAN (Properties) is a self-taught clothing and costume (and now prop!) designer. She is a recent transplant to Houston from Philadelphia where she worked for the last decade as an independent designer, circus performer, and owned her own sustainable clothing company, MAS scarves. Since being in Houston, she has designed for 4th Wall’s The Thin Place and Stagework’s The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Urinetown. She received her Bachelors in Fine Art at the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, Rhode Island. This is her first time designing props for a show, and she has discovered a hidden talent of making fake food that looks real.

WHO’S WHO

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LYDIA GAFFORD (Lighting Intern) is a senior at St. John’s School and a twotime alumnus of the Summer Shakes program at 4th Wall Theatre Company, having played Duke Signor in As You Like It and Feste/Olivia’s Servant/ Priest in Twelfth Night. Lydia is looking forward to attending the University of Chicago in the fall.

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THANK YOU TO OUR 2022-2023 VOLUNTEERS

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Complimentary beer is graciously provided by Buffalo Bayou Brewing Company at each performance this season. Grab a can at the concessions table before the show begins or visit the brewery and restaurant at their Summer Street location. Open seven days a week and until midnight

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Dinner and Cabaret Gala honoring James Black with special performance from Judith Ivey

Friday, November 11, 2022

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FROM OUR FRIENDS

Center for Healing Racism

Our mission is to facilitate the healing of racism through education and dialogue in a safe and supportive environment, in order to empower individuals and transform communities.

YOU’RE INVITED!

The Center for Healing Racism invites you to join us for our 30th Annual Juneteenth Ally Award Fundraiser Luncheon on Saturday, June 17 at 12pm at St. Thomas University. Single tickets start at $50 and table sponsorships are available for $1,200. Learn more and get involved at centerhealingracism.org

Actor Talkback after 3pm matinee

The actor talkback will be moderated by a representative from the Center for Healing Racism and Dr. Shimko from UH.

Dialogue: Racism after 3pm matinee

Audience members are invited to attend a community workshop led by the Center for Healing Racism.

Dialogue: Racism 6:30pm on Zoom

Audience members are invited to attend a special virtual workshop led by the Center for Healing Racism.

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Houston Shakespeare Festival

July 27 - August 6

www.uh.edu/shakespeare

HEROES OF THE FOURTH TURNING Rec Room Arts

October 5 - October 28

www.recroomarts.org

We regret we cannot include everyone in the Houston theatre community on this page. Please make sure to check local listings for additional theatre companies in Houston.

*These theatres have committed to the fair treatment of the actors and stage managers employed in their productions through agreements with the Actors’ Equity Association (AEA). The AEA fosters the art of live theatre as an essential component of society and advances the careers of its members by negotiating wages, improving working conditions, and providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. Learn more at www.actorsequity.org .

UPGRADING YOUR EXPERIENCE

We want to upgrade your front of house and artistic experience at 4th Wall, but we need your help. Partner with us to improve the theatre-going experience for years to come by making a charitable donation to support exciting capital improvements.