Fairview

by Jackie Sibblies Drury

The Little Theatre, UCLA (2024)

Credit: Scenic Design

• Director: David H. Parker • Scenic and Props: Rye Mandel • Assistant Scenic: Cayla Baughns and Lucy Zhang • Costume: Elena Gim • Lighting: Em Moore • Sound: Mahlick Casey •

The concept for this show was to first, give a sense of sitcom to the Fraiser household, an upper middle class Black family in the first act. Then, in the second act, they are under surveillance by the White characters with hidden cameras in their clothing that reflect onto all the set’s screen monitors. Rolling into the third act, the whole room is broken apart as the concepts of being watched as a Black individual through the media are deconstructed.

The props were based on Southern Black food culture turned all white.