Stick Fly - Softcover

R Diamond, Lydia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0573700923 ISBN 13: 9780573700927

Publisher: Samuel French Ltd, 2013

Synopsis

Winner! 2010 LA Drama Critics Circle Awards: Best Production, Best Direction, Best Ensemble Performance
Winner! 2010 LA Garland and 2009 LA Weekly Theatre Awards for Playwriting
Winner! Boston IRNE Award
Winner! 2006 Black Theatre Alliance Award, Best Play
Finalist! 2008 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize
Nominee! 2012 Outer Critics Circle Award, Outstanding New Broadway Play

The affluent, African-American LeVay family is gathering

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Review

"Directing the world premiere of "Stick Fly," . . I discovered that as in many of Lydia Diamond's previous works, this drama takes us far from the ghetto streets of the African-American community and into a world rarely explored in black literature. The cultures of the black upper and middle class are Ms. Diamond's primary subjects in her plays "The Gift Horse" and "Voyeurs de Venus," and in "Stick Fly" these cultures clash with dramatic effect." --Chuck Smith

"Directing the world premiere of "Stick Fly". . . I discovered that as in many of Lydia Diamond's previous works, this drama takes us far from the ghetto streets of the African-American community and into a world rarely explored in black literature. The cultures of the black upper and middle class are Ms. Diamond's primary subjects in her plays "The Gift Horse" and "Voyeurs de Venus, " and in "Stick Fly" these cultures clash with dramatic effect." --Chuck Smith

"Directing the world premiere of "Stick Fly." . . I discovered that as in many of Lydia Diamond's previous works, this drama takes us far from the ghetto streets of the African-American community and into a world rarely explored in black literature. The cultures of the black upper and middle class are Ms. Diamond's primary subjects in her plays "The Gift Horse" and "Voyeurs de Venus, " and in "Stick Fly" these cultures clash with dramatic effect." --Chuck Smith

"Stick Fly" not only is an impressively ambitious play, it s also a piece with heart. "Chicago Tribune""

"Directing the world premiere of Stick Fly. . . I discovered that as in many of Lydia Diamond's previous works, this drama takes us far from the ghetto streets of the African-American community and into a world rarely explored in black literature. The cultures of the black upper and middle class are Ms. Diamond's primary subjects in her plays The Gift Horse and Voyeurs de Venus, and in Stick Fly these cultures clash with dramatic effect." --Chuck Smith

"Stick Fly not only is an impressively ambitious play, it's also a piece with heart."--Chicago Tribune

About the Author

Lydia R. Diamond is a Huntington Playwriting Fellow and a Resident Playwright at Chicago Dramatists. Her plays include Stage Black (Premiered at Arts Consortium of Cincinnati, 3rd Place Theadore Ward Prize), The Gift Horse (Premiered at Goodman Theatre, 2nd place Kesselring Prize, 1st Place Theadore Ward Prize); Stick Fly (Premiered at Congo Square Theatre Company, Joseph Jefferson Award recommended, BTAA Nominated); and The Inside (premiered at MPAACT Theatre Company), and recently published in TriQuarterly, where she is a contributing editor; Voyeurs de Venus (premiered at Chicago Dramatists, Joseph Jefferson Award recommended, BTAA Nominated, commissioned by Steppenwolf Theatre Co.) Ms. Diamond holds a B.S. in Theatre and Performance Studies from Northwestern University. She has taught playwriting at Columbia College Chicago, DePaul University, Loyola University, and Boston University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Samuel French Ltd
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0573700923
• ISBN 13: 9780573700927
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 106