Fairview

Compare and contrast the structures of the play’s three acts. How does Act II diverge from the implied direction of the story at the end of Act I, and how does Keisha’s final monologue in Act III shift the narrative yet again to bring the play to its conclusion? What commentary does the play deliver about race and racism in the United States?

Imagine that you are working on a new production of Fairview for a specific audience. Who would you choose as your audience, and why do they need to see it? What do you think that specific audience needs to know before watching the play, and how would you disseminate that information?

Read Lorraine Hansberry’s play A Raisin in the Sun (1959) or watch a film adaptation. Compare and contrast the ways in which the Younger family and the Frasier family are represented. How might Fairview have taken inspiration from A Raisin in the Sun, and how do the two plays function in conversation with each other?