The inaugural project of West Coast Ensemble’s Diversity Initiative, Lynne Nottage’s FABULATION: OR THE RE-EDUCATION OF UNDINE takes a satirical look at stereotypes at both ends of the social spectrum. Undine Barnes Calles is a successful African-American entrepreneur at the top of her game. When her husband suddenly disappears after embezzling all of her money, Undine retreats to her childhood home in Brooklyn's Walt Whitman projects, only to discover that she must cope with a crude new reality. Undine’s riches-to-rags journey is a thought-provoking comeuppance tale with a comic twist. Hailed as “clever and consistently entertaining” by Variety and “robustly entertaining” by the New York Times, FABULATION: THE RE-EDUCATION OF UNDINE is funded in part by a generous grant from the City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department.
“West Coast Ensemble’s down and dirty production may be
rough around the edges, but it delivers the comic goods.”
L.A. Times
PICK OF THE WEEK
“GO! A remarkable ensemble keeps the play exciting and alternately moving and funny”
L.A. Weekly
CRITICS PICK
“A bang-up Los Angeles premiere ... a marvelously tight production ... the play takes us on a journey that’s surprising and ultimately quite moving”
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fabulation
This production is sponsored in part by a grant from the City of Los Angeles, Department of Cultural Affairs
June 4 - June 13, 2010
at The Lounge Theatre
Directed by Ben Campbell
Lighting Design by Lauren Wemischner
Sound Design by Rebecca Kessin
Stage Managed by Brook Carlson
Produced for WCE by Richard Israel
Featuring
Carlos Acuña, Ed Baccari, Ace Gibson, Sachandra Grandoit, DeJon Mayes, Regina Randolph, Lyn Michele Ross and Adeye Sahran
West Coast Ensemble is supported, in part, by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Arts Commission