Fabulation, or The Re-Education of Undine by Lynn Nottage | 2021/22 Mainstage Season

FABULATION, OR THE RE-EDUCATION OF UNDINE by Lynn Nottage

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Fabulation, or The Re-Education of Undine

2021/22 Mainstage Season

FABULATION, OR THE RE-EDUCATION OF UNDINE

Philadelphia Premiere
By Lynn Nottage
Directed by Amina Robinson

June 2 - 26, 2022

Undine has it all – success, love, and a fabulous wardrobe. When her life begins to unravel in one hilarious reversal after another, she is forced to return to a life she had long left behind. In this satirical comedy, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Lynn Nottage asks Undine – and all of us – whether you can really ever go home again.

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Artist Interview: Fabulation's Fabulous Cast
"I think this is theater at its best, where you are able to start a conversation and have a fun time doing it."

Fabulation, Fables, and Brer Rabbit
The famous trickster figure of African American folklore and why fables are important in Lynn Nottage's satire

Undine's Inspirations: The Custom of the Country and Condoleezza Rice
Lynn Nottage's suprising fictional and real-life inspirations for Undine and Fabulation, or The Re-Education of Undine

Meet the Playwright, Part II: On Lynn Nottage
More about the celebrated writer of Fabulation, or The Re-Education of Undine – "Is there a better living American playwright than Lynn Nottage?" (Wall Street Journal)

Meet the Playwright, Part I: The Extraordinary Range of Lynn Nottage
The Fabulation, or The Re-Education of Undine playwright's works are as varied as their subjects

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THE CAST

Angela Bey as Undine • Tanesha M. Ford as Grandma/Ensemble • Marchael Giles as Flow/Ensemble • Kash Goins as Father/Ensemble • Gregory Isaac as Addict/Ensemble • Kishia Nixon as Stephie/Ensemble • Ebony Pullum as Mother/Ensemble • Zach Valdez as Hervé/Guy/Ensemble

THE CREATIVE TEAM

Dirk Durossette, Scenic Designer • Tiffany Bacon, Costume Designer • Matthew Miller, Lighting Designer • Larry D. Fowler, Jr., Sound Designer • Devon Sinclair, Choreographer • Lynne Innerst, Dialect Coach • Noelle Diane Johnson, Intimacy Consultant • Rebecca Smith, Stage Manager • Reva Stover, Associate Director • Jennifer Spencer, Assistant Director

FABULATION in the NEWS

Broad Street Review
Theater Review: "A brilliant performance of a masterful script... Funny, touching, and surprisingly relatable."

WURD Radio: Stage Door
Stage Door host (and Fabulation costume designer) Tiffany Bacon talks with Fabulation director Amina Robinson about Lynn Nottage's play, representation and identity, and the power of theater to open hearts, minds, and perspectives.

The Philadelphia Inquirer
"When all of the things you thought made you valuable are gone, who are you really?" –Fabulation director Amina Robinson in the Inquirer's weekly theater column

The Philadelphia Tribune
Profile of actor/playwright/director/producer/professor extraordinaire Kash Goins, who makes his Lantern stage debut in Fabulation

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Header Photo: Lawrence Stallings in the world premiere of Me and the Devil (2021); Anthony Lawton and Dave Johnson in Travesties (2022); Melissa Rakiro and Joanna Liao in Twelfth Night (2023); and Paul L. Nolan, Sally Mercer, and Charles McMahon in Copenhagen (2018). Photos by Mark Garvin.

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