About the Play:

Stick Fly has become a favourite of acting teachers for Female/Female Scenes, Female/Male Scenes, and Male/Male Scenes.

Stick Fly is a full-length dramatic comedy by Lydia R. Diamond. How well do you know your family? Your social class? Your race? Sensitive "Spoon" LeVay and his brother "Flip" see their weekend at the family home on Martha's Vineyard as a perfect opportunity to introduce their girlfriends to their upper class African American parents for the first time – at the same time.

Stick Fly is about a wealthy African American clan on Martha's Vineyard (which has had a significant black population since colonial days) wrestling with interracial romances, sibling rivalry, and issues of class and racial identification and parental expectations. Sensitive Kent LeVay and his slick brother 'Spoon' see their weekend at the family home on Martha's Vineyard as the perfect opportunity to introduce their girlfriends to their upper class African American parents. Instead, they stumble into a domestic powder keg that exposes secrets of prejudice, hypocrisy and adultery

Stick Fly premiered in 2011 at the Cort Theatre on Broadway in New York City. The play enjoyed widespread acceptance among leading US regional theatres, and premiered in Canada in 2017 at Studio 16 in Vancouver. The play has become a favourite scene study vehicle in acting classes and workshops and is regularly performed in college and community theatre productions.

Cast: 3 female, 3 male

What people say:

"A MUST SEE. Fascinating. Arrestingly fresh." — The Wall Street Journal

"One of my favorite plays of the year." — Bloomberg

"Conflict and sexual sparks. A juicy family drama." — The New York Times

"She’s a polished playwright, creating a cast-full of dynamic characters all sitting uncomfortably on a powder-keg situation." — The Boston Globe

"There's no question that Diamond is a major talent." — Chicago Tribune

"The script is packed with warm, brainy banter.." — Time Out New York

About the Playwright:

Lydia R. Diamond is an African American playwright and professor. Her plays have been produced across the US, receiving the Lorraine Hansberry Award for Best Writing, an LA Weekly Theater Award, and a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award. A former Radcliffe Institute Fellow and a graduate of Northwestern University, she has taught at Columbia College Chicago, DePaul University, Loyola University, and Boston University.