FEFU & HER FRIENDS
By Maria Irene Fornes
presented at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Hollyhock House
produced by J.U.S.T Toys Production in association with Circle X Theatre Co.
“... somehow director Kate Jopson... and a dazzling cast create an experience that feels less like seeing a show than traveling through space and time, unencumbered by the laws of physics.”
Hollyhock House
Hollyhock House was commissioned by Aline Barnsdall and designed by the famous American architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1919-1921. Originally intended to be part of an avant-garde theatre complex, the project halted after the completion of the house. Barnsdall gifted the house to the City of Los Angeles in 1927. Hollyhock House underwent extensive renovations and the LA Department of Cultural Affairs re-opened it to the public in 2014. FEFU was the first-ever theatre performance at the house, finally making Aline Barnsdall’s vision a reality.
Maria Irene Fornes
I have been wanting to do a play by Fornes for years and was excited to finally get the opportunity. She was a pioneer of so many theatre movements in the US-- off-broadway, feminist theatre, Latino theatre--in addition to creating her own genre called Abstract Realism.