Fabulation

2024 review: I only first read this a year ago, but I had to revisit it. This play has been on my mind for this past year, and every thought I've had about it has been glowing. Honestly, I enjoyed it even more the second time around. I've probably doubled the total number of plays I've read in the las......more

*3.5 I think that Nottage has the potential to become a favourite playwright! Although I preferred Intimate Apparel, Fabulation was still fantastic! Undine is a successful, black entrepreneur who loses it all in one moment. This play is about how her loss brings her back to her roots and reminds her w......more

Note: I had to read this for school so if my review seems a little harsh it’s because I was forced to read it 😔 OK, this is hardly a review as much as it is just me expressing my hatred for the main character so be prepared. Warning, this “review” contains spoilers! To start off with— I hated Undine’s......more

This isn’t the play Nottage is best known for, but it’s a hell of a play nonetheless. Funny, biting, with the nuance brought by characters who are, at heart, human. I love the way plays compact narrative into dialogue, and dialogue into time, until you have a few beads of life stretched thin across......more