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JULIA: "What is the matter?"
FEFU: "I don't know, Julia. Every breath is painful for me. I don't know."

Ellen Dessler as Julia and Angela DiMarco as Fefu in a scene during ReAct's staged reading of Fefu & Her Friends.
Photo: David Hsieh.


The Cast

(in order of appearance)

Fefu
Angela DiMarco
Cindy
Marilyn Gonzalez
Christina
Vera Wong
Julia
Ellen Dessler
Emma
Lee Ann Hittenberger
Paula
Kelly Hyde
Sue
Leslie Jean Warner
Cecilia
Aya Hashiguchi


FEFU: "He won't put real bullets in the guns. - It suits our relationship...the game, I mean. If I didn't shoot him with blanks, I might shoot him for real. Do you see the sense of it?"

Marilyn Gonzalez as Cindy, Angela DiMarco as Fefu and Vera Wong as Christina in ReAct's staged reading of Fefu & Her Friends.
Photo: David Hsieh.


Directed by
Cyndie Mastel-Rokicki


SUE: "A frozen caterpillar."

Leslie Jean Warner as Sue in the kitchen scene of ReAct's staged reading of Fefu & Her Friends.
Photo: David Hsieh.


The Crew

Projections Designer, House Manager, Lighting Technician
David Hsieh
Projectionist & Sound Effects
Elizabeth Moontree
Venue Support
Anne Conway Jennings
Chance Koehnen
Matthew Stearns


JULIA: "You know I can't walk."
FEFU: "Why not? Try! Get up! Stand up!"

Ellen Dessler and Angela DiMarco in ReAct's staged reading of Fefu & Her Friends.
Photo: David Hsieh.


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"FEFU & HER FRIENDS" BOOKCOVER

Fefu & Her Friends


By Maria Irene Fornes

Staged Reading

August 1, 2004
The Elliott Bay Book Company



PAULA: "If you have all you need you should be generous."
The cast in a scene
from ReAct's staged reading
of Fefu & Her Friends.
Photo: David Hsieh.

 

SUE: "She was just very beautiful so all the boys wanted to go out with her."
Castmembers in another scene
from ReAct's staged reading
of Fefu & Her Friends.
Photo: David Hsieh.


The Program

The Setting

New England, Spring 1935.

Part 1
Noon. The living room.
Part 2
Afternoon. Simultaneously.
Location 1: On the lawn.
Location 2: In the study.
Location 3: In the bedroom.
Location 4: In the kitchen.
Part 3
Evening. The living room.


EMMA: "Environment knocks at the gateway of the senses."
The entire cast in a scene from ReAct's staged reading
of Fefu & Her Friends.
Photo: David Hsieh.


Fefu & Her Friends

was first produced by the New York Theatre Strategy at the Relativity Media Lab, New York City, on May 5, 1977.
It was subsequently produced by the American Place Theatre, New York City, on January 8, 1978.

Production Notes


ReAct's staged reading of Fefu & Her Friends was produced by special arrangement with BROADWAY PLAY PUBLISHING, INC.


Special Thanks To...

The Cast & Crew for production support
Lorna Chin for loaned props
Angela DiMarco for loaned sound equipment
The Elliott Bay Book Company for venue hosting, loaned props and set pieces
The Elliott Bay Cafe for loaned props
George Paul Glanzman for loaned props
The Globe Building for rehearsal space
Marilyn Gonzalez for loaned props
Lee Ann Hittenberger for loaned costumes
Karen Maeda-Allman for organizational support
Cyndie Mastel-Rokicki for loaned props
Rain City Projects for publicity support
Rick Simonson for organizational support

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