Fefu And Her Friends

Fefu and Her Friends, a play taken place in New England in 1935 at Fefu’s Country House. It was written by Maria Irene Fornes and originally produced by the New York Theater Strategy. Fefu and Her Friends speak of themes during the 1930s that the characters were dealing with in society.
Walking into the theatre room, it was set up as a black box. The set-up of Fefu’s Country House used realistic furniture and had a kitchen to the left of the stage. The actor’s utilized all of their space that they had and used several different exit and entrance. The audiences were close to the stage and were on the right and in front of the actors. In the beginning of the production the setting started in the living room, where Fefu and the other actors were introduced and the audience began to gain brief knowledge of who the actors were. During the middle of the production, the actors used different scenes within Fefu’s House. Some of the scenes that were used were the …show more content…
It also help develop the statements in an entertaining way. The disadvantages that the playwright has in choosing theatre as a vehicle for political statement is that it doesn’t share the same time period as the audience. Some of the language being spoken doesn’t relate to the present time. The responsibilities that the director and cast/ crew members have in making sure that the audience understand what the play is about. The way that they can do this is by changing some of the words to fit better with the time period. Giving the audience a background on the setting and about the play itself, to help the audience understand. During the play, being a part of the audience I did not really catch the political views and statements that they were focusing on till the end and yet I was still confuse about what was going on and what the play was