“My plays always come out of my own understanding, confusion and fascination surrounding the complexities of race, class, age and sexuality. I say it as I see it through my own African-American Woman eyes, and through the eyes of the people I presumptuously inhabit when writing. When teaching I tell my students that honesty is what ultimately will make the story resonate. I insist that students respect and strive to understand the specific details of human interaction and emotion; details that might seem mundane but are actually the defining elements of drama. I am fairly certain that this is the foundation of all of my writing.”
Lydia Diamond’s plays include Stick Fly, Voyeurs de Venus, The Bluest Eye, The Gift Horse, and Harriet Jacobs. Her plays have been produced at the Goodman Theatre, Steppenwolf, Long Wharf, Hartford Stage, and with the Huntington Theatre Company to name a few.
Race and privilege intersect in this thought-provoking and lively modern family comedy. One lazy summer weekend, Kent LeVay invites his fiancée, Taylor, to meet his parents at their luxurious Martha's Vineyard summer home. Taylor, under the microscope and unaccustomed to the surrounding wealth, challenges the household dynamic. The family ties rapidly unravel when Kent's womanizing older brother surprises everyone with his white girlfriend. Conflict and dysfunction ensue as the household vigorously airs their long-secret dirty linens along with the drapes. Be a fly on the wall as this exciting new American voice, playwright Lydia Diamond (The Bluest Eye), astutely examines African-American social aristocracy in a work called "an impressively ambitious play" (Chicago Tribune) and "a refreshingly vital story about relationships and richly complex characters" (Variety).
Lydia Diamond’s plays include Stick Fly, Voyeurs de Venus, The Bluest Eye, The Gift Horse, and Harriet Jacobs. Her plays have been produced at the Goodman Theatre, Steppenwolf, Long Wharf, Hartford Stage, and with the Huntington Theatre Company to name a few.
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