Fefu y Sus Amigas
Inspired by and in conversation with the play by María Irene Fornés
Concept & Direction by Kathleen Capdesuñer
Associate Director: Fabiola Arias
It's a lovely spring weekend in 1935. Eight young society women who support arts education gather at a New England country manor to prepare their yearly fundraising pitch: six are friends from college; two are recent additions to the group; two are former lovers; one now uses a wheelchair for an unexplainable injury; and one is unhappily married and plays dangerous games with her spouse for all to see. We follow them through the house from group conversations to intimate pairs, as they exchange stories of love and loss, pain and friendship, dreams and nightmares.
Thalia Spanish Theatre, Queens, NY
Featuring the women of Sunnyside Community Services
Designed by the company
Photos: Cason Doyle
Produced by: Thalia Spanish Theatre & Kathleen Capdesuñer (NYFA New Work Grant & Flushing Town Hall Arts Grant recipient)
"My hallucinations are madness, of course, but I wish I could be with others who hallucinate also. I would still know I am mad but I would not feel so isolated. Hallucinations are real, you know. They are not like dreams. They are as real as all of you."
"Mis alucinaciones son locura, por supuesto, pero quisiera estar con otros que también alucinen. Aún acompañada sabría que estoy loca pero no me sentiría tan aislada. Las alucinaciones son reales. ¿Saben? No son como sueños. Son tan reales como todo lo que veo aquí."