Two Black Male Faculty on Directing Jackie Sibblies Drury’s <i>Fairview</i>

When two black male directors produce university productions of Jackie Sibblies Drury’s Fairview in different parts of the country at the same time, they bond over their shared understanding of the white gaze, and how black people are created and viewed in the white imagination, both in the play and in their own lives.

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TDR/The Drama Review
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2025-12-01
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https://doi.org/10.1017/s1054204325100981
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Theatre and Performance Studies
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Two Black Male Faculty on Directing Jackie Sibblies Drury’s Fairview

Ray Black, J. D. Gillett
TDR/The Drama Review
Theatre and Performance Studies
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Two Black Male Faculty on Directing Jackie Sibblies Drury’s Fairview

Ray Black, J. D. Gillett
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Abstract

When two black male directors produce university productions of Jackie Sibblies Drury’s Fairview in different parts of the country at the same time, they bond over their shared understanding of the white gaze, and how black people are created and viewed in the white imagination, both in the play and in their own lives.

TDR/The Drama ReviewVol. 69(4)
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Theatre and Performance Studies
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Two Black Male Faculty on Directing Jackie Sibblies Drury’s <i>Fairview</i> — Ray Black, J. D. Gillett · TDR/The Drama Review (2025) | TGRS Research Map | TGRS