Fabulation or, The Re-Education of Undine
From the penthouse to mom’s house. A riches-to-rags story asking “can you ever really go home again?”
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Success. Love. Fabulous wardrobe. Undine has it all. Until her husband steals her hard-earned fortune, sending her tumbling down the social ladder. Pregnant and penniless, with life unraveling at every turn, Undine is forced to return home to Brooklyn and the family she left behind, in a complicated new reality. In this satirical comedy by two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Lynn Nottage (Intimate Apparel, Meet Vera Stark, Sweat) while life unravels, hope can be found in small victories and in the discovery of finding happiness within.
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A woman goes from riches to rags in Lyric Stage’s ‘Fabulation’ | The ARTery | Jacquinn Sinclair
“The complexity of Undine—her insatiable thirst for success (inspired by her love of Edith Wharton’s “The Custom of the Country,” which details the social ascent of Undine Spragg), her harshness toward others, and later, a slow softening—is thoughtfully executed.”
“It warms the heart. It feels like a homecoming.”
‘Fabulation or, The Re-Education of Undine’ Review } METRMag.com | Kevin T. Baldwin
“A bravura performance from Lyndsay Allyn Cox”
Smart, Funny “Fabulation” Entertains at the Lyric | Theater Mirror | Michele Markarian
“While Undine/Sharona is an unlikely Pilgrim, her road home is paved with cleverness and humor, and for that alone, it’s worth seeing.”
‘Fabulation’: A Woman Who Is Down But Not Out | On Boston Stages | Rich Fahey
“Director Dawn M. Simmons has assembled a hard-working, pitch-perfect ensemble that takes on a huge variety of roles seamlessly and skillfully.”
Fabulation: Or, the Re-education of Undine | Review| WGBH | Jared Bowen
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