Fefu and Her Friends

November 14 – 16, 2025

Studio ONE

Book María Irene Fornés
Directed by Gregg Wiggans (CFA’25) and Liv King (CFA’26)

One of Off-Broadway’s best-loved plays, originally directed by the author. The audience follows the lives of eight women. For this play, María Irene Fornés received one of her nine Obie awards. (Broadway Play Publishing Inc.)

Students in the School of Theatre scenography course chose Fefu for the annual Fringe Festival, says play director Liv King. “A core focus of this class is discovering the value, purpose, and reason of a piece: asking ourselves what the play is doing and what we achieve by producing it right now,” King says. “Fefu was written in the 1970s, set in the ’30s, and was an examination of how advancements in women’s rights had not changed the overwhelming behavioral expectation that comes with living in a patriarchal society. Now, nearly 50 years after the play’s initial conception, our production is doing the same thing.

“The security and freedom the characters in Fefu strive for, that Fornes writes for, are those which are in jeopardy today,” she continues. “Life for women in the United States in 2025, 1977, and 1935 seems to be more similar than different.”

Fefu and Her Friends was presented as part of BU College of Fine Arts’ 2025 Fringe Festival. The Boston University Fringe Festival, is a collaboration between the College of Fine Arts School of Music: Opera Institute and School of Theatre. The festival’s mission is to produce new or rarely performed significant works in the opera and theatre repertoire, bringing performances and audiences together in unique theatrical settings. For almost three decades, Fringe Festival at Boston University has celebrated and amplified new work, shown in spare and minimal productions.

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“The security and freedom the characters in Fefu strive for, that Fornes writes for, are those which are in jeopardy today,” says director Liv King. “Life for women in the United States in 2025, 1977, and 1935 seems to be more similar than different.”

Cast

LILLIAN DEVLIN
STAR CRANE
AVERY RUSSEY
CHARLOTTE COMPO
AVA CRONIN
KENNEDI YOUNG
JANIE MCRAE
ROSALIND FORE

Creative Team

Written by MARÍA IRENE FORNÉS

Directed by GREGG WIGGANS & LIV KING

Scene Designer • EZINNE EMEH
Costume Designer • SHIRLEY BRILL
Lighting Designer • JOE BORSCH
Sound Designer • JESSIE CHEN
Stage Manager • IASLYN LEWIS
Production Manager • SAM NOTO