Stick Fly at Convergence

Even the Martha's Vineyard mansion of the LeVay family can barely house all the drama of Stick Fly. Bringing your new girlfriend home to meet Mom and Dad is always stressful. But brothers Kent and Flip must navigate issues of parental expectations (which are stratospheric), sibling rivalry (intense), issues of class and race (fraught and many) and life-altering surprises. For in this richly painted portrait of an affluent African-American family, secrets are always lurking just outside the gilded frame. Now Port City Playhouse stages this powder keg drama from acclaimed playwright Lydia R. Diamond (The Bluest Eye). Family vacations have never been as intense or as enthralling as this exciting new production directed by Kevin Sockwell.