Fair Play Reviews

Washington City Paper- Recommended

"...These days, gender in sports has become such potent fuel for the interminable culture wars that it's impossible to escape the hundreds of headlines litigating questions of womanhood and how to categorize women's bodies. Yet 1st Stage's Fair Play, written by British playwright Ella Road and directed by Deidra LaWan Starnes, starts by sidestepping the big headlines and focusing instead on a raw, bodily moment: a collision. Two girls crashing into each other on the track."

BroadwayWorld- Recommended

"...The competitive world of track and field is the center of 1st Stage's Fair Play, written by Ella Road and directed by Deidra LaWan Starnes, but there is more to this play than just running. Ann (Mahkai Dominique) is a British-Nigerian who crosses paths with Sophie (Camilla Pivetta), a white British star runner who has been competing since she was nine years old. At first, Sophie and Ann see each other as rivals."

DC Theater Arts- Highly Recommended

"...The text moves rapidly, covering a lot of ground, and the dialogue is sharp, naturalistic, and very British: talk of watching "telly," dining on spaghetti Bolognese, and a liberal use of expressions like "innit" (a contraction of "is it not"), which should be familiar to fans of working-class characters on British TV."