Lydia R. Diamond’s “Stick Fly” took a classic family drama, mixed it up with issues of class and privilege, and set it in a surprising location: a well-to-do black family’s Martha’s Vineyard vacation home.
“When I first saw ‘Stick Fly’ as a Boston University undergraduate, I was so excited to see a family that looked like me onstage,” says Ciera-Sadé Wade, who is directing a production for the Madison Park Development Corp. at Hibernian Hall through Oct. 27.
“At the same time,” she says, “the challenge for the cast is finding the complexity and humanity in these people, and making them relatable.”
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