Award Winning One Woman Play Opens Dialogue on Multi-racial Challenges & Acceptance

Nov. 25, 2008 - PRLog -- Writing and performing in a relevant, poignant and historical solo show, Actress Juliette Fairley brings "Mulatto's Dilemma" to a Los Angeles stage to open a dialogue about the institution of marriage and being mixed race.  Not only is this play geared to entertain by the brilliant acting of Miss Fairley but it is also designed to salute the challenges and obstacles faced and overcome by multi-racial women throughout history and to inspire modern day women in thier quest for self realization and acceptance with or without a husband. Now is the time for this play as we celebrate and applaud the bi-racial make  up of our newly elected President-Elect Barak Obama, and observe the thunderous acceptance by people all over the world who do not question his diversity.  Now is the time for such a play that teaches children and adults of all race and mixed races, that they are valued and appreciated. A second theme in Fairley's show  are women's issues from marriage to working and the fear of falling into prostitution.

Set in the 1920's, with flapper girl costumes and music from Bessie Smith and Edith Piaf, "Mulatto's Dilemma" takes the audience on a journey from the Ante-bellum south, to the Harlem Rennaissance and finally Europe.  The protagonist Annique Brick searches for her Caucasian family while experiencing the rejection, the reactions, challenges and truimphs of the larger than life characters who either love her or hate her.  In addition to the performance, the audience is encouraged to engage in dialogue about the content of the play after the final act.  Fairley says she was inspired to add this to the show when audience members lingered outside the theater discussing the issues raised by the play amongst themselves.  "The performance and the content had such an impact that they didn't want to leave because they needed to process, so I gave them the opportunity" says Fairley.

Born to an African American father and French Caucasian mother, Juliette Fairley knows of what she speaks and has channeled her own experiences into the characters. Fairley touches emotions from love, hate, racisim, chauvinism, acceptance and faith.

Directed by Jessica Zweinman of the New York Public Theatre, Ms. Fairley won the 2008 African American Playwright's Exchange Award for Best Actress. "Mulatto's Dilemma" was also featured in the Beverly Hills Hollywood NAACP Theatre Festival in June 2008. It is a candidate for a 2009 Ovation Award and NAACP Theatre Award.  Of the success and message of the play Fairley explains, "it is a timely topic given the fact that there has been an increase in multi-racial or bi-racial people in our population. I suspect with our president being bi-racial people that more and more people will choose to marry and propagate outside their race, making Mulatto's Dilemma relevant to everyone, whether they are a product of an interracial marriage or partner in an interracial relationship."

For a sneak peak of some of the characters portrayed by Ms. Fairley, please visit, www.mulatto.me  or www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTgLXaMQO8s

Mulatto's Dilemma
Moving Arts Theatre
Silver Lake, CA

Performance Dates
Sunday, December 14th
Doors open at 2:30 pm show starts at 3 pm
Upcoming 2009 Performance Dates: Sunday, January 11, February 15, 2009
Doors open at 2:30 pm show starts at 3 pm

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