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Written and Performed by Rebecca
Developed With and Directed By David Ford
Memphis, Tennessee.
A house with white pillars and black maids.
Country clubs and aerobic classes.
Drugs and murder.
A story about the new South.
Tragic, comic, startling.
The Magnificence of the Disaster received standing ovations at The Marsh's Festival of New Work.
"An engagingly confiding performer...Fisher deftly shifts from her charmingly chatty or distressed self to a wide variety of characters of all ages, both sexes and black and white. She boldly confronts not only her family tragedies but also issues of race, class, culture and the legacy of the Civil War...it's smart, challenging, disarmingly funny and unmistakably affecting. " -Rob Hurwitt, SF Chronicle
"a unique and moving experience." -SF Weekly
"Potent" -SF Chronicle
"It was a MASTERPIECE! Powerful, emotional, yet not draining, thanks to the tasteful humor that was entwined in between the "disasters" that you so wisely managed to present...It touched me very deeply!" -Rachel Gabay, Net Work Manager, Cupertino, CA
"Fisher's true crime rendering of Southern culture on the skids is poetic and riveting. Her performance is a darkly hilarious with nuanced observation on human frailty. David Ford's direction provided a solid framework by building precise and finely paced moments in a highly charged solo piece." -Francesca Prada, Producer, San Francisco, CA
"Stunning! The story is well crafted and her delivery is divine." -Liebe Wetzel, Artistic Director Lunatique Fantastique
"Her performance was stunning. It was so clever and funny and raw - but above all honest, and that's what made it special. This is everything you could wish for in a night of theater" -Bryce Giddens, Attorney, San Francisco
"I think Great Things are in store for this artist. It is my intuition she has only scratched the surface of the alchemical gold that resides in the depths of her gifted and brilliant soul." -Lynda Beth Unkeless, Writer, Marin County
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