The affluent, African-American LeVay family is gathering at their Martha’s Vineyard home for the weekend, and brothers Kent and Flip have each brought their respective ladies home to meet the parents for the first time. Kent’s fiancée, Taylor, an academic whose absent father was a prominent author, struggles to fit into the LeVay’s upper-crust lifestyle. Kimber, on the other hand, is a self-described WASP who works with inner-city school children, fits in more easily with the family. Joining these two couples are the demanding LeVay patriarch, Joe, and Cheryl, the daughter of the family’s longtime housekeeper. As the two newcomers butt heads over issues of race and privilege, long-standing family tensions bubble under the surface and reach a boiling point when secrets are revealed.
Stick Fly opened on Broadway at the Cort Theatre in New York City on December 8, 2011. It was produced by Nelle Nugent, Alicia Keys, Samuel Nappi, Reuben Cannon, Charles Salameno, Huntington Theatre Company, Dan Frishwasser, Catherine Schreiber , Jay H. Harris/Joseph Sirola, Daveed D. Frazier/Mark Thompson, and Sharon A. Carr/Patricia Klausner/Rick Danzansky; in association with Kenneth Teaton, Cato and Nicole June/Matthew and Shawna Watley, Howard Kagan, and Eric Falkenstein. It was directed by Kenny Leon.