“Liars at a Funeral” is premiered at the Blyth Festival in 2023. It was also programmed at Magnus Theatre in May 2024.
She is also developing a new work “Why It’s Impossible to Raise a Girl” which is set to premiere in 2024, in collaboration with Zoe Sweet, Rebecca Benson, and Sarah Kitz.
She is also working on an all-new-play-that-she-isn’t-talking-about-yet 🙂
The Philanderess
About
A 60min feminist farce inspired by George Bernard Shaw’s The Philanderer.
Meet Charlotte. She has her PhD in feminist philosophy, she just asked her lawyer boyfriend to be her life partner, and she authors a wildly famous blog about sleeping with men on the side. This fabulous feminist has it all. Until one of her lovers crashes her life partner engagement party… with his eccentric family in tow.
Production History
The Philanderess premiered at the 2015 Toronto Fringe and was subsequently remounted at The Second City Toronto Main Stage in October 2015. Both productions were directed by Michelle Alexander and produced by Truth’n’Lies.
Buzz
The Second City Award for Outstanding New Comedy
NNNNN – “Sophia Fabiilli brilliantly adapts George Bernard Shaw’s play for the 21st century… A comical, feisty, and at times smoldering bedroom farce.” (NOW Magazine)
Outstanding New Play, Production, Ensemble, and Direction – “The highlight of the Fringe is discovering unknown (to us anyway) artists whose work marks them as creators to watch. Sophia Fabiilli’s The Philanderess… is a terrific contemporary feminist rewrite of Shaw’s The Philanderer.” (NOW Magazine)
Sold out run and Patron’s Pick Award
“The Philanderess, a farcical adaptation of a Shaw classic (and her first play), enchanted audiences.” (Torontoist)
“The Philanderess is wonderful. It keeps the original themes of Shaw’s play intact, merging them with a modern setting and very nice, fast-paced, bawdy wit that works.” (Mooney on Theatre)
“Fabiilli’s writing is witty and smart and often leads her characters in the direction least expected.” (TWISI)
Liars at a Funeral
About
A two-act farce about a grandmother faking her own death in order to reunite her family in a funeral home.
Grandma Mavis fakes stages her own funeral in order to reunite her estranged family.
Production History
Liars at a Funeral premiered in Toronto at St. Vladimir’s Theatre in May 2017, directed by Ali Joy Richardson, and produced Laura Jabalee Johnston and Truth’n’Lies.
Buzz
3/4 stars, “Liars at a Funeral is a promising example of Fabiilli’s broad appeal.” (The Toronto Star)
“Some of the best original comedy-writing I’ve seen… Fabiilli shines as a writer.” (Mooney)
“A feminist spin on the traditional farce, which haven’t always passed the Bechdel Test… Fabiilli has some surprisingly moving plot twists up her sleeve.” (Torontoist)
For reading copies of any of her work, please email Sophia directly at sfabiilli@gmail.com.
