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Not Your Everyday Family
Portland director brings comedy on West African experience
This is not your everyday African family. Portland writer
and director George Faux brings the West African experience
to Portland in his live stage performance, “The Family
Timeline, a comedy with lots of laughs and drama that
follows an African family over three distinct stages of their
development, through changing times and circumstances.
The script is written entirely in English Creole, which is
easy for English speakers to understand, and the sets and
costumes are authentic representations of the West African
experience. This is a modem “Cosby Show” meets “All in the
Family” in pidgin English.
Faux has been bringing his vision to the stage and screen
Faux Opens Window to Culture
The following interview is with George
Faux, the Portland writer and director of the
stage play, The Family Timeline, a live stage
drama with lots of laughter rooted in the West
African experience.
George, you came to America from Africa
when you were still a child. What was that like
for you?
Coming to America was weird. It was like
having a dream of heaven, but when you
actually get there, you don’t understand
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what’s going on. In my mind, I was going to
be meeting movie stars, and when I got here
it was amazing, but also shocking. It was
different, but a good different.
Tell us about being a writer.
I don ’ t think of my self as a writer. I ’m more
of a storyteller. I’ve been blessed with a voice
to be able to tell my story, and to make people
laugh. I have this different experience that I
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Writer and director
George Faux came to
Portland from Africa as a
child. His goal is to
create meaningful
stories that uplift the
African community and
provide a connection to
the universality o f the
human condition through
laughter, strife, and
ultimately hope.
since 2009. He came to Portland from Africa as a child, and
his goal is to create meaningful stories that uplift the African
community and provide a connection to the universality of
the human condition through laughter, strife, and ultimately
hope.
The Family Timeline is the largest production to date for
Faux and his team, which is comprised almost entirely of local
talent. Everyone is welcome to the live performance which
will be held on Saturday, Oct. 25 at 7 p.m. the Winningstand
Theater, 1111 S.W. Broadway. Fortickets, call 503-248-4335
or visit portland5.com.
For more information on “The Family Timeline,” visit
georgefauxfilms.com.