Archive for August, 2005

Mini Questionnaire

Quick — how’s your knowledge of Bahamian theatre? Match up the following plays with the correct playwright: Plays: Pa and the Preacher The Prodigal’s Brother I, Nehemiah, Remember When The Landlord Foretaste of Glory Divine Thessalonicus Olemi’s Passage Woman Take Two Single Seven The Settin’ Up Playwrights: Sam Boodle James Catalyn Patrick Rahming Winston Saunders [...]

Horse featured on GVSU website

In case you don’t remember what GVSU is, it’s Grand Valley State University in Michigan, where Philip’s going to be Guest Director in September, October and November. I’ve invited Philip to post whatever thoughts he has on the exchange on this blog. Here’s a link to the site.

Second Workshop Session

The workshop continues small and enthusiastic, and it’s going well. Applied conflict and character discussion to The Children’s Teeth tonight. Talked about how characters are built, and played with different exercises and options. The workshops continue next week, Monday and Wednesday at 6:30, Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture.

The Look of this Site

We’re playing around with the look until we find something that works for us all, and then we’ll settle down.

First Workshop Session

The first workshop session took place tonight. The turnout was small but enthusiastic.

Synopsis & Excerpt–The Children’s Teeth

August, 2002, Nassau, Bahamas, the beginning of lobster season. A ghost, a prodigal daughter and her ex-lover clash fatally over a family house.

Artistic Director of Ringplay heading to Michigan

Back in the spring, Philip got an email from a member of the theatre faculty at Grand Valley State University who’d seen his resume online and thought he’d be a good candidate for their Cultural Diversity programme. He accepted their offer, and is going to produce Winston V. Saunders’ You Can Lead A Horse To Water as part of the Cultural Diversity Programme.

Location and Time of the Workshops

The location and time of the Playwriting Workshops have been set. The workshops will run Mondays and Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. August 15-31, with an option to extend into the first week in September. They will take place in the ground floor conference room of the Ministry of Education Building, Thompson Blvd. Look forward to [...]

Ringplay/IDB Workshops

So the Ringplay/IDB Workshops proto-began last night with a reading of The Children’s Teeth, a new play by Nicolette Bethel.

Ringplay Secures IDB Grant

In June of this year, Ringplay was awarded one of a number of grants given by the Inter-American Development Bank for cultural projects