Tangerine Clarke (Caribbean Life) writes concerning the off-Broadway debut of Caribbean drama “Mamma Decemba,” produced and directed by Jamaican director Merlina Wealthy and written by Jamaican playwright Nigel D. Moffatt. The play will probably be on stage between Might 4 and 13, 2023, at The New Views Theatre Studio, positioned at 458 West thirty seventh Avenue @ tenth Avenue, New York, New York. [Many thanks to Peter Jordens for bringing this play to our attention.]
Positive Factor Productions advised Caribbean Life that full casting has been introduced for the Banana Boat Productions and New Views Theatre Firm New York revival of Nigel D. Moffatt’s Caribbean Drama “Mamma Decemba,” which can open at The New Views Theatre Studio on Thursday, Might 4 for a restricted run of eight performances. [. . .]
The forged of “Mamma Decemba” includes Paula Galloway, Christopher Laing, and two-time Audelco Award nominee, Dianne Dixon.Inventive Director of Banana Boat Productions, Merlina Wealthy, will direct the manufacturing.
Set in England in the course of the Nineteen Eighties, Moffat’s comedy- drama was the winner of Britain’s 1985 Samuel Beckett Award, sponsored by the Royal Court docket Theater and Channel 4.
Manufacturing notes describe the play as “a bittersweet story that raises questions concerning the true nature of lifelong relationships, as an aged Jamaican girl dwelling in England (Galloway) finds herself widowed, jobless and seemingly abandoned by her youngsters in her waning years. Her makes an attempt to deal with her growing solitude contain hauntingly sincere, often humorous, and generally painful reflections on her previous, particularly the demise of her husband John (Laing). Sharing in her most non-public moments is her finest and maybe solely pal, Mertel (Dixon).”
See full evaluation at https://www.caribbeanlife.com/revival-of-nigel-d-moffatts-caribbean-drama-mamma-decemba-opens-may-4/
Mamma Decemba
Nigel D. Moffatt
Directed by Merlina Wealthy
Might 4 – 13, 2023
The New Views Theatre Studio, 458 West thirty seventh Avenue @ tenth Avenue, New York, NY 10018
https://www.newperspectivestheatre.org/current-programs/2023/3/15/mamma-decemba
Additionally see a evaluation by Stephanie Korney at https://jamaicans.com/jamaican-producer-and-director-merlina-rich-to-stage-broadway-debut-of-caribbean-drama
[Photo above by Doug Barron: Dianne Dixon (left), Paula Galloway and Christopher Laing in “Mamma Decemba.”]
For extra on the director, see https://www.instagram.com/merlinarich/
For extra on the author, see https://www.blackplaysarchive.org.uk/discover/playwrights/moffatt-nigel