• Contest/Lotteries

    “Home Sweet Home” Poetry Contest

    Do you long for home? Where is Home for you? What does home mean to you?   Here’s your chance to be featured on our blog, our website and at our 1st Annual Fundraiser in Brooklyn Heights   The poem’s inspiration should be “Home Sweet Home” and what that means to you.   If you are chosen your poem will not only be featured but also you will receive a 30% discount off the price of the Fundraiser ticket.   Submission Deadline: November 15th, 2013 Send all submissions with your name and contact info to masplayhouse@gmail.com Come share your thoughts, come share our legacy!

  • Contest/Lotteries

    “Home Sweet Home” Drawing Contest

    Paint us a picture of Home? Where is it? What does it mean to you?   Here’s your chance to be featured on our blog, our website and at our 1st Annual Fundraiser in Brooklyn Heights   Your inspiration is “Home Sweet Home”   If you are chosen your drawing will not only be featured but also you will receive a 30% discount off the price of the Fundraiser ticket.   Submission Deadline: November 20th 2013 Send your submissions to masplayhouse@gmail.com    

  • Behind the Scenes

    Casting for “Home”- A Play by Greg Anderson-Elysee

    “Home” is a 10 min play that explores the connection, or lack thereof, of a young Haitian man to his Haitian roots and his journey home. This piece is will premiere on the same night of the world premiere of “Home Sweet Home”, the documentary that sparked the creation of this play. The night will explore the nostalgia associated with making the journey from the Caribbean and settling in the US. Seeking: Male- 40’s or 50’s Haitian or very good Haitian accent a must. Female- 40’s or 50’s Haitian or very good Haitian accent a must. Male- 20’s Haitian Male of very good Haitian Accent a must Interview by appointment-…

  • Playwrights of The Week

    Derek Walcott Response on Custos

    The poem “The Star-Apple Kingdom” starts with this pastoral painting. How do you get from that to the Caribbean? From paint to words. Is that a fair transition? Are you asking too much of your readers that way? First of all tell me about custos. Derek Walcott replied saying “custos is an example of the things that happen in language in the Caribbean. A custos is a custodian. A Latin custos—custodoes meaning a god. It’s an old Jamaican word which may still be used for someone in charge of a parish, appointed by the government, I think. The custos of a parish is the guard.

  • Playwrights of The Week

    Stanley French Playwright of the Week

    Stanley French, one of the Caribbean’s leading playwrights has died.  Born in 1937 in Castries, Saint Lucia, he attended the Methodist Primary School and St. Mary’s College, following which he moved to London where he completed the Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering at the University of London in 1962. In London, during the 1960’s, he was exposed to international literature, theatre and cinema, both modern and traditional. London was then a Caribbean intellectual hub nurturing writers and students grappling with issues of Caribbean self-determination and development. The city was a vibrant centre with many professional and “fringe” theatres, cinemas, bookshops and associated facilities. French’s attraction to theatre began…

  • Playwrights of The Week

    Kendel Hippolyte Accomplishments Across the Carribbean

    Kendel Hippolyte has participated in poetry workshops by Derek Walcott famous playwright and poet. Both playwrights has been featured on MA’s Playhouse blog honoring their contribution to the Caribbean and Caribbean american society. He has himself designed and taught poetry workshops in various places such as Ty Newydd in Wales and the UWI Caribbean Writers Summer Workshop in Barbados. He has performed his work in the Caribbean, Europe and America at events such as the Miami International Book Fair, the Medellin Poetry Festival, Calabash Literary Festival, Vibrations Caraibes, the Havana Book Fair among others. In 2007, he won the Bridget Jones Travel Award to travel to England to present his…