The Caribbean Theatre Project: Condé, Gonfier, Glissant

Join us for an evening celebrating the life and work of three Caribbean writers. Alongside excerpts from Gilda Gonfier’s new play A Good Negro, the Segal Center will be honoring the work of two Caribbean masters: Édouard Glissant (1928-2011) with Tale of Black Histories, directed by Gilbert Laumord, and Maryse Condé (1934-2024) with Crossing the Mangrove, directed by Magali Solignat. In collaboration with Compagnie Siyaj and Macha Productions (Guadeloupe).

The Caribbean Theatre Action (Actions Caribéennes Théâtrales, ACT) aims to build a cultural dialogue between the U.S. and the Caribbean and to raise awareness and recognition of Francophone Caribbean Theatre by translating and presenting works by Caribbean playwrights in the United States.

The Caribbean Theatre Project in 2019 presented six contemporary plays by both emerging and established Caribbean writers from Haiti, Martinique, and Guadeloupe, showcasing their work for the first time in the United States at the Segal Theater. The event was organized in collaboration with Prof. Stéphanie Bérard (Paris), Elvia Gutierrez from Compagnie Siyaj (Guadeloupe). The festival featured live readings and discussions with playwrights Daniely Francisque (Martinique), Luc Saint-Éloy (Guadeloupe), and Magali Solignat and Charlotte Boimare (Guadeloupe), along with their translators, American directors, and scholars. An anthology of the plays has been published published by the Segal Center in Spring 2020.