Jamaican Plays

To raise funds for its annual children’s Christmas treat, and to assist with the purchase of a wheelchair for the St. Catherine Infirmary, Elitte Club – a charity organisation – will host a benefit performance of Me and Mi Chapsie at 8:30 p.m. on Friday, November 13, at The Pantry Playhouse, New Kingston.

Elitte Club Limited was established as a charity in 2008, and ministers to the spiritually renewed and the impoverished. It gives support to the less fortunate and vulnerable people throughout Jamaica, as its goal is to improve the health, economic, social and spiritual challenges of the men, women and children it serves. It raises funds and provides direct relief assistance to the poor, usually by purchasing specifically-requested materials and distributing them through churches and charity organisations already operating in areas of need.

Me and Mi Chapsie, a hilarious romantic comedy, is Aston Cooke’s latest theatre offering. It follows Cooke’s highly successful productions of Concubine and Pupalick. Set in Kingston, the high-spirited comedy Me and Mi Chapsie is directed by Michael Nicholson, and tackles the once-taboo romantic encounters between an older woman and her younger lover. More about Me & Mi Chapsie.