Jamaican Plays

Aston Cooke’s Single Entry Play Closes On December 19

Aston Cooke’s Jamaican comedy Single Entry is into its final set of performances at the Pantry Playhouse, as it closes on Sunday, December 19. The play, which opened in October, has been playing to appreciative audiences. The producers describe Single Entry as an outrageously hilarious comedy, filled with rib-tickling laughter and fine acting by Dennis [...]

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Single Entry Play Is Back

According to a report in today’s Gleaner newspaper, Aston Cooke’s award winning comedy Single Entry is in rehearsal for a gala opening on October 15 at the Pantry Playhouse in New Kingston. The outrageously hilarious Jamaican play tackles the sensitive issues of multiple passports, false identifications, bogus visas and fake green cards … more here

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Aston Cooke Wins Best Play Award – 2009 National Literary Competition

Playwright, Aston Cooke, recently won the Best Play award for his entry – a full-length manuscript called Jonkanoo Jamboree – in the 2009 National Literary Competition that was staged by the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC). He was presented the award at a ceremony held recently at the Rex Nettleford Hall at the University of [...]

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Me and Mi Chapsie Review

Today’s Gleaner newspaper features a review of ‘Me and Mi Chapsie’ by Keiran King. Thinking of the world as a stage is a good place to start. In Aston Cooke’s world, to be Jamaican is to be a performer. His new play, Me and Mi Chapsie, is a humorous treatise on that idea. The chapsie [...]

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Everaldo Creary Is The ‘CHAPSIE”

Everaldo Creary plays the role of Donald, a sound system selector who is the “Chapsie” in Aston Cooke’s romantic comedy about cougars and cubs called “Me And Mi Chapsie” – which opened last month at the Pantry Playhouse in New Kingston. In Jamaica it has always been socially acceptable to see older men with younger [...]

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