Jamaican Plays

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 is [...]

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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 women, [...]

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Me and Mi Chapsie Benefit Performance For Charity

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 [...]

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Me & Mi Chapsie – Opening October 7

Aston Cooke’s latest play is a romantic comedy about ‘cougars’ and ‘cubs’ (women over 40 who sexually pursue younger men) called “Me and Mi Chapsie”. It opens on Wednesday, October 7, at the Pantry Playhouse in New Kingston, and follows hot on the heels of Cooke’s previous successful productions – “Concubine” and “Jamaica 2 Rahtid [...]

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