In Bellas Gate Boy, his
autobiographical account of his path from a rural community to the
heights of fame as the pre-eminent Jamaican dramatist of his
generation, Trevor Rhone weaves a compelling, witty, and poignant
tale. Inspiring and insightful, the production features a
master storyteller at his best as he navigates his audiences
through the twists and turns of a life well lived. Rhone says
he seeks “to mirror the lives of the ordinary man, and to
reaffirm his strengths in such a way that he learns to diminish his
weaknesses and to believe that he can make a positive difference in
his society.”
Date
Wednesday, February 13,
2008
Time
4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. (Reception)
7:00 p.m. (performance)
Location
Presidents' Room (next to Little Theatre)
(Reception), Queens Campus
Little Theatre (Performance), Queens Campus
Registration Form
Please RSVP by Friday, February 8, 2008 by completing this Registration
Form.
More about the writer,
producer, director, and actor
In a career spanning over forty years, TREVOR
RHONE’S contribution to Caribbean culture is
phenomenal. Mr. Rhone’s work is reflective of the beauty that
contradictions found within Caribbean societies emerging from
colonialism and fashioning their own identities. His writings
provide cinematic and theatrical windows into the complex sociology
of “blackness” and the role of gender in the changing economic,
social, and relationship landscape of African Diaspora life in
North America and the Caribbean. This noted writer, producer,
director and actor has scores of scripts for stage and screen to
his credit, including the internationally acclaimed film,
The Harder They Come. Trevor’s work
has won him international critical acclaim, as well as numerous
professional and civic accolades including a Toronto Film Festival
Genie Award; a Living Legend Award from the National Black Theatre
Festival; and the Commander of the Order of Distinction from the
Government of Jamaica. Trevor is a graduate of the Rose
Bruford College in Kent, England, one of the country’s leading
schools for the performing arts. He was honored by his
alma mater with a Fellowship in November
2007.
Sponsored by The President's Multicultural Advisory Committee,
Committee on Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS), The
Division of Student Affairs, Student Government
Incorporated, Carribbean Students Association and Haraya, The
Pan-African Students Coalition.