A Sweeter Lyme

Trinidad-American community leader, Keami La Croix, has made a name for herself in Crown Heights’s West Indie community as the “Black Robin Hood.” But when she decides to create a campaign to reform the violence-stricken, yet very popular Brooklyn J’ouvert — the pre-dawn celebration that originated from slaves impersonating their masters’ masquerade balls — she is met by severe resistance from the black community that once loved her. Ah Sweeter Lyme is a poetic and gritty examination of cultural identity, gentrification, and the extent we will take to preserve where we come from.

Written by Karina Billini

Produced by The New School for Drama NY

CAST

Jonathan Crimeni, Moire Kiyingi, Jillian Macklin, Miranda Powers, Matthew Thomas Scott, Ian Lawrence

Jazmyn Boone, Racquel Jean-Louis, Teresa Lafferty, Terry Barnes, and Amelia Rizzuto

PRODUCTION TEAM

Set Design: Portia Elmer, Costume Design Grier Coleman, Lighting Design Jennifer Fok, Sound Design Sinan Refik Zafar, Production Stage Manager Emily Denardo*,, Assistant Stage Manager: Joanne Pan, Choreographer: Nigel Barnes, and Photos by Joe Loper Photography