Grace is staging a green-card wedding at her house: Tashie–who recently came from Trinidad with her son Likkle–is marrying her Americanized ”cousin” Nap, who brings his “friend” to the wedding. Many years later, four fraternity pledges are experiencing their last night of hell week before becoming full-fledged brothers: they make dances, crack jokes, and test one another’s love. Both stories take place in the same basement, with double-cast actors blurring the lines of identity. “If cat mek kitten in an oven does that make it bun?” is a Trini saying our mothers might tell us if we dare suggest we are not really Trini. Is Cry You Cry’n? is about the dream this proverb aspires to make real. 

World Premiere @ Brown University's MFA Playwriting's Writing is Live 2025

Directed by Marissa Joyce Stamps | Assistant Direction Ari Cleveland + Eric Hadley | Featuring Lucia Aremu, Kayla Bennett, Henry Nwaru, Austyn Williamson, David Bertoldi, Natan Rodrigues, Sebastian Botero | Stage Management Tristen Mosley | Assistant Stage Management Elena Genao | Scenic Design Renee Surprenant Fitzgerald | Prop Design Ford Rowe | Props Assistants Chloe Rombaut-Enriquez + Baylie Hartford | Lighting Design Nic Vincent | Costume Design April Hickman | Sound Design Alex Eizenberg | Dramaturg Shayok Misha Chowdhury | Intimacy Coordinator + Fight Director Maxime Hendrikse Liu

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Is Cry You Cry'n? by Dhari Noel, courtesy of Brown University, photo(s) by Erin X. Smithers.