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• YardEdge Talks to Jamaican Debra Ehrhardt – Writer, Actress, Producer

  11 August 2010 by Karin in Drama, Interviews [ 2 comments ]

  [caption id="attachment_9123" align="alignnone" width="330" caption="Debra Ehrhardt"][/caption] YardEdge: How would you describe your work? Debra: My stories are inspired from my Jamaican background, and the totality of my life experiences. So you can say it’s a mixture of: heart, drama and a lot of ...

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• Jamaica Farewell Opens in Kingston Tomorrow

  10 August 2010 by Karin in Drama [ no comments ]

  "JAMAICA FAREWELL" opens in Kingston tomorrow night. This one woman play was written and is being performed  by Jamaican actress / writer Debra Ehrhardt (it's also  to be made into a movie by Tom Hanks). I've seen this play and it's well ...

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• YardEdge talks to Actress, Singer, Dancer, Sharon Ferguson About Life in Hollywood

  16 May 2010 by Karin in Drama, Interviews [ no comments ]

  [caption id="attachment_8220" align="alignnone" width="320" caption=" Photo by Jiovanni Zelko"][/caption] YardEdge welcomes guest blogger Ian Ferguson who talks to actress, singer, dancer Sharon Ferguson about her work and life in Hollywood... It is a fast paced life in Hollywood and with the ever ...

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• University Players Presents Classic Comedy ‘Appropriate Behaviour’

  3 May 2010 by Karin in Drama [ 1 comment ]

  The award-winning University Players present their first production for 2010 at the Philip Sherlock Centre, UWI. After last year’s acclaimed staging of A. R. Gurney’s 'Love Letters' and Trevor Rhone’s 'Two Can Play', the Players turn their attention to the world ...

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• ‘for black boys who have considered homicide when the streets were too much’ Coming Soon to School of Drama

  19 January 2010 by Karin in Drama [ 2 comments ]

  Sankofa Arts & Facilitation will present its first production for 2010 at the Dennis Scott Studio Theatre, Jamaica School of Drama from January 21 to February 7 for seven performances. Part proceeds from the opening night performance will be donated ...

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• YardEdge Talks to Pamela Mordecai About Her Upcoming Play “El Numero Uno”

  14 January 2010 by Karin in Drama [ 3 comments ]

  YardEdge talks to Jamaican writer and poet, Pamela Mordecai about her work and upcoming play, El Numero Uno which opens in Toronto on January 31. The play was directed by ahdri zhina mandiela, a Jamaican born, Toronto based dub poet ...

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• “Pot of Gold” New Area Youth Production Opens Dec 5

  15 November 2009 by Karin in Drama [ no comments ]

  A mystical-dramatical-comical-satirical musical opening December 5th at the Theatre Place, 8 Haining Road, Kingston. Fridays & Saturdays at 8:00 pm; Sundays at 5:00 pm. Tickets are available at York and Moodie's Pharmacies, The Theatre Place and AYF at 66 Barry Street. Pot o' ...

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• Two Short Plays at Edna Manley: Pssst! & dark diaspora

  17 October 2009 by Karin in Drama [ no comments ]

  All are invited to watch two mini productions at the Edna Manley College- School of Drama, one directed by Jamaican dancer/choreographer/director Neila Ebanks and the other by Jamaican international director/dub artist  ahdri zhina mandiela who returned to Jamaica to direct ...

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