Door of No Return
Door Of No Return, Nehassaiu's original one-woman show, premiered at Rites & Reason Theatre, Brown University in January/February 2006. Nehassaiu has gone on to perform Door of No Return at Portsmouth Abbey,RI, Wheaton College, MA, Goddard College, VT, APAP in New York, The GAMM Theatre/ "Freedom Festival", and the Historic Y Theatre in Cambridge, MA . In 2009, a bilingual French/English translation of Door Of No Return was commissioned by Montreal's PROJET LEVIER/ Engrenage Noir and completed by Canadian spoken word poet and translator, Ingrid Joseph aka "Oni, the Haitian Sensation."
For more information & bookings: Door of No Return Info
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photo credit: donna maria bruton
Rigidigidim De Bamba De: Ruptured Calypso
In June 2008, we began collaborating, Cynthia Oliver and a multi-national cast, to create COCo Dance Theatre's newest work, an evocative fusion of video, movement, spoken word and original sound design––– a celebratory interrogation of Caribbean women, diaspora and the ruptures of home. Performed in New York, Philadelphia, Seattle, DC, and the Bates Dance Festival 2009/10. Click here for more info
And how! These women are sublime.––– The New York Times
Caryn Hodge & Nehassaiu deGannes in "Windrush"
photo: Paul Kopecki, courtesy of The Painted Bride and COCo Dance Theatre
And how! These women are sublime.––– The New York Times
Caryn Hodge & Nehassaiu deGannes in "Windrush"
photo: Paul Kopecki, courtesy of The Painted Bride and COCo Dance Theatre
Theatre of The Two-Headed Calf's "Room For Cream," Seasons 1 & 2
I had a great time playing Roberta Charles (“Robbie”) – Former proprietor of Room for Cream, partner of Ellie Meeker and surrogate mother to Bailey Donovan in this hit live episodic drama at LaMama ETC. I was: Poet and spoken-word artist. Currently a member (along with a drifter fondly known as “Dad”) of the Black Knights, Berkshire County’s first and only Ebony and Ivory Black Power motorcycle club. Was kidnapped and the trauma of the event inspired a nervous breakdown and Roberta went missing briefly. The event transformed her from a mild-mannered poetess to a biker with an axe to grind. Harbors a secret desire to have children and marry, but this dream was clearly not shared by Ellie. Left Sappho after the pressure of running Cream alone after Ellie left became too much.
