Door of No Return

Door Of No Return, Nehassaiu's one-woman show, was introduced to NYC audiences in 2011/12 with staged readings at RACCA's Seaport Salon, Artistic Director, Imani Douglas, & The Seaport Museum.

Originally produced at Rites & Reason Theatre, Brown University, Door of No Return has been performed 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
Confirmed Presenters (click here)
photo credit: donna maria bruton

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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

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PROOF

“Catherine does give pause, especially in deGannes’ performance, in which her brimming anger could easily be mistaken as madness. She switches moods with a chameleonlike [sic] dexterity, be it sparring with her sister, flirting with Hal… or simply speaking with her father… In short Catherine is a handful, and deGannes plays her with touching believability. It’s a wonderfully naturalistic performance in a production, tightly staged by Brian McEleney.”

–––Robert Nesti, The Boston Herald


 “… it’s deGannes who’s a delight to watch, as she changes gears so easily and confidently from adoring daughter to uneasy lover and testy sibling.”      –––Channing Gray, The Providence Journal

“deGannes draws your attention from the first moments with her vibrancy, compassion and quickness, all wrapped in a cloud of vulnerability. That’s a good trick, and she does it well.” –––David Howard, The Seekonk Star

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  A Preface To The Alien Garden

  “Trinity gives Alexander a smoking production, with a blazing turn by Keskhemnu as G Roc, a hypnotic one by Nehassaiu deGannes as Lisa, and a Sportin’ Life-worthy performance by John Douglas Thompson as Slick Rick.”

–––Carolyn Clay, The Providence Phoenix



photo credit: T. Charles Erickson

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