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LIVE GARRA CARIBBEAN THEATRE FESTIVAL

LIVE GARRA THEATRE in association with THE AMERICAN-CARIBBEAN THEATRE ALLIANCE presents LIVE GARRA CARIBBEAN CULTURE WEEK: Featuring the works of Caribbean Playwrights Harlan Penn, Dr. Claire A. Nelson, Chris Gardiner

A purchase of a $30 Festival Ticket package includes: an invitation to the Caribbean Culture week kick-off festivities and the featured full-length performances of "Nutmeg & Cocoa" and "Resident Alien" any evening/matinee of your choice.

TUESDAY JUNE 28, 2016
-7:30pm- kick-off: LIVE GARRA CARIBBEAN CULTURE WEEK: Opening week reception: Host- Mark Williams: Chris Gardiner - Honorary Chairperson / Play reading of MELTING POT BLUES by Chris Gardiner / Caribbean food & music "Pan Lara" Steel drum band

WEDNESDAY JUNE 29, 2016
-8:00pm NUTMEG AND COCOA by Harlan Penn (featured full length play)
World premiere of Nutmeg & Cocoa, a Romeo and Juliet story centered on the invasion of Grenada in 1983 is about a young girl who falls in love with an American student at the same time her country is falling apart.

THURSDAY JUNE 30, 2016
-8:00pm NUTMEG AND COCOA by Harlan Penn

FRIDAY JULY 1, 2016
-7:30pm NUTMEG AND COCOA by Harlan Penn
-9:30pm RESIDENT ALIEN BY Dr. Claire A. Nelson Special "After Dark" featured performance
The hit comedy, Resident Alien summons memories of Caribbean life and follows a Jamaican womans pursuit to find a man to marry her and obtain a green card.

SATURDAY JULY 2, 2016
-2:00pm RESIDENT ALIEN BY Dr. Claire A. Nelson (encore)
-7:30pm NUTMEG AND COCOA by Harlan Penn
-9:30pm RESIDENT ALIEN BY Dr. Claire A. Nelson - Special "After Dark" encore performance

SUNDAY JULY 3, 2016
-2:00pm & 7:30pm NUTMEG AND COCOA

All Performances at the Black Box Theatre: 8641 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, MD 20910