Caribbean in Queens

Caribbean in Queens: a Podcast featuring Audio Plays and interviews about Caribbean-Americans living in New York City during the COVID 19 Pandemic. This is a project of Braata Productions: a Caribbean non-profit arts organization dedicated to preserving Caribbean Heritage.

Episode 2: The weight of the pandemic and the BLM protests set in...

After helping his mother Flor find purpose, Hector finds himself in the midst of a cultural awakening he doesn't understand. Questions about culture, love, and communication plague him as a promotion in his job looms and the world gets angrier.

Written by Nelson Diaz-Marcano

Directed by Gineiris Garcia

Featured Voices:

FLOR: Jessica Carmona

HECTOR: Cedric Leiba Jr.

TITO/ROB: Rigoberto Vindiola

MARIANNA/REINA/ENSEMBLE: Michelle Reiss

ENSEMBLE: Joel Edwards

Music & Production by Joel Edwards

Narration by Julene Robinson

Flor was inspired by interviews with Rosa Mendez

Content Warning: Flor contains Strong Adult Language

Sponsor

Funded in part by the Venturous Theater Fund of the Tides Foundation.

More Information about Braata Productions & Caribbean in Queens: www.braataproductions.org

Episode 1:

Caribbean in Queens: a Podcast featuring Audio Plays and interviews about Caribbean-Americans living in New York City during the COVID 19 Pandemic. This is a project of Braata Productions: a Caribbean non-profit arts organization dedicated to preserving Caribbean Heritage.

Episode 1: Meeting Flor & Her Family

As she starts to enjoy life again, the whole world shuts down, leaving Flor without her groove back, and worse, without her Karaoke. What does a recently retired Puerto Rican woman do when everything seems to keep changing on her?

Written by : Nelson Diaz-Marcano

Directed by : Gineiris Garcia

Featured Voices:

FLOR: Jessica Carmona

VALENTINA: Jennica Carmona

HECTOR: Cedric Leiba Jr.

TITO: Rigoberto Vindiola

DJ: Leonardo Gonzalez Dominguez

ENSEMBLE: Michelle Reiss

Music & Production : by Joel Edwards

Narration : Julene Robinson

Flor was inspired by interviews with Rosa Mendez

Sponsor:

Funded in part by the Venturous Theater Fund of the Tides Foundation.

More Information about Braata Productions & Caribbean in Queens: www.braataproductions.org

Interview with Nelson Diaz-Marcano, Playright of FLOR. 

Welcome to Caribbean in Queens: a Podcast featuring Audio Plays and interviews about Caribbean-Americans living in New York City. This is a project of Braata Productions: a Caribbean non-profit arts organization dedicated to showcasing talent from the Caribbean Diaspora and preserving Caribbean Heritage. From February till June this year: 2021, Caribbean in Queens features 5 audio plays about 5 different Caribbean-American households in Queens as they navigate life as family, as immigrants, life during a pandemic, and just life in general! Join Karl O’Brian Williams for Interviews with playwrights on Mondays, while each episode of the featured play will be released on the following Wednesdays. “Caribbean in Queens: a Borough, a People, a Vibe, in a Time of COVID 19.”