NEGRO ENSEMBLE COMPANY
1978 PRODUCTION OF
"NEVIS MOUNTAIN DEW"
A PLAY BY STEVE CARTER
Negro Ensemble Company 1978 Production of
"NEVIS MOUNTAIN DEW"
"NEVIS MOUNTAIN DEW"
Pictured in the cast - (left to right) Barbara Montgomery, Arthur French, Graham Brown and Frances Foster
Presented by
Negro Ensemble Company
St. Mark's Playhouse
NYC
Negro Ensemble Company
St. Mark's Playhouse
NYC
Written By
Steve Carter
Directed by
Horacena J. Taylor
Nevis Mountain Dew is a 1978 play by Steve Carter, part of his "Caribbean Trilogy," that explores themes of family, identity, and euthanasia through the lens of a 1950s Caribbean-American family in Queens, New York, centered on the patriarch confined to an iron lung. The play uses a bottle of potent rum as a catalyst for revealing deep-seated family secrets and tensions during the patriarch's 50th birthday celebration. It was critically acclaimed, earning a spot in The Best Plays of 1978–1979 yearbook.
