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ST. THOMAS — This year will mark the 25th<\/sup> anniversary of the production of \u201cHeaven,\u201d a play about love and deception set in a discoth<\/span>\u00e8<\/span>que called Heaven.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHeaven\u201d premiered last Thursday at UVI\u2019s Little Theatre. This week audiences can see encore performances at 8 p.m., April 7-9, at the UVI\u2019s Little Theatre on St. Thomas. On St. Croix, \u201cHeaven\u201d will be performed at 8 p.m. on April 23 and 24 at the James C. Savage Theatre at the Good Hope School.<\/span><\/p>\n

Written and directed by UVI Associate Professor of communications David Edgecombe, the play features UVI students, a UVI senior actor and a UVI lecturer.\u201c<\/i>Heaven\u201d first premiered at the University in the spring of 1991, and its popularity has allowed it to become a staple of UVI\u2019s theater production.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt remains a timely play that deals with issues faced by two young people growing up in Caribbean society,\u201d Edgecombe said.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the play, characters Wayne and Cynthia put everything on the line to win the prize money in a dance competition being held at a discoth\u00e8que called Heaven. But two far more powerful men, Sam and Tony, with his wife Dilys, are also in Heaven weaving their own plans for Cynthia. Deception, temptations, revelations, and pain run amok in Heaven, leaving none unscathed.<\/span><\/p>\n

For its 25th<\/sup> anniversary, the play will be performed on both the St. Thomas Campus and the Albert A. Sheen Campus on St. Croix, thanks in large part to the advent of the Virgin Islands Literary Festival on St. Croix.<\/span><\/p>\n

Last year, Edgecombe and his cast performed the play \u201c<\/i>Hubert Harrison.\u201d Before last year, UVI plays were only performed in St. Thomas.<\/span><\/p>\n

This year in St. Thomas at the UVI Little Theater, the crew will be preforming under a new lighting system, after the old lighting system broke last year. The new lighting system sends a message that UVI is looking to invest in its arts and theatre programs.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to see a real revival and flourishing in the arts at UVI, in the community and in the Caribbean,\u201d Edgecombe said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tickets are on sale at the UVI Bookstore and UVI Humanities Office. Tickets are $20 for adults and $7 for students.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Cast of the March-April 2016 performance<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Wayne \u2013 Khalarni Rivers\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Cynthia \u2013 Nyaila Callwood<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Sam \u2013 Jerome Kendall<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Tony \u2013 Paul Maynard Jr.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Dilys \u2013 Nastassia Jones<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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