More than 1,000 people packed the Lions Centre to enjoy a visiting performance of the Jamaican smash hit play ‘The Ex-Baby Motha’ on Sunday, 18 June.
The huge event space echoed with laughter and cheers as actress and comedian Andrea Wright put on a side-splitting performance as the loud-mouthed and feisty Delcita.
Teen actor Kai-Alana O’Connor, who played the daughter, was another star of the show along with frustrated father Calneth Reid and his spirited partner Derricka Johnson.
Meanwhile, veteran actress Trudy Campbell-Fraser was the ‘ex-baby motha’ in the Father’s Day special performed in Jamaican patois.
According to the Jamaica Gleaner, the play takes a critical look at children who are separated from their parents due to distance, jealousy and disruptive family events.
It tells the story of how the stepmother and her partner communicate and interact with his child from a past relationship, under the eye of the ever-candid Delcita.
Playwright Wright, who is also a guidance counsellor, said in the Gleaner: “We need to be more mature and psychologically aware of the imbalances that are caused by most step relationships.”
On Tuesday, she posted a photo of herself in Cayman on her public Facebook account and apologised for not staying to take photos with fans before and after the show.
“Mi kunk-out due to stage heat and exhaustion,” she wrote.
The play, which opened in 2022, has toured Jamaica and will now be heading to Toronto, Canada, for four more performances.
‘Laughter, enjoyment and fun’
Caymanian actress and director Wendee Miller of V4C Productions put on the Cayman event which included a raffle giveaway for fathers in the audience.
She also hosted a free performing arts youth workshop on Friday, 16 June, at the University College of the Cayman Islands, with Wright as a guest tutor.
Children learnt about social responsibilities and self-awareness, along with character building, skit presentation, auditioning and script reading.
Miller said putting on the events was her way of giving back to the community after the disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
“I want to elevate the youths to keep pushing towards their dreams and aspirations, to keep enhancing their talents and don’t stop moving forward,” she told the Compass.
“I also want to recognise and show appreciation to the men in our community and create a space of laughter, enjoyment and fun; to not think of the hard times for a few hours, laugh and enjoy the evening away.”
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