Border Story Fest: The Dominican Republic and Haiti

Join for a conversation about the history of the border between the Domincian Republic and Haiti.

How is it that borders perform? Two scholars who have written works of theatre about the Dominican and Haitian border will be joining us in a conversation. Novelist and playwright Évelyne Trouillot (Université d'Etat d'Haïti) and historian Edward Paulino (CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice) will discuss why they chose the form of theatre to write about this topic. Through characters and the personification of the border itself, Professor Trouillot's play, The Blue Island, and Professor Paulino's one-man show, Eddie's Perejil, explore the shared history and present-day tension between both countries. These theatre practitioners will also reflect on a series of monologues about the 1937 Parsley Massacre that will be performed at Duke the evening prior to this panel. (Performance March 29 @ 6:30pm, Smith Warehouse, FHI Garage). The event will be moderated by Duke PhD student, Nehanda Loiseau (Romance Studies, Francophone Theatre). We look forward to an enriching conversation.