"Nylon Fusion Theatre Company is
exactly the right kind of theatre for New York City now." Says advisory board member John Patrick Shanley.
"[It] provides entry, excitement, recklessness, candor and comedy, in a joyous atmosphere."
Candlelight
by John Patrick Shanley
(photo by Al Foote III)
Candlelight SIDES
Candlelight is a Nuyorican comic romantic tragedy covered with magic and
dipped in Brooklyn blood. You’ve never seen this play before.
CHARACTERS
TITO
25 to 35 years old. Adult playing a 10 Year old. A Nuyorican tragic hero, poetic, on a spiritual and romantic quest.
HECTOR
40 to 50 years old, Hispanic male. An Adult playing an adult. Hector a Puerto Rican transplanted to New York. By day a caring father. By night a demonic predator.
COLLETTE
40's, Female. An adult playing an adult. Colette a witchy presence from Martinique. She is Esperanza's mother and a ghost that haunts her. +
The accent in Martinique is smooth and the intonation is rhythmic and beautiful. Most people from Martinique tend to use standard French, sometimes mixed with some words in Antillean Creole (a French-based language that includes elements of Carib and African languages).