 Let's go! It has been quite a rollercoaster journey for Dramacan in staging director Daniel DuWa's first original full-length play. Now join us for the premiere of Daniel DuWa and Dramacan's theatrical production, The Gopwell Rehabilitation Center. Look! This man could go. Every time I risk everything to come and see you. Now Catholic sign yourself if you are not Catholic sign yourself, we got this. And I know when my father died, I get to know peace and harmony. Women know what they want and they act accordingly. Exchanger sort of effect her cause. I will save her from him. I'm in love with a married man. I bought you. No you don't have to. Jack. Jack. Jack. Jack. I'm so happy you came. You know I would always come if I said I would. I found a different path through the bushes so I don't have to wake up the dogs. But how are you? You good? You eating? You got the money I sent for you? Yes I did. Thank you. Jack. I don't know why they have me here. But you know you could save me. Dama. What? Every time we talk about this we come to the same place. Okay I cannot leave my wife. Not right now. How long again Jack? No seriously. You coming here to see me I'm in this mad house. Right? And you're still going to choose her? It's not about choosing Dama. A divorce? I cannot afford a divorce right now. I just closed the deal on a new property. I'm on the cuss of launching a new property management company. You know that. Plus it's like you're not thinking about my girls man. They're so young. They're only five. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Come here. No stop. Drop me. And all of that Jack. You know you're not living the woman for me but you'll never tell me to stop loving you. You'll never tell me to turn my back against you and move on with my life. Do you think that that's fair? No stop. Dama. Don't touch me. I don't want to lose you. You don't want to lose me but you don't want to choose me. How long again? As you found out now is the time. You guys can't agree to be estranged, separated, divorced something. But Jack for once I need you to choose me. Dama every time I risk everything to come and see you. I choose you. Okay. Me not giving up on us. Be that's me choosing you. Yeah but you had no problem throwing me under the bus to your wife. Let's not even go there okay. She took the phone. She took the phone. She knew everything. She knew everything. You think I would tell. Dama I would do anything to protect you. You're a liar. I was afraid man. I didn't want to deny anything. Afraid? Afraid of what Jack? Afraid of what? It's okay. I guess I chose my place in your life when I decided to love a married man. Don't say that. Don't say that. Yes don't say that. What the hell you afraid of them? No seriously. Not once did you get concerned. Did you sit back and say to yourself wow. Dama is in close to a mental institution because the man that she loves refuses to love her back and choose her. Dama you know that that is not the truth. Okay so then tell me the truth. The truth is that we are in love. No I am in love Jack. You don't see it. Dama I'm in a situation that I cannot do much about. Come on it's almost seven years we've been together. I'm glad you noticed. You know I love you baby. You complete me. You know it's only you that can light that fire. Okay. Dama the truth is and the major problem is I have very small children. I don't want them growing up in a dysfunctional family. Okay. I mean do you remember when I told you how hard it was for me to grow up without my father around. This was always about you. You think that I would want that for my kids. Yeah it's always about you. And this whole marriage thing is a financial arrangement at this point. Everything is joint. The cars, the accounts, the mortgage. You know what it means to go through all of that. It could take years. So let me ask you then. What happens to mean the meantime? What happens to you? What happens to me? Do I wither like an old shoe and then if you're bed? God you're so dramatic. I'm dramatic? I mean come on. I've been loving half a man. Someone I gave all my time, all my energy. I never made room in my heart, in my house, in my mind for any other man you know. And the one thing I want from you cannot give it to me. Not right now Dama. Oh my God. But you have everything that you need. I will always take care of you. I pay for your bills. I hope you get started with your clothing and shoe business. I mean not having me 100% of the time. That's just a part of it. I feel like sometimes you forget what we were getting ourselves into when we started this a long time ago. Okay so tell me. What were we getting ourselves into? There you go again. Well if it isn't the last bitch standing. Eating the cheese alone. Hi, I'm Dama. Don't be dumb and love a man. That's not yours in the first place. Is that what we were getting ourselves into? But Dama, I love you. You love me? Do you love me enough to take me out of this fucking place? Always creeping through the bushes to talk to me. Always last on the list and getting the crumbs. Jack, you know you could just come in one day and make a case for me. All you have to tell them is that I'm fine. Dama, you know that I cannot do that. Jack, no one will know that you stood for me babe, nobody. You forget my wife knows that you're here already. You have any idea what will happen if she gets word that I came to the center to try to get you out? Jack, I'm in the fucking center. So what the fuck are you telling me about if she gets word? You see you wake up the dogs man, now I have to go. Jack, Jack, that's a minor issue. They're gonna go back to sleep anyways. Listen to me. Wait for me, okay? I'll wait for you. I'll wait for you. I'll wait for you. I want you to meet me here in two days time. Okay. I can do to help you there but I cannot make any premises to keep it. Right now I have to go. No you don't have to. Jack. Jack. Jack. Jack's an olive I said get back here. Don't you want to kiss goodnight? We will make you understand again. We'll make you understand again. We'll make you understand again. We'll make you understand again. We'll make you understand again. In a couple minutes is everyone all. We're back there. Yeah ma'am Doctor Bat. Yeah ma'am. Fizboth a champion for cultural preservation and development change agent. Established in April 2002 by the CDF Act of 2000 as the agency responsible to align Groups, communities, policymakers and civil society through the implementation of the National Cultural Policy of St. Lucia we envision a strong, united and proud St. Lucia community empowered by culture and creativity. For more information on how you can partner with CDF on some of our projects and efforts go to cdfsaintlucia.org contact Cultural Development Foundation, Barnard Hill-Castry's PO Box CP5405 call us at 457-9021 or send us a fax at 459-0615 email us at info at cdfsaintlucia.org It's my life and I want more more time, more power Pay my Lucy like bill isn't hard I pay with credit or debit card Pay direct to Lucy like my account I am the power Pay online to Lucy like my account anywhere, any day, any hour Lighter on a tomb No more standing in line No more worrying about my bill Now one more time to chill Pay my Lucy like bill isn't hard I pay with credit or debit card Sorry, it's a real trouble They forget where they are It's not about where we are Doctor Pat Tell me How are we supposed to come to an institution that is supposed to be helping us Supporting us to get better Doctor Pat Excuse me Security That woman always throwing our business in our face Just when I thought it was supposed to be confidential Doctor Pat That was making no sense Happy gas Alright Doctor That's why I like that girl This could stand up alright Alright everyone calm down Nurse and new patients We have this is Dharma and this is Angela right Yes Doctor Pat She came in yesterday and she was diagnosed with Gopal time free and Angela here is a unique transfer case Perfect, thank you nurse Thank you for settling them in for me today I'll take it from here But wait Doctor Pat Doctor Pat I think it should be noted that I will be making a formal complaint to the administration Well I'm not sure you need to do that but I wasn't there You can do what you feel is right Okay nurse But generally guys This is a safe space We respect everybody here don't we Yes Doctor Pat Thank you nurse Alright so if we all take a start Before we start I think it is necessary that we cleanse the space before word for the Lord Rise Rise Michelle Caspian Rise Caspian that's disrespectful to the Lord Rise Bo Now Catholic sign yourself If you are not Catholic sign yourself regardless Gracious and most heavily father We thank you I thank you Lord Jesus We come to you here today to cleanse this session Lord Jesus I ask that you bless Caspian Bless Michelle bless Dharma and Angela Lord Jesus and most importantly Lord Jesus Bless Doctor Pat And I've been given a warning to give my prayer short father but you know that it is all for your glory father I pray that you let the administration see that I'm ready to go home father In Jesus name and Amen Amen Praise the Lord Amen Thank you sister Just before we start Caspian I overheard a little comment of yours back there Why did you say that women only have tricks? What you see the problem with women is that they always pretend always acting to get what they want from man you know they know what to tell you to make you do anything for them I know I always fall for it What is women not in charge man Is they not in charge So what you're saying women know what they want and they act accordingly how does that make them tricksters? Don't mean to tell me How come Kyvin murder my pulangapuali doctor? When you check it it's for ticket to go to prayer Like just tell me it's for prayer No need to lie Then Kashi gets concerned because he wants to know if you sick or whatever Then you tell me I only concern because I give you money but yes I give you money Doctor Pat And you know I also care about her you know But doc my last fall is here but for it it's the time when it's here to play to play Thank you Kashpan I really appreciate you sharing that with us It's so important for us to be able to identify our triggers You were able to put a label on an emotion and open up about it and that is progress Well done Kashpan Guys let's clap for Kashpan Well done Alright so we have two newcomers to our group this evening Why don't we start over here My dear Hi everyone My name is Dhamma and they say to say that when I say my name that I have a Gopwe Hi Dhamma Hi Dhamma Dhamma I'm not sure everyone quite heard you could you stand and say that a little louder please Okay so before I start it's important to note that I don't believe that I have a Gopwe it's actually my mom who sent me here and I'm just doing it to please her My name is Dhamma and I have a Gopwe It's okay baby girl you'll get there you'll get there Thank you Dhamma it's very brave of you to join our group Is there anything you'd like to share at this point this is a safe space we're here to listen But hurry up stand up love with a married man But I'm just waiting for him to leave his wife Okay and what was the defining moment that led you to this place of well-being Well as I said my mother sent me to this place of well-being so it's not like I want to be here Dhamma I didn't ask you your parents opinion I want to know what you think Well my boyfriend is a guy I mean you know how he was protecting himself because he has a wife and children and all of that and basically she found out about everything he denied everything and the next thing I know is that she approached me and I had a little breakdown a lot of that got started not right but she's a good at everything don't point out people man Sure sure lots Care to share anything more Dhamma? I think I've said enough already thank you okay thank you Dhamma I know you might not be ready to share everything right now be gentle with yourself take it at your own pace and when you're ready we'll be there to support you that's fine so anytime anybody sharing a life story we will have to say these two shall pass these two shall pass all right and we have another newcomer tonight would you please introduce yourself my dear hello everyone my name is Andela Martin and I have a Gopal Hi Angelo so feel free to share what brings you here okay let me start at the beginning my father was a pastor my mother was in charge of women's ministry at the church you know big time believers church seven days a week but that's the way to go and you know at my house what we do we serve the Lord amen yes that's right sure so anyway I tried to be a good little girl going to church going to Sunday school reading my bible and listening to them when they tell me about you know so of your future husband that's right submit to your husband in all things and it is no secret that my husband is in a spiritual warfare with some unnatural desires but you know what I am I am his rib yes amen that is the Lord's way we're all very happy that you've reached this far in your path to recovery but please let Andela tell her story just just just Andela sorry would you continue okay I didn't understand that whole husband and wife and submission talk business like it didn't make sense to me it didn't sit well with my spirit but I couldn't tell anybody that way my parents my mother where they would have never understand there was only one person that understood me her name was Martha Martha like she understood me on another level we got closer and closer until well I asked her to be my girlfriend y'all that goodies are so mean watching me say it just now Martha just like my husband and his friend hey hey I just want to pray for her that is unlawful is that how we respect one another in this space sorry Andela it's okay I forgive you so we deep deep in it we living together we have two dogs together we saying we're going to elope to the states and get married we were in love we were so much in love with my husband and she was mine I agree and I tell her I will stay with her even though she stay in the closet because she was so afraid of what people going to see what people going to think but we were in love so we made the decision to stay together we never fight we never quarrel nothing like that until one day she come in and tell me she cannot live like that again behind my back like I didn't understand what was going on how she can just come and tell me that just like that we were together we were in love the marriage thing it was just a piece of paper and so is a restraining order that man of hers I will save her from him I will save her when when I use my fake account on Instagram to stalk her pictures I can see she not happy she not glowing like she used to I can see the sadness in her eyes like she not will not make her come not even a little lipstick she put we have a lot of work to do care but I want to thank you for sharing your story I hope it was liberating for you and I hope you get better here and the other story hits a bit close to home for you in your own relationship but this is a judgment free space is that understood is that understood yes doctor very well you shop until they are no longer fit for the job 3 repurpose your plastic bags and use them to line your trash can paint trays and more 4 dispose of your plastic bags by recycling shop wisely and reduce, reuse, repurpose and recycle hi my name is Siddil and you may know some of my hits like this one our music inspires and entertains it powers festivals and is an integral part of our history and culture creating good music takes hours of thought writing, arranging, recording and production when people or businesses who use our music publicly or for commercial gain get a music license they are not just keeping the law they are also supporting music creators producers, musicians singers, sound engineers and many others in the music industry keep the great music coming get a music license for your business place or even support music rights for more information visit echo rights dot com this message is brought to you by echo and this echo license station echo, protecting music rights story hits a bit close to home for you in your own relationship but this is a judgment free space is that understood? I got it is that understood? yes, but the past very well well now that we all know one another Michelle I believe we stopped on you yesterday you had to tell us about the moment when you felt your relationship took a turn for the worse I was in love with a veneque for a long time love for addition oh thank you for tally tally you all doing good? no just now I was in love with a veneque for a long time that's better, you all happy now? it was that day he took my car went and buy the bread and never come back it took everything in me not to call him and be like but like where you like you go and buy the flower in China or something okay what the flying fish so I like my little joint I play my slow tune and I went to bed the next morning he come back with the bread he wasn't sorry not one inch of remorse he was like I said good morning and I tried my best to ignore it I wanted to see how low this man could go and Dr. Pat he went f**king low alright Michelle so you weren't offered an apology or an explanation no not at all how did that make you feel? you sure want to know how that made me feel Dr. Pat I was mad I was angry I was hurt but most importantly I was sad man everything I was good to him I didn't deserve to be treated like that and even when I brought it up to him before he didn't want to hear it he completely ignored me like talk about you know how it feels to be like invisible in a relationship the way I work hard to take care of us to support us make something of myself you mean to tell me no man can love me the way I deserve to be loved no man Dr. Pat thank you Michelle I must say the way you continue to express your emotions is really impressive it shows a level of acceptance of what you're experiencing we will continue to examine these emotions to help you move forward forgiveness is a progressive work I think we need to give Michelle a round of applause well done we have bible study tonight 7 o'clock bring your bible to my room but you know what I go do after Michelle never baby Kashpan what did we say about side conversations in group discussion this is not the time to jump into a new fling where is your homework from last week homework not in your book take it look drop it anywhere get it boss boss I'd write it down so I had a group well or well at first I didn't really understand the question boss I have to ask myself what really is a group well and besides I don't do nothing boss not feeling to do nothing no motivation no zeal I feel the best when it's sad so boss why sad you could tell me I mean I'm still feeling sad you're still feeling it you haven't answered the question love boss after all like English hahaha boss for you not the English meeting me it's more the Creole I know these hands are mine they say I'm well blessed golden hands yeah man I could plant anything you know because I imagine man send money for me to come to Canada and plant and once I'm planting boss boy I pick it up on same speed hahaha boss you know that's when they'll get close yes we're starting to get an answer but I telling you boss is vanity them girls is money they like boss man money hold on Kashpan let's take it back a bit you were saying that you and your partner were just starting to get close right around the time when you were getting ready to leave to walk overseas can you take it from there yes so just before I had up to Canada you know it was cool you're chilling boy them time they boss hahaha boss to see I'd like to enjoy when they're together jump up to working in the morning them time they should work in union opposite the center yeah I think this came to opposite the school in union right boss I tell you I'm making a lot of money boss man but that girl could never stop one pot back sit some lettuce and kill a kashi girl you know in the ground you know that I say man say my come my way boss man you know sometimes there's a little pranking soup came on you got to use a jar kosher drop a little jar kosher in that boss ahhhh is that mean they're like yeah man boss I tell you you were the breakfast I'm making for that girl that meeting the lunch me see think soon I say boss you put a little size she has a little quarter to you yeah man but she put on size boss I feel really enjoy talking about this woman so where do you think the sadness came from sad boss I said I happy I went over as boss you know making it more incurrency and thing but I knew if it was the distance of boss man but that girl didn't want me to go so when I reached over as now that girl was always calling me never miss to call me hello kashi I love you Monday Wednesday first day Friday every day like that boss she calling me boss you know as we started getting close that when that girl start to tax me I say kashi that anything you want to give your girl good bug I boss and I know when my father died I get enough he's so money that's why they call me kash man hahaha because I said no no spoiler kashi yeah man sorry boss yeah man but I tell you boss that girl tell me she said I will train that NSD she want to do I say yeah baby I go pay it I tell how much it cost she say kashi it cost 2000 I send that Michelle you know the girl mother needed groceries at the supermarket I send the money she say she have to go to the doctor press cost in a thousand boss in my US Canadian money I send it I say boss you know what I go surprise that girl but I tell her coming I was I go for six months a whole six months half over yeah he was half I say I go surprise the girl boss man but it's my self I surprise more than anything boss I don't have my mother was this possesses or something I know what that girl tell my mother my mother tell me the girl move out was only time you know the girl pregnant leaving for next month who he he he and some of that is my little money she take you know Canadian US and the thing is boss I tell everybody pops good ideas now I know anything this too shall pass this too shall pass thank you Kashpan as usual for your colorful stories what I'm hearing you say is that in exploring where this relationship went wrong perhaps a long distance did not help you felt betrayed somebody else reap the benefits of your efforts both financial and emotional but it will be okay Kashpan you're in the right place and you're well on your way to recovery I know that she boss clap for me amazing he he he boss the thing she don't know is the girl but she's my little love you know I've done a lot of their fault I wonder Kashpan boss I tell you when we got you waiting but I don't want to good afternoon everyone I don't miss her time miss you know when your time come is out and what I doing good I got a job as head of security for all the wellness centers island boss I know she's my friend she's just sitting there that's true Kash this is Bambina she used to be in our center but she's all better now she brings us the mail sometimes Bambina hello thank you so what do you have for us today well I just want to say to them make sure you use your time in her wisely exchange it's okay some beer I have two letters here one for miss Andela Martin this is Andela it's a letter from the post office telling you to stop sending letters to me and if you insist we'll get your parole of itself my friend there my top G that girl that girl and what's the other one for and there's a second letter here for miss Dama Charles but Bambi no flowers why is that your place to ask did he send any flowers no that's all okay thank you I'll use the couple the government but on the on the top of the page she's driving to get what are you calling what are you calling what are you calling no let go of me let go of me let go of me seven years of my life seven years seven years come on talk to me come on talk to me