Milwaz Productions presented a two day dramatic production of Shakespeare's greatest tragedy OTHELLO entitled "The ʇʍᴉsʇǝp OTHELLO" on 15th- 16th November, 2014.

A team of approximately 53 persons worked tirelessly towards this project. On the morning of Wednesday 12th November, 2014, on CNC3 (national television), The Morning Brew with Hema Ramkisson, Gabriella Wyke & Ms. Tudor- Baptiste discussed the heart of this productions and its preparations.

Numerous schools responded to the invitation such as:-

1) Bishop Anstey High School, POS

2) Bishop Anstey High School, East

3) Trinity College, East

4) St. Francois Girls College

5) Lakshmi Girls Hindu College

6) ASJA Girls College

7) St. Augustine Girls High School.

8) Queens Royal College

9) Cowen Hamilton Secondary School

10) St. Joseph Convent, St. Joseph

11) St. George's College,

12) Barataria South Secondary

13) Waterloo High School.

14) San Juan North Secondary

15) Arima Government Secondary School

16) Maple Leaf International School

In total, 761 persons attended the show. The funds raised were used for our Trip to Tobago for The Twisted Othello 2.

Milwaz Productions partnered with the Scarborough Library Facility- Division of Education, Sport & Youth Affairs to host a dramatic production of one of William Shakespeare's greatest tragedies OTHELLO entitled ""The ʇʍᴉsʇǝp OTHELLO" ” on Thursday 25th June, 2015 at Anne Mitchell- Gift Auditorium, Tobago. The team, of 57 persons, was accommodated on the premise that students attended the shows for free.

In light of this, we took on the challenge, providing the viewing of this show to all schools in Tobago, with all expenses paid from the previous show's earnings.

Milwaz Productions showcased a reenactment of Jazz Revelry and the theatrical journey of love, marriage, money and fantasy, through the most sizzling, piping and sassy Jazz era; 1920’s; held by our local host J. Gatsby- Zachary Sosa entitled, “Love is… The Gatsby Affair,” on Saturday 12th November, 2016, from 5:30pm at Bishop Anstey & Trinity College East auditorium.

This event was a reenactment of one of the largest parties held in Long Island, New York during the 1920’s, described in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 award winning novel “The Great Gatsby”; through a four Act, theatre in the round play, by Director & Producer Janieka Tudor-Baptiste. It embodied a perfect depiction of one of the lavish parties, thrown by Mr. Gatsby as an act of pursuit of his love to Daisy and it promises to transport you to that, “age of miracles”.

A special feature of this experience was the live Jazz band and performances, with a modern touch, and the opportunity to be encircled by persons with an assortment of 1920’s dress and sensations. Special prizes were given for the best dressed patrons and those who intently patterned after the era with vigor and style.

In preparation for this major event Bishop Anstey & Trinity College East Sixth Form hosted a 1920’s Dress up Day on Friday 28^th October, 2016. Additionally, on that same day, students and parents were invited to join the Milwaz Productions cast and crew for this production, at Trincity Mall, for their flash MOB presentation.

Six hundred and fifty five patrons (655), including students from forms 3-6 of the secondary school system in Trinidad and Tobago, including Vessigny Secondary School, St. Joseph Convent, St. Joseph, Arima North Secondary and Arima South Secondary School, were able to have a visual representation of the prose text, "The Great Gatsby," that they have been studying for the past few months as part of the Literatures in English Syllabus. They also got the opportunity to dress up like 'dolls' and 'old sports' of the era as they experienced a two (2) hour long theatrical cocktail styled party presentation.

Milwaz Productions also hosted ‘Wajang Therapy’, an educational theatre production, based on William Shakespeare’s 1953 comedy, “The Taming of the Shrew”. The show was held on Friday 20^th October, 2017 (students show) Saturday 21^st October, 2017 (general public) and re-runs 19^th- 20^th November, 2017.

The production exposed our national community (teachers and students included), to the prestigious Shakespearean art form and language as the director stayed true to the Shakespearean language, mode of dress and mannerism but inculcated Caribbean flare, music and other conventions to illustrate that the issues are timeless.

Eight hundred and ninety four persons (894) attended Wajang Therapy; seventy- five (75) of which were students from our student show. This number of patrons for our student show was unfortunate as there was inclement weather and severe flooding on that day resulting in cancellation of the attendance of most schools. Nonetheless, students from the following schools were able to benefit from the experience:

1. Mayaro Composite

2. Queens Royal College

3. Arima North Secondary

4. Arima South Secondary

5. Polytechnic Private School

6. Toco Composite

7. Bishop Anstey High School East

8. St. Joseph Convent, St. Joseph

9. Bishop Anstey & Trinity College East Sixth Form

All proceeds assisted with the scholarship funding of the trip to The American Shakespeare Centre, Staunton, Virginia (April 2018).

Milwaz Productions presented ECHOES: A Poetry Challenge 2018 on 11th October, 2018 at the Southern Academy of The Performing Arts (SAPA). The participants (students) recited AND/OR presented a reinterpretation of a selected poem from the CXC & CAPE syllabus.

Fifteen students, nationally, from form 1-6, performed the following poems:

St. Francois Girls College

Anayawa Adams: Scaffolding by Seamus Heaney

Seleena St. Vincent: The Search by Rita Dove

St. Joseph Convent POS

Ashley Warrick : The Woman who Speaks to the man who has employed her son by Lorna Goodison.

St. Francis Boys College

Jeremiah Noel: Dreaming Black Boy by James Berry

Bishop Anstey High School East

Jewel Messiah : Heroes by Rita Dove

BATCE Sixth Form

Odunmbaku Somorin: Ol’ Higue by Mark Mc Watt

Naomi Messiah: For My Mother May I inherit Half her Strength by Lorna Goodison.

Arima North Secondary

Jabari Crichlow: For Rosa Parks by Lorna Goodison

Alexia John: Sister Mary & The Devil by Lorna Goodison

St. James Secondary School

Collette Squires: Strange Meeting by Wilfred Owen

Trinity College East

Daerius Greene: 1914 by Wilfred Owen

Scott Hamilton: Dulce et decorum est by Wilfred Own

Jadon David: Mirror by Sylvia Plath

Valencia Secondary

Alliyah Cooper: My Parents by Stephen Spender

North Eastern College

Precious Lily Hinds: Because I could not stop for death by Emily Dickenson

They presented a reinterpretation (a new way of reading the original text which might involve shifting time, context, etc so that it can be seen how the poem might carry new dimensions if set in a different time. It can be a shift in lense from the original perspective, similar or the same. An interpretation can also be an extension of the original piece of work, with added thoughts and creativity.)

Apart from vocal delivery and writing capabilities, performers were expected to accentuate their verbal performance by adding necessary staging conventions- costuming, sound, dramatization, dance, dramatic entrances and exits, props, backdrops etc. This provided participants and attendees with a thorough experiential learning experience. The students were prepped and mentored for their performances through workshops and social media mechanism by:

• Dr. Vijay Maharaj- Lecturer in the department of Literary Cultural and Communication Studies, Faculty of Humanities and Education, UWI, St. Augustine.

• Mr. Louis Mc Williams- The Head of the Theatre, Creative and Festival Arts, UWI, St. Augustine.

• Mr. Nicholas Sosa- Chairman of the Circle of Poets of Trinidad and Tobago and three time published poet.

• Amilcar Sanatan- Artist, Activist and Writer. Lecturer at the Departmet of Geography, UWI, St. Augustine.

• Arielle John- Writer, Educator and Cultural Researcher from The 2 Cents Movement.

• Brandon O'Brien- performance poet and writer from The 2 Cents Movement.

We were able to distribute over $10,000.00 in prizes, with the assistance of our sponsors:

· Movie Towne

· National Library and Information Systems Authority (NALIS)

· Caribbean Awards

· Khanhai Ragubir Jewellers

· Oscar Francois

· Bermudez Biscuit

· Brydens

· Aranguez Supermarket

· Caribbean Airlines

The participating students performed and was interviewed on CNCs Sunny at Sundown programme, hosted by Sunny Bling on Tuesday 9th October, 2019, in preparation for the show.

Milwaz Productions presented AMANI: an African themed benefit production, with a featured teaser adaptation of ‘A Raisin in the Sun’ by Lorraine Hansberry. The inspiration was derived from the need to offset the medical expenses for an emergency surgery of Retired Police Constable Tudor; who was gainfully employed at the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service from June 1989- June 2015 and has served our production company for the past five years.

Beyond entertainment and honorary responsibility , our motivation for using this literary piece was our alignment with the company’s educational vision and permit the student of BATCE Sixth Form with the opportunity to review this play for their Internal Assessment 2019. Four hundred and fifty (450) patrons attended the show, including the Literatures in English students of BATCE Sixth Form.