A new play will debut at the Bliss Center this weekend. It’s called Devilish and it offers a Caribbean twist on an old tale: would you make a deal with the devil to have your wishes come through. The protagonist in this play, did and, after that – all hell broke loose – Kim Vasquez – who’s the stage manager told us more.
Kim Vasquez, Stage Manager
“This story has been retold many times on film and on stage, as I said it is a classic story, and this is the Caribbean version of it, of like a person like I said who really wants something or desires something and enters into a deal with the devil. In this case the person is a female doctor and the devil takes the form of a man. So you have an interesting dynamic there already. You had this professor and she spent her summer vacation trying out these rituals to summon a demon from hell and she thought she would fail and nothing had worked out and then there is a knock at the door and a man appears and he says well you summoned me and so what do you want.”
Jules Vasquez,
“And after that?”
Kim Vasquez,
“There is some deal making going on from there and things get interesting.”
Jules Vasquez,
“So why is it adults only, without giving a spoiler?”
Kim Vasquez,
“Well some of the content in it is not explicit, it is not something that you won’t see on cable TV but some of the themes explored in there, I guess the way they are discussed and everything might make it a little bit too mature for young people to really appreciate something like this.”
The play is for adults only and it plays on Saturday and Sunday at the Bliss Center. It stars Joey Clarke and Diane Garcia.
