Writing the Caribbean, Everywhere…
Brendon Alekseii is a screenwriter, theatre-maker, Spoken Word poet, and teaching artist living and working in Trinidad & Tobago.
An MFA Creative Writing (Dramatic Writing) graduate from Goddard College, Brendon tells stories that reveal the comedies and horrors of our world, using his experiences as an Afro-Caribbean man, and imagine the multiplicities of the Caribbean experience.
As a Spoken Word poet, Brendon has been a 5-time finalist of the First Citizens National Poetry Slam (formerly Verses Poetry Slam), winner of the 2013 'No Ifs No Butts’ Poetry Slam, and served as a coach of The Roots Foundation T&T Youth Slam Team, which placed 2nd at the Brave New Voices 2018.
As a theatrical director and playwright, Brendon sees the stage as community intervention, leading audiences to discoveries of empathy. In 2010, he directed the Trinidad performance of the simultaneous worldwide staging of ASHTAR Theatre's 'The Gaza Monologues'. He’s collaborated with performing arts companies such as 'Powerhouse Entertainment for the Christian Community' and ‘The Baggasse Company’, as well as nonprofit organizations like ParentingTT and The Cropper Foundation. His work has been featured in the 2013 Trinidad and Tobago National Drama Festival and the 2016 New Play Festival.
Trinidad and Tobago, and the entire Caribbean,
is everywhere. So people should see us everywhere.
- Brendon A.