Saint Lucian Talent Takes Centre Stage With ‘Family Ties’

On November 16, Open Waters Theatre will stage its third major play, ‘Family Ties’, at the National Cultural Centre. The play was written and directed by theatre enthusiast Tito Adams, 35, who says he uses the art form to both have a positive impact on society and keep the art of playmaking alive. Family Ties touches on sensitive themes surrounding domestic and social issues. “Basically, the play is about family dysfunction at its core… it’s very sensitive and real. Like a family trying to help an individual who is a victim of domestic abuse and how it turns out for victims or people who go through that situation.” Adams explained that these topics emerged from a need he saw regarding how such subjects are handled in plays, particularly those put on at churches. “Most of the plays that you see in church, sometimes they’re not really grounded in reality, and it also came from my experiences speaking with people who go through different things. That’s what Open Waters likes to focus on in terms of social ills, violence, crime; how do we create an avenue where we can impact society to the point where we can cause people to want...