A quiet birthday becomes a psychological bloodbath when an unsuccessful writer exposes his family's hidden desires.
William: I am a living testament to wasted human potential.
Production
Taboo opened at the Philip Sherlock Centre for the Creative Arts, Kingston, Jamaica on 12 Jul 2013, under the direction of Eugene Williams, with the following cast:
| Sabrena | Lisa Williams |
| William | Keiran King |
| John | Rodney Campbell |
| Gina | Yendi Phillipps |
Gina: I just wonder where all the excitement went.
John: I think it went into the kids.
Critical Reception
“A spare, lacerating drama…”
Tyrone Reid, Tallawah
“Another masterpiece…”
Marcia Rowe, The Jamaica Gleaner
“Poetic, dramatic, melancholy…”
Tomekha McCarthy, Artograph
John: You know what we need?
Gina: Group therapy?
John: The next best thing. Who wants wine?
Marketing
John: Why don’t you get a real job and earn real money and sleep with your wife like a real man?
