Eunice Alleyne

Eunice Alleyne was born in Venezuela. She moved to Trinidad with her parents at the age of two. After graduating from St. Joseph's Convent High School, she worked in radio at the Government Broadcasting Unit, and then as Director of Information in the Office of the Prime Minister with Dr. Eric Williams, the first Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago. As a young woman in this position, she received a government scholarship to study Mass Communications at Boston University. All the while, during her working career in the public service, she was always involved in the theatre, something the nuns at St. Joseph Convent told her she should do because of her voice. Then, she did choral speaking in the Catholic Youth Organisation, and participated in prose and verse competitions. She has worked closely with Nobel Laureate, Derek Walcott and in 1998, she won the Cacique award in Trinidad and Tobago, for Best Actress for her performance in his play, Remembrance.