For much of his childhood, Brian Egland’s neighbors were sugar cane fields in the small town of Breaux Bridge.
Now, those fields are at the center of “Where the Suga Still Sweet,” a play written by Egland and drawn from his childhood growing up around sugar cane fields. The play will make its Acadiana premiere Oct. 23-25 at the Acadiana Center for the Arts in Lafayette.
The play centers on Runna, played by Acadiana’s News First reporter Joshua Mouton, a young man grieving the death of his best friend, Sondelo. In Rev. Vern-Mayor’s failing sugar cane field, where the cane refuses to grow, one patch continues to thrive. It is where Sondelo is buried and where Runna returns to talk with him.
Through the play, Egland said he wanted to elevate an everyday Louisiana story into something more artistic and magical, while bringing Southern stories and experiences to larger audiences…