In its inaugural season, the Trinidad Theatre Workshop, founded in 1959 by Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott, presented The Blacks by Jean Genet, Eric Roach's Belle Fanto, and The Road by Wole Soyinka.
Trinidad Theatre Workshop was founded in 1959, by 1992 Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott, with his twin brother Roderick Walcott and performers including Beryl McBurnie, Errol Jones and Stanley Marshall, and started at the Little Carib Theatre before moving to other venues in Port of Spain. In its inaugural season, the Workshop presented The Blacks by Jean Genet, Eric Roach's Belle Fanto, and The Road by Wole Soyinka. 
