Raymond Choo Kong (August 5, 1949 – July 13, 2019) was a major contributor to an important movement in the contemporary theatre of the Caribbean. He was a major personality in drama in Trinidad and Tobago (T&T), a foremost practitioner on stage at a time when what was happening in that arena reflected the characteristics of developments across the Caribbean.
A leading force in commercial and popular theatre in T&T, he helped keep it alive and there are notable factors relating to his contribution that are significant in the state of drama in the Caricom region. His major activities supported one branch of Trinidadian theatre, but his work and career also included important involvement in the other branches.
Choo Kong was known for comedy, popular plays, entertainment and thrillers as opposed to what may be regarded as serious Trinidadian drama, the genres of traditional forms, or avant-garde works. As a major mover in the commercial and the popular he would have been contrasted to the work of, for example, the Trinidad Theatre Workshop, formerly driven by the theatre of Derek Walcott.
