Um Caminho Sobre O Muro by Jules Corriere Ebook
(A Way Through The Wall)
de translated by Ronaldo Florentino and Anita Way
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At the bottom of this favella in Rio de Janeiro sits the Methodist Institute, founded 100 years ago to serve the people of this favella. "Um Caminho Sobre O Muro" is a play created to celebrate the century of efforts by the people of the Institute as well as the spirit of the people who work, live and survive in Morro do Providencia, Rio's most notorious favella.
Based on the stories of the people of the Institute and residents of Morro do Providencia, this play was performed in two parts. Act I was a progressive theater piece, which started next to the Institue, in the only Methodist English Cemetery in Rio, and wove its way through the cemetery, and over a wall into the institute-- a popular route taken by residents. Act II was performed in the old cannonball factory, which now serves as a community building.
The production was directed by Richard Owen Geer (with the help of many translators, who mostly repeated his directions to the Portuguese speaking cast. There were often humorous re-interpretations of his directions).
Richard and Jules travelled to Rio multiple times over three years to create this production. They lived there for the time leading up to the production, along with local composer and assistant director Ronaldo Florintino. Ronaldo also played music, and translated the play into Portuguese. They, along with the leadership of longtime Institute Director Marion Way and his wife, Anita, and with the full participation of the people of Providencia, created this community strengthening project.
It is important to note the culture of violence that permeated this community. Nightly machine gun fire, grenades, and even occasional seiges by the federalies, who are in a constant battle with the drug cartel that operates inside of the favella, often made rehearsals difficult. And sleep. When the stage was built inside the cannonball factory, volunteers slept in the newly formed theater in order to prevent stealing. We lost our first set of seats the first night they were put in. All of them stolen in the night. All lighting equipment had to be struck each night and placed behind lock and key and a volunteer guard. The heart of the community really shone through as they came to perform in and protect this project. Their stories were being told. This mattered to them.
Caractéristiques et détails
- Catégorie principale: Littérature
- Version ebook au format fixe, 36 p.
- Date de publication: mai 30, 2012
- Dernière modification mai 30, 2012
- Langue English
À propos du créateur
Jules Corriere has written forty plays, written 6 books, edited four books of oral histories, and is currently writing a radio show at the International Storytelling Center in Jonesborough TN. Her production of Scrap Mettle SOUL's The Whole World Gets Well won the Presidential Points of Light Award and toured in London and Edinburgh. Other playwright credits include "Let My People Go! A Spiritual Journey" which performed at the Kennedy Center Concert Hall; and Turn the Wash Pot Down in Union, S.C., which was featured in People Magazine and named the First Official Folk Life Play of the state. American Theatre magazine said of this play, "Even if Turn the Washpot Down doesn't save Union 's life, it has already saved its soul." She appears in the current edition of Who's Who for her work in the field of Theater Arts and Social Activism