The Segal Center Brings 'Female Voices From Brazil' Together Next Week

The Segal Center brings together three contemporary female playwrights at the forefront of Brazilian theatre. Known for their political and daring narratives Ana Maria Gonçalves, Cidinha da Silva and Marcia Zanelatto tackle the subjects of race, gender, and equality in Brazil's current turbulent socio-political climate.

The event is co-curated by Isabella Pinheiro and the Evoé Collective as part of their ongoing Brazil Reads Brasil series, dedicated to staging Brazilian plays in English.
Featuring excerpted readings from The Body's Night by Marcia Zanelatto, Got pregnant, gave birth to horses and learned how to fly without wings by Cidinha da Silva, and Diverse by Ana Maria Gonçalves, directed by Tia James. Followed by a panel discussion with the playwrights, the director, and the Evoé Collective, moderated by Frank Hentschker.

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Cannot make it? This event will be livestreamed on Segal Center home page: thesegalcenter.org/home/.

About the plays:
The Body's Night by Marcia Zanelatto
Clara and Isabel are beautiful, young, talented, and in love. But the meaning of life is questioned when one of them is diagnosed with a degenerative disease. With the support of the doctor and friend, Paula, Isabel deals with the reality, finding new limitations of power and courage that she never thought she would have.

Got pregnant, gave birth to horses and learned how to fly without wings by Cidinha da Silva
The drama reveals the daily routine of six black women who live in the same apartment building.They have no interaction nor do they know each other, however, their similar yearnings "reveal the private truth of a buried affection."

Diverse by Ana Maria Gonçalves
The play captures the day to day of the couple João and Márcia and their efforts to stray away from the prejudices of a racist and sexist society. Encouraged by João, a black 28 year old, Márcia, 40 years old and of mixed race, slowly begins to reclaim her black roots. While he tries not to be intimidated by Márcia's past, she questions whether he has lived through enough to soon become the father of her son.