There are 3 shows, a meeting with national cultural agents, debates and open classes on university theater, and the weekly Rádio TUSP program premiere, which will be broadcast on Rádio USP.
In March, the Teatro da Universidade de São Paulo (Tusp) begins a special program to respond to the historic moment of restoring more consistent cultural policies, after the predatory period of art and culture in the last four years.
At the TUSP hall on Rua Maria Antônia, on March 16th, the Teatro Pós-Trauma will premiere the Teatro Pós-Trauama (Post-Trauma Theater). Until June, it will feature three shows that all share the same theme of addressing crucial issues in Brazilian democracy.
In the same space, starting on March 20th, the Roda de Memória do Futuro will take place, a meeting of creators, producers, and scholars of contemporary Brazilian theater, to evaluate the policies of the last 20 years and prospect future possibilities, projecting parameters and perspectives for theater in the coming years.
At the Cidade Universitária campus, at TUSP Butantã, the Pensar/Fazer Teatro Universitário meeting will occur between 23 and 25 March. This meeting will bring specialists, undergraduate and graduate students in the performing arts, and amateur theater groups from USP to discuss contemporary student theater.
To echo all this programming and inaugurate a new channel of communication between TUSP and society, on Saturday, March 18th, the Rádio TUSP program will be broadcast weekly on USP radio.
Teatro Pós-Trauma
Between March and June 2023, the show Teatro Pós-Trauma (Post-Trauma Theater) will take place at Tusp on Rua Maria Antônia. There are three shows, created in different areas of the University, which, from different perspectives, confront the crisis of democracy in Brazil and the horror of recent years of threats to the rule of law.
oresteia-br is a show by Prezada Companhia de Teatro, made up of former students of the Escola de Arte Dramática (EAD) at Escola de Comunicações e Artes (ECA), a technical course that has trained several generations of exceptional Brazilian actors.
Directed by José Fernando Azevedo, the show is a radical reading of Aeschylus’ tragic trilogy, also incorporating Euripides’ tragedy Iphigenia in Aulis. Brazil and the structural tensions of a racist and violent country appear on stage and are critically and poetically dissected. Just as Aeschylus’ work marked Greece’s encounter with democracy in the 5th century BC, the play scrutinizes the paths and difficulties for a fractured country to purge its demons and cure itself of the authoritarian plague.
Um Memorial para Antígona (A Memorial for Antigone) is the comitê escondido third work and continues the group’s research into dealing with documents on stage. Directed by Vicente Antunes Ramos, the play was created during the undergraduate course at ECA’s Performing Arts department. The play takes Sophocles’ tragedy as its starting point to examine in detail the minutes of the Brazilian Congress relating to the amnesty law which, enacted in 1979, reconciled the return of exiles with forgiveness for torturers. The speeches of the deputies and senators of the two parties operating at the time, ARENA and MDB, are punctuated by the speeches of Oedipus’ two daughters, Antigone and Ismene, who reflect the disastrous consequences of erasing the crimes of the Dictatorship.
Verdade (Truth) is a play written and staged by Alexandre Dal Farra based on his doctorate in the post-graduate program in Performing Arts at USP. In his thesis, Dal Farra reviews the prosperity cycle of Brazilian theater in the 2000s and 2010s and presents the first version of Verdade, an imaginary figuration of the thoughts and actions of the generals of the Brazilian General Staff. In particular, he projects the psyche of General Heleno, both as commander of the UN peacekeeping mission in Haiti and as an influential figure in the last government. With the Tablado de Arruar, Dal Farra scrutinizes the debris and wreckage of Brazil’s authoritarian garbage. The ascendancy of the military over Brazilian life is evoked and exorcised with humor and wit.
Schedule
March 16th to April 9th
oresteia-br | Prezada Companhia de Teatro | direction José Fernando Azevedo
Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 7 p.m. and Sundays at 5 p.m.
Tickets – https://www.instagram.com/prezadaciadeteatro – R$ 40 (entire) + R$ 20 (half)
April 20th to May 14th
Um Memorial para Antígona | comitê escondido | direction Vicente Antunes Ramos
Thursday to Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 5 p.m., followed by a debate
Capacity 98 seats
Tickets – information – http://www.usp.br/tusp/
May 25th to June 18th
Verdade | Tablado de Arruar | direction Alexandre dal Farra
Roda de Memória do Futuro (Future Memory Wheel)
At a time when there is a transition from an authoritarian government that preys on culture and art to a democratic and progressive one, it seems appropriate to take stock of the cultural policies for theater over the last twenty years and think about the future.
It is in this direction that TUSP is promoting a cycle of nine weekly meetings, always on Mondays at 8 p.m., between March and May, with the participation of creators and agents interested in theater and the performing arts in the city of São Paulo. There will be meetings with defined themes and three guest debaters at each one. The idea is that these will serve as triggers for a discussion that is intended to be broad, and democratic and reverberate throughout the Roda, gathering opinions and visions that will contribute to and underpin new public policies for Brazilian theater.
Schedule
Mondays at 8 p.m.
March 20th
Lei de Fomento & Novas Impossibilidades: financiamento, produção e distribuição
Guests: Rudifran Pompeu / Aury Porto / José Fernando Azevedo
March 27th
O Cordão de Ouro da Periferia
Guests: Dione Carlos / Lucélia Sérgio / Naruna Costa
April 3rd
Teatro e Política: dissidências e resistências
Guests: Alexandre Dal Farra / Georgette Fadel / Ademir de Almeida
April 10th
Formação de Público, Escola do Espectador e Roda dos Espectadores
Guests: Flávio Desgranges / Dagoberto Feliz / Andréia Caruso
April 17th
Pesquisa Continuada na Universidade e no Teatro: invenção e manutenção.
Guests: Biagio Pecorelli / Thiago Vasconcelos / Miguel Rocha
April 24th
Escolas de Formação & Grupos Formadores: forjar amadores ou formar profissionais?
Guests: Cristiane Paoli Quito / Antônio Januzeli / Ave Terrena
May 8th
Cena Expandida: cinema e TV, mídias e cenas virtuais.
Guests: Grace Passô / Leonardo Moreira / Evaldo Mocarzel
May 15th
Trauma, Cenas de Ruptura e Derivas Libertárias.
Guests: Tales Ab’Saber / Luiz Paetow / Janaína Leite
May 22nd
A Memória do Futuro, os Desastres no Retrovisor e a Utopia Renitente
Guests: José Celso Martinez Corrêa / Ailton Krenak / Cibele Forjaz
Pensar/Fazer Teatro Universitário (Thinking/Performing University Theater)
Conceived by the Grupo de Estudos em Curadoria das Artes Cênicas in partnership with Tusp Butantã, the event aims to strengthen and integrate the initiatives of theater-making groups within the University of São Paulo. On March 23, 24, and 25, starting at 2 p.m., there will be debates on theater production at the University, its difficulties, characteristics, and approaches to university theater. There will also be special open classes with important names in the performing arts, such as Eleonora Fabião, Celso Frateschi, and Janaína Leite, among others. Over the three days, creative processes and works by collectives that think and make theater in unique ways and with their aesthetics and perspectives will also be shared. The event is free and open to the public, in the Tusp Butantã room, at the Centro Cultural Camargo Guarnieri (Rua do Anfiteatro, 109 – Butantã campus).
Schedule
Thursday, March 23rd
2 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. – Opening: Welcoming and presentation
Maria Tendlau (TUSP), Mireille Antunes e Carol Cax (Performing arts curatorship study group)
2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. – Debate 1: University Theater or Theater at the University? Where we came from, where we are and where we are going
Abílio Tavares (PRCEU) and Galiana Brasil (Itaú Cultural’s university theater bridge)
5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. – Special Class 1: Theater Production and its Unstable Territories
Marcos Felipe (Cia. Mungunzá)
7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. – Scenic Sharing 1
Pegadas na Neblina (FFLCH-USP) and Matamoscas (CAC-USP)
Friday, March 24th
3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. – Debate 2: Theater with the university or theater against the university? Risk, experimentation, and political positioning
Helô Badu (multilingual artist and master’s student at USP) and Vicente Antunes (researcher) | mediation: Carol Cax
4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. – Special Class 2: Theatrical integration practice. The territory that unites us
Celso Frateschi (actor, director, teacher, and founder of the Ágora theater)
7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. – Scenic Sharing 2
Química em Ação (IQ-USP) and Endêmica Coletiva (CAC-USP)
Saturday, March 25th
2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. – Debate 3: Theater after university: What do we take away?
Janaína Leite (performer, PhD in performing arts from PPGAC-USP and founder of Grupo XIX de Teatro) and Nina Ramos (CAP-USP graduate and member of the NGO Movimentarte) | mediação: Mireille Antunes
4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. – Special Class 3: What Do I Learn From Others? Territories of Affection and Encounter
Eleonora Fabião (performer, doctor in performance studies and professor at UFRJ)
7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. – Scenic Sharing 3
Vaca Esférica (Física-USP) and Coletive Avertere (CAC-USP)
Rádio TUSP
Radio USP’s new program will premiere on Saturday, March 18, at 6 pm. Produced by Cynthia Gusmão, with the participation of the entire USP Theater (USP) team, Rádio TUSP is a weekly program that will revolve around the projects, history, and programming of this body of the Pró-reitoria de Cultura e Extensão Universitária from São Paulo.
Lasting 60 minutes, the program will bring together interviews, testimonies, songs, and information about texts, shows, and events produced by the Teatro, as well as presenting new dramaturgy and reports on Brazilian theatricality of all times and dialoguing with the contemporary scene in São Paulo and Brazil.
No programa de estreia o destaque é o teatro de Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) e a Cia do Latão, grupo paulistano que revitalizou a recepção do dramaturgo e encenador alemão no país. Sérgio Carvalho, dramaturgo, encenador e professor do Departamento de Artes Cênicas da Escola de Comunicações e Artes (ECA) da USP, oferece, numa longa entrevista, uma retrospectiva da trajetória de 27 anos da Cia. Do Latão e analisa o panorama do teatro brasileiro contemporâneo.
In the premiere program, the highlight is the theater of Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) and Cia do Latão, the São Paulo group that revitalized the reception of the German playwright and director in the country. Sérgio Carvalho, playwright, director, and professor at the Department of Performing Arts at Escola de Comunicações e Artes (ECA) from USP, offers a retrospective of Cia. do Latão’s 27-year career and analyzes the panorama of contemporary Brazilian theater in a long interview.
Photo credit: Caio OviedoCrédito foto: Caio Oviedo
Service
Teatro Pós-Trauma
oresteia-br, with Prezada Companhia de Teatro – from March 16th to April 9th
Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 7 p.m. and Sundays at 5 p.m.
Tickets: R$ 40 (entire) + R$ 20 (half)
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/prezadaciadeteatro
Length 4 hours | 16 years old | 80 capacity
Um Memorial para Antígona, with comitê escondido – from April 20th to May 14th
Thursday to Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 5 p.m., followed by a debate
Capacity 98 seats
Tickets – information – http://www.usp.br/tusp/
Verdade, with Tablado de Arruar – from May 25th to June 18th
Information – http://www.usp.br/tusp/
Roda de Memória do Futuro – Mondays at 8 p.m. – open meetings with free admission
March 20th | Promotion Law & New Impossibilities: financing, production and distribution | Guests: Rudifran Pompeu, Aury Porto, José Fernando Azevedo
March 27th | The Golden Cord of the Periphery | Guests: Dione Carlos, Lucélia Sérgio / Naruna Costa
April 3rd | Theater and Politics: dissidence and resistance | Guests: Alexandre Dal Farra, Georgette Fadel e Ademir de Almeida
April 10th | Audience Formation, Spectator School and Spectator Wheel | Guests: Flávio Desgranges, Dagoberto Feliz e Andréia Caruso
April 17th | Continuing Research at the University and in the Theater: invention and Maintenance | Guests: Biagio Pecorelli, Thiago Vasconcelos e Miguel Rocha
April 24th | Training Schools & Training Groups: forging amateurs or training professionals? | Guests: Cristiane Paoli Quito, Antônio Januzeli e Ave Terrena
May 8th | Expanded Scene: cinema and TV, media and virtual scenes | Guests: Grace Passô, Leonardo Moreira e Evaldo Mocarzel
May 15th | Trauma, Scenes of Rupture and Libertarian Drifts | Guests: Tales Ab’Saber, Luiz Paetow e Janaína Leite
May 22nd | The Memory of the Future, the Disasters in the Rearview Mirror and Renitent Utopia | Guests: José Celso Martinez Corrêa, Ailton Krenak e Cibele Forjaz
Where | Teatro da USP
Rua Maria Antônia, 294 – Vila Buarque – São Paulo, SP (near Higienópolis and Santa Cecília metro stations)
Pensar/Fazer Teatro Universitário
May 23rd, 24th and 25th
Where | Complexo do Anfiteatro Camargo Guarnieri
Rua do Anfiteatro, 109, Butantã – São Paulo
Capacity | 50 seats (on a first-come, first-served basis)
Premiere of the TUSP Radio program
Where | Rádio USP – 93,7 FM or online on https://jornal.usp.br/radio/
When | Saturdays, 6 p.m. – Premiere on March 18th.
Translated by Lara Yoshime Shizuko Fukushima Fukushima