Vodou City (Cidade Vodu)

Conception: Teatro de Narradores
Playwright: José Fernando de Azevedo
Cast: Renan Tenca Trindade, Teth Maiello
Guest Appearances: Joel Aurilien, Junior Odnel Barthelemy, Patrick Dieudonne, Roselaure Jeanty
Music Director: Helio Flanders
Musicians: Helio Flanders, Dumoulin Louis Edvard, Joel Aurilien, Wilken Pierre Louis
Set Design: Arianne Vitale, Cris Cortílio
Costume Design: Kabila Aruanda
Lightning Design: Rafael Souza
Sound Design: Leandro Simões
Video: Danilo Gambini, Patrick Dieudonne
Production Manager: Melissa Campagnoli
Vocal Preparation: Mônica Montenegro
Body Preparation: Tarina Quelho
Conception collaborators: Alex Calheiros, Artur Kon, Christian Dunker, Omar Ribeiro Thomaz, Paulo Arantes, Silvio Rosa Filho
Artistic Residency: Cristian Duarte
Assistant Director: Melissa Campagnoli
Stage Manager: Victor Gally
Assistant Costume Designer: Mário Deganelli
Assistant Lightning Designer: Denis Kageyama, Rebeca Konopkinas
Light Operator: Denis Kageyama, Rebeca Konopkinas
Video Assistant: Frederico Peixoto de Azevedo
Sound operator and assistant: Cauê Andreassa
Assistant Set Designer: Thiago Bortolozzo
Set Assembly: Tiago Salis
Stagehand: Pedro Pedruzzi
Assistant Producers: Bruna Lima, Hiago Marques
Administrative secretary: Mônica Azevedo
Collaborator: Lucienne Guedes Fahrer
Support: Anaïs Surya, Pedro Pedruzzi
Production: Teatro de Narradores;
Programa Municipal de Fomento ao Teatro para a Cidade de São Paulo;
MIT/SP – International Theater Festival of São Paulo;
Projeto Vila Itororó – Canteiro Aberto

Haitians path to Brazil. Scenes of military occupation in Haiti, commanded by the Brazilian government. Brazilian cordiality outbursts in face of the Haitian presence. Uprising versus “life management”. Revolution stories: the European “enlightenment” versus the Black Revolution. Modern slavery as a condition for European freedom. Teatro de Narradores (The Storytellers Theatre) hinges on theater, film and music, as they ask themselves: what if racism IS the system? Teatro de Narradores (The Storytellers Theatre) have shown the creative process of Cidade Vodu (Vodou City) for the first time last October, in the series “Terça Tem Teatro” (There is Theater on Tuesdays) at Itaú Cultural, and they will have the full show premier at the MITsp 2016.