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(2007)
Paulo de Moraes directs Pequenos Milagres (Small Miracles), adapting to stage four stories selected among about 600 accounts sent to Grupo Galpão in 2006 during the campaign Tell Us Your Story, created specifically to prepare for this new performance. The director and dramatist Maurício Arruda Mendonça pre-selected together with the actors 50 stories that they all considered the best and the most representative everyday life of Brazilian people.
Several workshops with the members of company have taken Galpão the final four accounts that make up Pequenos Milagres.
According to Paulo de Moraes, these stories make up a very particular theatrical overview of Brazilian life: “A project of this nature allows us to discuss relevant issues with characters that are close to us, pondering on the dreams of ordinary people,” he says.
The debut of Pequenos Milagres marked the celebrations of 25 years of activities of Grupo Galpão in 2007, in Centro Cultural Galpão Cine Horto in Belo Horizonte and the company has already toured Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, and the most important festivals in the Brazil with their new show. The four stories in the play are:
A DOG’S HEAD
Based on a homonymous account written by João Celso dos Santos. “A Dog’s Head” tells the story of a rite of passage, when an eleven-year-old small-town boy has to face by himself the challenges of a journey to a big city in order to accomplish an important task given by his father. Fragmented in four parts scattered throughout the play, A Dog’s Head is a heartfelt adventure that gives a sense of cohesion to the whole play.
THE PRIVATE
Based on an untitled account sent by Thereza Alvarenga. “The Private” tells of an old man re-visiting his painful past as a soldier during the second world war through the eyes of a young nurse who works in the nursing home.
THE DRESS
Based on the text The Dress of Desire sent to Galpão by Maristela de Fátima Carneiro. The Dress is about the resilience of people’s dreams, focusing on a woman who refuses to give up on her teenage dreams in the face of adversity.
THE CASTAWAY COUPLE
Based on untitled account sent anonymously of a couple whose strained relationship is hanging by a thread when suddenly a possibility of solving all their financial woes comes with an invitation to the TV show “Show do Milhão” [a Brazilian “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire”]. The Castaway Couple comments on the harshness of strained lives when there is little room left for dreaming. |
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