A Rua Da Amargura (Bitterness Street)

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Synopsis

“A Rua da Amargura – 14 passos lacrimosos sobre a vida de Jesus”, (Bitterness Street - 14 tearful steps on Jesus' life), directed by Gabriel Villela, for Grupo Galpão, describes in melodramatic language, fun and moving, the birth, life, death and resurrection of Christ. The productions departure point is the text “O Mártir do Calvário”, ("The Calvary Martir") by Portuguese playwright Eduardo Garrido.

Written in 1902, it was represented to exhaustion by all the theater-circus companies that wandered around Brazil in the first five decades of the XX century.

The piece incorporated the musical repertory, the rollicks and the traditions that, in Minas countryside, marked the celebrations of the Christmas cycle and the Holy Week, associating them to the circus interpretations, to extract from this amalgam a sophisticated monument to the most popular manifestations of our culture.

Harmonizing humor, poetry and drama, and recreating with aesthetic rigor, authenticity and the self-effacing trait of popular faith, “A Rua da Amargura” reaches the public through emotion and snatches them, exposing the deep meaning of the act and festivity of theater.

The play won over twenty awards and diverse categories. Was elected the best theatrical work exhibited in 1994, in Rio de Janeiro, and received the Sharp, Molière, Shell and Mambembe Awards, in the "Best Play" category. Its career surpassed two hundred and twenty presentations, between twenty cities in eight Brazilian states, plus seven other countries (Portugal, Spain, Canada, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Colombia and Uruguay).

In April 2001, it was adapted for a special in Rede Globo Television show – “A Paixão Segundo Ouro Preto”, recorded in the Opera House and the streets of the historical city of Minas Gerais, and aired on Good Friday. The television adaptation carried Paulo José as narrator.

Year
1994 — 2002
Directed by
Gabriel Villela

Technical Sheet

Scenography

Gabriel Villela

Text Adaptation

Arildo de Barros

Assistant Director

Simone Ordones

Scenography

Gabriel Villela

Lighting

Maneco Quinderé

Costumes

Maria Castilho & Wanda Sgarbi

Costumes Assistant

Ivana Andrés & Daniela Starling

Execution and Creation of Fabrics

Vaninha Soares Pereira & Wanda Sgarbi

Accessories and Art paintings

Wanda Sgarbi

Choreography and Body training

Paola Rettore

Soundtrack

Chico Pelúcio

Vocal Coach

Babaya

Musical Arrangements

Fernando Muzzi

Choir Coach and Vocal Arrangements

Ernani Maletta

Body training

Paola Rettore

Scenotechnicians

Mário Márcio & Helvécio Izabel

Circus acting workshops

Jacira Vianna

Special Effects

Mário Márcio

Foam paintings

Sebastião Vieira

Sound Technician

Rômulo Righi & Helvécio Izabel

Light operation

Alexandre Galvão & Wladimir Medeiros

Recording studio

R Som

Visual Programming

Métrica Comunicação

Photos

Gustavo Campos

Production Directors

Regiane Miciano

Production Directors

Chico Pelúcio

Executive Production

Gilma Oliveira

Overall Production

Grupo Galpão

Direction

Gabriel Villela