The Miss Firecracker Contest by FIU Theatre Department at Wertheim Performing Arts Center

Réquiem por un alcaraván (Requiem for a stone curlew) is the performative dance of the man-woman. The Zapotec culture, through muxheidad, lives homosexuality, gaycity and same-sex marriages with certain contradictions: a muxhe is a man who assumes roles culturally destined for women, both work and affective, emotional and sexual, muxheidad is a veiled social acceptance and at the same time the celebration … +

Writing in Sand is a multidisciplinary stage production directed by Carlos Caballero, featuring actress Mabel Roch, choreographer and dancer Lucia Aratanha, musician Inez Barlatier, and the writing of Griselda Ortíz. The work opens a dialogue that explores themes of displacement, immigration, trauma, personal crisis, and assimilation as a mirror of Miami itself. Three female performers – one Cuban, one Brazilian and one … +

FUNDarte presents Teatro El Público’s Antigonón, written by the young playwright Rogelio Orizondo, and directed by Carlos Díaz. The work departs from the myth of Antigone to fuse with old and new heroes of Cuban history, in particular José Martí, considered the founder of Cuban revolutionary thought- and join in the post-modern Greek tragic chorus to serve up a remix of frustrations … +

Now in its seventh edition FUNDarte’s Out in the Tropics performance series will feature artists who address gender, sexuality and issues of interest to the art community and their allies. La otra voz is a work about the homo-erotic love affair of two men, written and directed by Spanish playwright Manuel De. Based on the acclaimed monodrama La Voix Humaine by Jean … +

FUNDarte presents the debut in Florida of Chiflón, the Silence of Coal by Chile’s Silencio Blanco Theatre Company. To keep working, a young miner must travel to Chiflón del Diablo, one of the most dangerous mines in Chile. Based in part of a story by distinguished Chilean author Baldomero Lillo, and devised during trips to the mining town of Lota, it reflects … +

Climakaze Miami 2017 is highlighting profound female voices from Haiti and Australia in a unique event, Miami-grown songstress Inez Barlatier and Melbourne’s riveting cabaret priestess Moira Finucane get together to address climate issues through the arts and dialogue. The Rapture by Moira Finucane (Australia) Fri May 5, 2017, 8:30 PM Inez Barlatier in Concert (Miami-Haiti) Sat May 6, 2017, 8:30 PM Eco-Theater … +