. . . Upcoming
C A L L . F O R . P L A Y S > 7th Annual SHORT PLAYS MARATHON for more info
7th Annual SHORT PLAYS MARATHON > Saturday, November 22nd 2008 from 2-10 pm
Gallery X / 169 William Street / downtown New Bedford
. . . The Tour continues / past 2008 performances
Through A Portagee Gate > Saturday, September 20th 2008 @ 6 pm . . . postponed
Merrimack Repertory Theatre / 50 E. Merrimack Street / Lowell, MA
Through A Portagee Gate > Sunday, May 18th 2008 @ 2 pm
Durfee High School Auditorium / 360 Elsbree St / Fall River, MA
Through A Portagee Gate > Saturday, May 17th 2008 @ 2 pm
Cambridge Family YMCA Theatre / Central Square / 820 Massachusetts Ave / Cambridge, MA
. . . Oral Histories Project / ongoing
The Dream Book > an oral Histories Project with the Arab- American community
Maharjan / Lebanese Picnic on Saturday, September 6th, 12-8 pm will feature a Dream Book Tent where C*P will be recording oral histories the day of the event. location: Holy Ghost Grounds, Dartmouth (near Horseneck Beach)
for more information or to sign up to participate please contact Patty Thomas@ [email protected], or call 508-990-7779.
. . . Book Launch
Two Portuguese-American Plays published by the Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture University of Massachusetts Dartmouth March 3, 2008 � North Dartmouth, MA. Two Portuguese-American Plays, comprised of Through a Portagee Gate, adapted by Patricia A. Thomas from the Charles Reis Felix memoir of the same name, and Amarelo, by Paulo A. Pereira, dramatize immigrant experience in the mill-town of New Bedford, Massachusetts.
Each play begins or ends there, along with visits to Escamil, California, or the tiny village of Covoada, on the island of Sao Miguel, the Azores. Employing contrasting dramatic techniques, both works portray unforgettable protagonists, at once charming and idiosyncratic. In Through a Portagee Gate the Radio Ensemble at the WNBH studio in downtown New Bedford broadcasts commercials and news stories, taking us on a journey through the twentieth century; whereas in Amarelo, "Man" poses as the explorer Goncalo Velho, and others, as he propels the story forward through time. These plays are alive with humor, wit and sincerity drawn from the human experience.
Both been performed by Culture*Park Theatre of New Bedford, Massachusetts. Patricia A. Thomas is a theatre director, teacher, writer and producer who began her career in theatre in the 1980's as a company member at Trinity Repertory Company in Providence, Rhode Island. Ms. Thomas is co-founder and Artistic Director of Culture*Park Theatre and Performing Arts Collaborative in New Bedford, MA.
Paulo A. Pereira earned a degree in Theater Arts and Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. While at MIT, he was involved in numerous productions, on- and off-campus, as an actor, director, producer, and playwright. Amarelo, his first full-length play, opened in New York City in 1998.
Two Portuguese-American Plays. Ed. Patricia A. Thomas. Vol. 9. Portuguese in the Americas Series. North Dartmouth: University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, 2008. The book is available online at Amazon.com