NE 2nd Avenue
NE 2nd Avenue
Written and Performed by Teo Castellanos
March 11-13, 2010 at 8:00PM
NE 2nd Avenue is a compilation of characters that make Miami their home. A jitney (small Caribbean bus) becomes a metaphor for a journey that takes the audience through the bumpy streets of this city. The work conveys, with poignancy and humor, the profoundly rich and textured mix of Miami, in which distinct Cuban, Haitian, Jamaican, Puerto Rican, Jewish, LGBT and African American influences emerge yet, interestingly enough, often in ways that reveal evidence of, often denied, cross-pollination.
NE 2nd Avenue brings voice to Miami’s marginalized urban populations, exploring underlying issues of racism and social injustice, acknowledging the differences among us and ultimately discovering the common threads that bind us together.
Co-presented with Teatro del Pueblo as part of their Political Theatre Festival, Pangea World Theater, and Intermedia Arts through the Catalyst Series.
