About this event

AMAL examines the impact of war with equal parts humor and urgency. It explores the quest for meaning, purpose and identity sought through enlisting in the military and shares the unifying experiences of combatants and noncombatants as people of color. Tough and tender, AMAL relays stories of veterans’, refugees’ and civilians’ adjustment to life after war. This all-Puerto Rican Theater Company, places Puerto Rico’s colonial status, cultural and military heritage center stage. 

AMAL aborda el impacto de la guerra con humor y urgencia en partes iguales. Explora la búsqueda de significado, propósito e identidad a través del alistamiento en el ejército, y comparte las experiencias unificadoras de combatientes y no combatientes que se identifican como personas de color. Doloroso y conmovedor, AMAL transmite historias de cómo los veteranos, refugiados y civiles se adaptaron a la vida después de la guerra. Esta compañía de teatro totalmente puertorriqueña coloca en el centro del escenario el status colonial, la herencia cultural y militar de Puerto Rico.

*Performed primarily in English.

Post-War Cleansing Ritual is a site-specific performance piece that explores the return from war and journey towards healing through music and movement. This piece is centered on vital roles of ritual, song, and community engagement's for war veterans of color. This free oceanside performance will feature a special guest - Afro-Latina soprano Zuly Inirio!

In celebration of Puerto Rican Heritage Month and Veterans and Military Families Month, the Berrie Center is pleased to present the provocative theater piece “Amal.” “Amal” explores the search for meaning, purpose, and identity through enlisting in the military, as well as Puerto Rico’s cultural and military history. This powerful performance delves into the impact of war on both combatants and noncombatants as people of color, and shares experiences of veteran’s adjustment to life after war.

This performance is for mature audiences only. NOTE: Production uses strobe lights and there is a gunshot blast.

Funded in part by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Theater Project, with lead funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and support from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

Catch us at "The Porch", the Miami Book Fair's outdoor venue, where we will be performing a stage reading of excerpts from our current production, AMAL, a theater/ spoken word piece that reveals the impact of war on combatants and noncombatants, and shares experiences of veterans’ adjustment to life after war, and those of civilians from war-torn countries.

Cost:
Event is FREE with Miami Book Fair admission. Tickets can be purchased in person or at https://www.miamibookfair.com

Location:
The Porch 
(Northwest corner of N.E. 3rd Street and 2nd Avenue)

Parking: 
FREE parking is available at the MDC Parking Garage at 500 N.E. 2nd Avenue from Sunday, November 13 to Sunday, November 20. Entrance on N.E. 5th Street between 1st and 2nd Avenue.