The anguish that accompanies a loss of life is all-consuming and often undeniable. Like many visionaries before her, actor and artist Candice DâMeza has transformed her own grief into an inspired project thatâs both cathartic and eye-opening for both artist and audiences alike.
Her multimedia, one-woman show,
Fatherland, explores the concept and experience of bereavement, and the very specific grief that comes from family disconnection, culture, and homelands.
In April of 2019, DâMezaâa familiar face to Houston theatergoersâreceived a call with the news that her long-absent father had died roughly 1,500 miles away in his birthplace of Haiti.
8 best Houston plays and performances to stream and catch in March Dixie s back and bringing the party virtually to the Hobby Center.
Photo by Matthew Tippins We’ve got a live one this month. Live, in-person, outdoor theater that is, thanks to Society for the Performing Arts. For some of our other favorite theater companies the drama, comedy, and music keeps on streaming on in March with lots of variety for the choosiest at-home audiences. As a bonus, look for some February postponed shows to spring up this month now that our long winter drama is over.
Dixie’s Happy Hour Virtual Show from the Hobby Center (now through March 7)
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Arts Picks: Sin Muros theater fest, ‘The Road So Far’ are recommended By Amber Elliott and Andrew Dansby, Staff Writers
1. ‘The Road So Far’
After a pandemic-prompted interruption the Station Museum of Contemporary Art has reopened “The Road So Far,” an exhibition featuring works by beloved Houston artist Jesse Lott and Louisiana artist Travis Whitfield. Whitfield’s “Shotgun House” is an eye-catcher: a full-size domicile with photos, artifacts and other pieces assembled from northern Louisiana. Lott is represented by a variety of pieces including sculpture created from found objects in Fifth Ward and new drawings.
When: 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Wednesdays through Sundays