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.
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Splashes of pink and purple spotlights whirl around a dark room as DJ Yonci taps her laptop, sways, and adjusts sound levels while bass pumps underneath a mix of old-school hip-hop and neo soul.
A dozen screens on the video feed come alive with bodies moving, faces smiling. The chat fills up: “Got me sweating already!” a guest types. Another teases, “Queen, I see you dancing!” and responds on camera with arms waving to the delight of fellow partiers. A disco ball lights up someone’s screen. Then a guest puts on a papier-mâché panda head, fists pumping.
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Stages Announces Major Staff Changes
As Managing Director Mark Folkes bows out, Eboni Bell takes centerstage as Inclusion, Engagement and Training director.
By
Catherine Wendlandt
1/28/2021 at 4:23pm
Stages s outgoing managing director, Mark Folkes, and new Inclusion, Engagement and Training director, Eboni Bell.
Major staffing changes are rocking the house at Stages . On Thursday Stages announced Managing Director Mark Folkes, whoâs been at the company since 2015, will step down in late April. Folkes, who previously worked in leading positions at Houston Symphony and Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast, Inc, will join the Greater Houston Community Foundation as the new chief growth officer.
Holiday fun peaks this week and it’s evident in this week’s list of best virtual bets. But we’ve still got some counterprogramming options for those out there who have had their fill of holiday cheer. Keep reading for some suggestions of things to keep you happy and entertained at home this coming week.
A sidewalk St. Nick is put to the test when a little boy needs help finding his way home in John Kendrick Bangs’ “Santa Claus and Little Billee,” the short story featured in the final episode of 4th Wall Theatre Company’s
Holiday Story Time, which premieres tonight, December 24, at 7:30 p.m. on 4th Wall’s Facebook page and YouTube channel. Local artist Courtney Lomelo will read the last tale of the filmed storytelling series, and before or after you can catch up on the previous three episodes, with Lomelo, Eboni Bell, Juan Sebastián Cruz and John Raley tackling more stories off-the-beaten-holiday-path by O. Henry, Lucy Maud Montgomery, and Richmal Crompton.