The show “Silver Epidemic” brings together two narratives: the actors' personal view of the real characters they met in their current residence in Cracolândia*, and the Myth of Medusa, which transforms people into statues. Starting from this motto, as the narrative unfolds, the actors gradually acquire the colour silver until they are completely silver at the end of the show. Filled with images and predominantly performative and synesthetic, the PRATA universe, in the show, takes on an infinity of connotations: its colour is the colour of the crack stone when lit, its light brings brightness and the need to be seen by a society that ignores certain ghettos, its designation is indicative of wealth, money. Moving between these connotations, the actors perform a multitude of performances that deconstruct characters stigmatised by society and share the feeling of petrification in the face of everything.

*Crackland - is a popular denomination for a region of the city of São Paulo, which is notorious for high incidence of drug trafficking and drug use in public.

Seven seasons in the city of São Paulo, between SESCs, public facilities and The Container Theatre. One season at SESC Santo André. It also circulated through SESCs Campinas and Santos. Participated in the International Festivals: Kerala Festival 2020 (India) and FIT Rio Preto 2019. It was seen by approximately 5500 people. It won the Zé Renato Award in 2017. Nominated in four categories for the Blog do Arcanjo Award - UOL: Best Lighting; Best Costume; Best cast; Best Makeup and Hairstyling and and nominated for the Aplauso Brasil Award in the category “Best Group Theatre Show”. In 2020, it was part of SESC Pompéia’s “Disassembly - Project.

 

Concept – Cia. Mungunzá de Teatro    Dramaturgy - Cia. Mungunzá de Teatro and Georgette Fadel     Dramaturgical supervision – Verônica Gentilin     Direction – Georgette Fadel     Co-direction – Cris Rocha     Assistant Director – Victor Djalma Amaral      Cast – Verônica Gentilin, Virginia Iglesias, Gustavo Sarzi, Leonardo Akio, Lucas Bêda, Marcos Felipe e Pedro das Oliveiras      Movement Coach– Juliana Moraes     Musical Direction – Bruno Menegatti     Lyrics - Pedro das Oliveiras     Videos – Flavio Barollo     Scenic Architecture – Leonardo Akio e Lucas Beda     Costume – Sandra Modesto e Cris Rocha      Lighting Designer – Pedro das Oliveiras     Graphic Design– Leonardo Akio     Photography – Letícia Godoy e Mariana Beda      Executive Production – Lucas Bêda, Marcos Felipe, Sandra Modesto e Virginia Iglesias      Production – Cia. Mungunzá de Teatro     Co-production – Cooperativa Paulista de Teatro     Press Office – Nossa Senhora da Pauta     70 min.

“It's not an easy experience to watch. Different types of discomfort are raised by the way certain stories are narrated – which is contrasted by the lyrical images – as well as when videos of police brutality in Cracolândia are shown. When talking about those who don't know toilet paper – and those who steal them – there may be no room for poetry. Still, it rains on blankets of the same colour where below live people who are possibly much more than what is brought to the scene.”

Amilton Azevedo – Folha de SP

“This piece by Cia Mungunzá is one of the bravest and most honest things I've ever seen. They face the gaze of the medusa that is our ugly reality and have the courage to expose themselves in amazement, bulging. Because it couldn't help but be about failure. If it wasn't, it would be a scoundrel. And the madness (and the beauty) is what follows, the play is also that, giving infuriated, passionate, clumsy blows, in that terrible head that, however, will grow back in the next minute. They know it. Show it. And the play has the face and pulse of despair. Of our despair”.

Janaína Leite - theatrical researcher