Through original music and theatrical storytelling, both in English and in Spanish, The Suitcase Project investigates the experience of being of two worlds and the complexity of the Latin immigrant experience in the U.S. Like a tree with long, tangled roots ripped from the ground and transplanted in a new land, the show is about growing in a new environment, claiming a new home, and the struggles of what it means to “begin again.” How does translating ones identity into a world of new language and values challenge and deepen a person’s sense of self? And how are we collectively evolving as a culture when we allow these complexities to exist within our definition of “American”? Combining the Magic Realism of Latin literature with the pulse of a contemporary beat, Migguel Anggelo and his virtuosic band The Immigrants give witness to the tightrope existence of being a person of two worlds.
Book by David Drake
Music by Migguel Anggelo and Mau Quiros
Lyrics by Migguel Anggelo, Mau Quiros and David Drake
Musical Direction and Arrangements by Mau Quiros
Choreography by Wes Veldink
Directed by David Drake
Performed by Migguel Anggelo and the Immigrants
WORK SAMPLE
BRIClab is a commissioning and residency program that offers local artists time and space to explore and expand the possibilities of their work in music, dance, theater and multi-disciplinary performance. Work-in-progress showings, presented with moderated artist-audience dialogues, open artists’ process and creativity to BRIC’s diverse public. This fall, BRIClab features artists and projects mining ideas of migration, immigration and home.
Venue Information:
The intimate, flexible studio space within BRIC House is dedicated to emerging and mid-career artists, with an audience capacity of 50-75 for rehearsals and performances in a workshop setting.
Beginning Nov. 1, 2022, attendees of any BRIC House programming will no longer have to show proof of vaccination or a negative test to enter the building. Masks are encouraged but not required in all BRIC operated spaces. If you have questions regarding this protocol, please email Safety@bricartsmedia.org