2024 Season
11th Annual Contemporary Performance Diasporas Festival: Our America
May 18-19, 2024
Rooted in Inferno’s mission to link cultures and explore human relationships, the festival has brought artists together, year after year, who are now based in the San Francisco Bay area but whose roots extend across the globe.
This year’s Diasporas Festival includes works in theatre, dance, music, and performance.
Conni McKenzie
Adrian Contreras
Monica Portugues Frangoul
Sierra Paola
Fred Chung
Michael Fleming
Jennifer Simmons
Bill Stahl
Rica Anderson
Marianne Franck
Jamie Greenblatt
Karen Marguerite Caronna
Tom Breunig
Crystal Brown
Peter Bonos
FEATURED ARTISTS
Mayou Roffé
Molinete
Ariel Belmont
Connor Allen
Amir Etemadzadeh
Surabhi Bharadwaj
Trio de Dames
Michelle Haner
Valentina Emeri
Alula Dreicer
Canberk Varli
Brandi Ynocencio
Leah Sirkin
Zina Pozen
Faisal Zedan
William Shakespeare’s
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
In a modern verse translation by Jeff Whitty
July 20-21 | July 27-28 | Aug 3-4 | Aug 10-11, 2024
A Midsummer Night’s Dream pushes theatricality to the limits, inviting the audience to abandon themselves with their eyes wide open to the “dreams” of this magical story.
The magic unfolds between real and imaginary dreams surrounded by live music, movement, and Shakespeare’s own poetic words and imagery, transporting the audience to a new and enchanted world.
Giulio Cesare Perrone
Mayou Roffe
Decoven Benton-Bell
Alula Dreicer
Jessica Fong
Marissa Hinckley-Barnes
Kayla McConnell
Miles Millikan
Olga Molina
Alorah Raeann
Sahil Singh
Canberk Varli
Joshua-Morris Williams
Abigail Wissink
Brandi Ynocencio
Stage Director and Designer
Assistant Director and Music Director
Movement Created by the Ensemble
Performing Artists
Sponsored By
Ajax: Our Heroes, Our America
A Full Workshop Production
Oct 11, 19, 20, 26 | Nov 2-3, 2024
Ajax, the mythical Greek warrior, is the hero of the play’s main character, a U.S. veteran who is homeless, and living on the streets of Oakland. The vet, suffering from dissociative identity disorder, often thinks he is the Greek warrior and relives the conflicts and traumas of Ajax. He also suffers from his own war experiences, and his PTSD anxiety is triggered by the news images of George Floyd’s death. The veteran is upset with the rift between the beauty and intention of equality stated in the United States Constitution and the ugly reality of prejudice and inequality in twenty-first-century America.
Giulio Cesare Perrone
Giulio Cesare Perrone
Rebecca Grintsaig
Solange Hilfinger-Pardo
Canberk Varli
Joshua-Morris Williams
Playwright & Director
Set & Costume Designer
Performing Artists