11th Contemporary Performance

Diasporas Festival: Our America

For the past 10 years, Inferno Theatre has presented the Contemporary Performance Diasporas Festival —
a multicultural, interdisciplinary performance and arts festival.

The festival was created out of Inferno’s mission to link cultures and explore human relationships.

The 11th Annual Contemporary Performance Diasporas Festival - Our America is made possible in part thanks to the Civic Arts Grant Program of the City of Berkeley.

FREE BONUS EVENT

Sunday, May 19 only at 3-4 pm
Making a Mask Come Alive - a hands-on workshop

Reservations required.
30 person limit.

DATES
Saturday, May 18
Sunday, May 19

TIME
Performances start at 6 pm
Doors open at 5:30 pm

LOCATION
STUDIO 12
2525 Eighth Street
Berkeley, CA 94710

ADMISSION $20 in Advance
$25 at the Door

Festival Line Up

Saturday, May 18

Molinete

Sunday, May 19

Ariel Belmont + Connor Allen (music by Molinete)

Sound of the Far East - Amir Etemadzadeh

Stories of Love - Surabhi Bharadwaj

Trio de Dames

Ajax: Our Heroes, Our America - Inferno Theatre

Making a Mask Come Alive Workshop

Ajax: Our Heroes, Our America - Inferno Theatre

Lifted My Eyes + Choreopoem for When Expression Is All We Have - Jamie Greenblatt

Diaspora Ensemble

Ramtin Vaziri

Improv Story Time

Borrowed - Conni McKenzie

Off Ramp - Karen Caronna + Tom Breunig

A woman, unsilenced - Michelle Haner
+ Valentina Emeri

A woman, unsilenced - Michelle Haner
+ Valentina Emeri

Learn More About This Year’s Festival Artists by Visiting the Meet the Artists Page!

The 11th Annual Contemporary Performance Diasporas Festival
is made possible in part thanks to the City of Berkeley.

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