THEATER PRESENTATION “3 INNOCENTS AND A SPIRIT”

http://3innocents.blogspot.com/  (performed at the N a Sonje Foundation Center, Pernier, Haiti, April 27, 2014)  

The theatrical team of N a Sonje presents this drama to visitors with N a Sonje at their center depending on time and circumstances of each visit as requested. The team is also ready to go anywhere whether national or internationally to bring this message

The N a Sonje Foundation presents “3 Innocents and a spirit”, a historical drama depicting the interactions of the peoples from the Americas, Europe, and Africa from before the time of Christopher Columbus, and the cultural, social political ecological and economic crises that developed as a result. The cast engages in post-production discussion, creating an open forum for ideas and solutions that can help towards the healing of our fractured societies.

“3 Innocents and a spirit” is performed by our team of Haitian men and women representing the native American and African cultures, respectively, and the European culture. Dressed in symbolic costumes, the actors weave together mime, interactive participation, authentic historical texts and music to demonstrate the progression and effect of historical events.

The play exposes the destruction and acculturation of the Native Americans and the enslavement of Africans through the transatlantic slave trade, which resulted in a transfer of wealth and natural resources to Europe. Near the end of the drama the Native American, European, and African characters experience a transformational awakening through which they realize their physical and spiritual losses, as well as their mutual need for one another. The three characters and the rest of the cast, offer each other gestures of compassion and forgiveness, ultimately recognizing the need for healing, reconciliation and reparations.

This drama is a theatrically stylized and portrays in simple form the lives of the native peoples of 3 continents and their mutual history, thereby condensing and combining easily recognized symbols, a true theatrical challenge, for 700 years to be contained in less than an hour!

“3 Innocents” is performed to an original soundtrack with only three narrative texts but since the actions are mimed to the music and sound effects of these well-known historical events, our memories fill in the rest.

The N a Sonje Foundation is ready to perform at high schools, colleges, universities, churches, and organizations, as well as with local and national media about Haiti and its special role in this historical context for any touring possibilities either in Haiti or outside!