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RIGHTABOUTNOW INC | Desirée
Event by: RIGHTABOUTNOW INC.
Location: Flemish Cultural Center de Brakke Grond, Nes 45, Amsterdam - Amsterdam-Centrum
Theatre
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A moving story about a young black woman, young mother, who struggles with her demons and her mental health. Desirée tells the story of a marginalized young black woman who struggles against exclusion and institutional racism. As she slowly sinks into a dream world between reality, madness and hope, Desirée offers an unadulterated look at the challenges that many young people experience today.
Desirée is written by Norman de Palm and Felix de Rooy in 1980 and is again produced by RIGHTABOUTNOW INC. brought to the theater by Ritzah Statia (play) and Marjorie Boston (direction). De Palm and De Rooy inspired their prize-winning play text on a true story, published in the New York Times ('80), which was the basis for a theater monologue that is still relevant.
Actress Ritzah Statia is a physical theater maker, mimer and urban dancer with Afro-Caribbean roots. She won Best of Fringe 2021 with her solo Kibra Silensio and starred in The Story of Travis, for which she was nominated for the theater prize 'de Colombina'. Statia is also co-director of the remake of RAN INC's impactful 2023 performance KINGS. Director Marjorie Boston, founder of RIGHTABOUTNOW INC. directed, among others, the successful performances Queen of disco (winner of the 2023 Playwriting Prize), Tori and Status.
Both the performance Desirée and the film of the same name marked the international breakthrough of Felix de Rooy and Norman de Palm, both from Curacao. In 1983 they settled in the Netherlands with Illushion Kosmiko/Cosmic Illusion and, together with theater company De Nieuw Amsterdam (DNA) of directors Rufus Collins and Henk Tjon, they forever changed the Dutch theater landscape as pioneers of professional black theater.
Desirée is written by Norman de Palm and Felix de Rooy in 1980 and is again produced by RIGHTABOUTNOW INC. brought to the theater by Ritzah Statia (play) and Marjorie Boston (direction). De Palm and De Rooy inspired their prize-winning play text on a true story, published in the New York Times ('80), which was the basis for a theater monologue that is still relevant.
Actress Ritzah Statia is a physical theater maker, mimer and urban dancer with Afro-Caribbean roots. She won Best of Fringe 2021 with her solo Kibra Silensio and starred in The Story of Travis, for which she was nominated for the theater prize 'de Colombina'. Statia is also co-director of the remake of RAN INC's impactful 2023 performance KINGS. Director Marjorie Boston, founder of RIGHTABOUTNOW INC. directed, among others, the successful performances Queen of disco (winner of the 2023 Playwriting Prize), Tori and Status.
Both the performance Desirée and the film of the same name marked the international breakthrough of Felix de Rooy and Norman de Palm, both from Curacao. In 1983 they settled in the Netherlands with Illushion Kosmiko/Cosmic Illusion and, together with theater company De Nieuw Amsterdam (DNA) of directors Rufus Collins and Henk Tjon, they forever changed the Dutch theater landscape as pioneers of professional black theater.