The Malaga Ship: a Story of Maine and the Middle Passage

Name: The Malaga Ship: a Story of Maine and the Middle Passage
Start: 2025-03-15T19:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-03-15T20:15:00-04:00
Location: CommUNITY ARTSreach

Schedule

Sat Mar 15 2025 at 07:00 pm to 08:15 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

CommUNITY ARTSreach | Roanoke, VA

Antonio's performance confronts the history of the Malaga, a ship that participated in the slave trade. He uses song, mime, and narration.
About this Event

The Malaga Ship was a brig built in Maine and used to traffic Africans to the Americas, in particular Brazil, in the 1800s. In this tour de force performance Antonio mimes, sings, and narrates his way into this heart wrenching journey which is led in part by the ship herself.

Agenda

🕑: 06:30 PM
Doors open 30 minutes before the program
🕑: 07:00 PM
Program runtime 45 minutes
🕑: 07:45 PM
Audience talk-back following the program for 30 minutes