Miami: Miami Motel Stories: North Beach
An immersive real-time theatre experience telling the history of North Beach
When: February 6–29
Where: The Broadmoor Hotel, 7450 Ocean Terrace, Miami Beach, FL
Price: $69.99; 18+
Tags: #immersivetheatre, #history, #sitespecific, #ContactAdvisory, #ContentAdvisory, #MobilityAdvisory (see below)
Juggerknot Theatre Company, the creators of Miami Motel Stories are back! The team will take up residence for the month of February at the Broadmoor Hotel on Ocean Terrace to tell the history of North Beach through the eyes of its residents in partnership with Ocean Terrace Holdings. Miami Motel Stories is proud to announce their presenting partner the iconic water brand Perrier®.
Through an immersive theatrical experience, Miami Motel Stories will share personal stories of the people who lived, worked, and made significant contributions to North Beach– and her ever-changing landscape. Resident playwright Juan C. Sanchez works alongside community partners HistoryMiami and community players tell the authentic story of Miami’s neighborhoods — past, present, and future.
Unlocking these stories, directed by NYC-based immersive theatre directors Tai Thompson and Ana Margineanu, will be four keys: Blue, Orange, Pink and Yellow. Each key will uncover the several layers and changes in the neighborhood touching upon her many incarnations. From the lively and wild 1920s during Prohibition and the Mob scene that has been an ever-present stay, to the 1950s when North Beach attracted and welcomed middle-class Americas, to boundary-breaking eras of the 1960s, ’70s and ’80s complete with segregation and integration, and exploration of new lives, to the 1990s when Argentines, fleeing economic upheaval in in their country, immigrated to Miami converting blocks of North Beach into Little Buenos Aires living alongside the glamor and violence that accompanied the Versace murder to squatters taking root in abandoned buildings.
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Office facilities provided by Thymele Arts, in Los Angeles, CA.
Contact Level: Light (Business/Acquaintance)
Content Advisories: Mature themes. Please wear comfortable shoes. You may be standing/walking/climbing stairs. Please leave bulky items at home.
Please note that the “Orange Key” track is wheelchair accessible.