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From our Bureau of Social Compassion and Tolerance with some assistance from our Bureau of Incredibly Brave Resistance to Socialist Compassion and Tolerance Ay, Dios mio! O, my God. Imagine being in the same tight spot as Angel Moya and Berta Soler. Their lives are a constant unending wrestling match with a totalitarian regime Hell-bent
Ich Bin Ein Berliner. Although the Miamian (and occasional New Times contributor) wrote the play during the height of the pandemic in 2020, she'd been workshopping the idea in her head for a handful of years. “I’ve had this idea in my brain for ages,” she says with obvious excitement. “This play about the moment when the Berlin Wall falls and everybody, including the audience, is in this fifth-grade classroom. And even though it’s happening to this one character, everybody is involved.” The moment is personal for Garcia and is inspired by her own experiences. She remembers cry...
REVOLT OF THE ARTISTS IN CUBA Cuba is ruled by a brutal dictatorship, and one of the most dangerous things to do on the island is to protest against it. Since 1959, many who dared to speak out against the regime have faced three harsh futures: death, prison or exile. That’s why it is truly important to support the hundreds of young artists who came out in recent days to defend freedom of creation and expression in Cuba. They are risking everything. If it goes wrong, they could wind up in prison. If it goes right, they could be chipping away at the dictatorship (finally) and opening the poss...