Mission

 

Group Dot BR’s mission is to present the “calor” and diversity of Brazilian culture through the performing arts. By using avant-garde, physical, choreographic, and contemporary theatre as tools, Group Dot BR engages a multicultural community with a forward-thinking approach to its “presencial” and online programs. As the only Brazilian theatre company in New York, it supports artists by creating a bridge for exchange beyond borders and holds up Portuguese as a heritage language.

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Biography

 

Founded by Andressa Furletti, Debora Balardini and Thiago Felix, the company started in 2011 with a public reading of the play Cerimônia do Adeus by Mauro Rasi. In 2012 Group .BR produced A Serpente (The Serpent) by Brazil’s most known and controversial dramaturges, Nelson Rodrigues with sold-out performances and a nomination to the 2012 Brazilian International Press Awards. In 2013, Infinite While It Lasts, Group .BR’s first devised work based on the life and work of Brazilian poet and composer Vinicius de Moraes landed on the bohemian bar Nublu in East Village. A second run of the show happened in 2014 held at Studio 151 for four weeks. The show was nominated to the 2014 Innovative Theatre Awards for Outstanding Choreography/Movement and to the 2014 Brazilian International Press Award. Inside The Wild Heart, an immersive theatrical experience based on the life and works of the Brazilian Jewish writer Clarice Lispector had a successful five-week run at the Immersive Gallery, in Williamsburg in 2016, and another five-week run in 2018 at the Aich Studio, a three-story house in Manhattan. The show had great reviews and received four nominations and earned Andressa Furletti an award for Best Actress at the 2017 Brazilian International Press Award. In 2021, the company was invited by En Garde Arts and The Tank to create the site-specific show Metanoia for Downtown Live, as theaters were reopening after the pandemic shutdown. In 2023, the company presented a staged reading of The Passion According to Janair at The Tank, and later in the year, the show Backlash to Brazilian Happiness, directed by Enrique Pardo (Pantheatre - France) and performed by Debora Balardini was presented at The Tank. In 2025, The Passion According to Janair, and had a run at HERE Arts Center, directed by Andressa Furletti and performed by Ana Carbatti. 

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Other than its awarded productions, the company offers a variety of acting and dance workshops, readings, and signature events such as the Brazilian one day festival Opa!, the intimate Pão de Queijo Brunch and the Clarice's Hour (Hora de Clarice) in partnership with Moreira Salles Institute (Instituto Moreira Salles), the Readings Dot BR with reading of Brazilian literature and dramaturgy, and during the pandemic the Happy Hour Online with readings and conversations about Clarice Lispector in honor of her centennial and created the Brazilian Artist's fund to support Brazilian artists in New York who were struggling financially.