presents

The North American premiere screening of

AS BACANTES 2009

April 2, 2009 beginning at 5 PM

(3 hrs 35 min w/ intermission)

with English Subtitles

FREE Admission

followed by a Q&A with Brazilian theater legend

Ze Celso (José Celso Martinez Corrêa)

in his first US appearance

Hosted by playwright & director Gerald Thomas

Reservations Recommended - 212-929-2545

As Bacantes 2009

is a lyrcial Brazilian re-creation of Eurípedes'

tragi-comedy-orgy The Bacchae as told

in the context of Carneval, first staged

by Ze Celso in 1996.