The Other America

STAGED READING

DATES: October 11 and 12 at 7:30 PM, October 13 at 2:30 PM

LOCATION: The Art Station, 10 101 East Vernon Ave. Normal, IL

The Other America tells the story of João da Silva, a young man who leaves Brazil to find a new life as an undocumented immigrant in the United States of America.. In his epic, difficult, and often-times comedic journey, João encounters the many extraordinary challenges that all immigrants face as they cross the border toward the land of opportunity, freedom, and bravery... only to discover that there is another America, one in which opportunity is only fo a very few, freedom often unattainable, and bravery an act of daily survival.