Out in the Tropics 2016

Wednesday, June 15^th through Saturday, June 18^th in Miami Beach! 

Now in its seventh edition, FUNDarte’s Out in the Tropics is a unique, daring, and artistically outstanding performance series featuring work by some of today’s most innovative and relevant GLBTQ artists, Toshi Reagon and BIGLovely, La Saraghina de Stalker Theater Company, Juan Carlos Lerida, Fernando LR Parra and Belen Maya. 

Miami, FL.  April1^st, 2016.  FUNDarte presents Out In The Tropics 2016, a week-long event featuring artists who address gender, sexuality and issues of interest to the art community and their allies. Now in its seventh year, the series runs from June 15 – 18, 2016 in Miami Beach and features public performances, panel, workshops, master classes and artist-talks serving various sectors of the community. Out in the Tropics will present five distinct national and international artists including a concert by Toshi Reagon and her band BIGLovely based in New York, also at The Gleason Room at the Fillmore Miami Beach (1700 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach); La Saraghina de Stalker, a theater company from Madrid, Spain performing at The Gleason Room at the Fillmore Miami Beach (1700 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach); Queer Flamenco with artist/scholar Fernando LR Parra, also from Madrid, Spain at the Miami Beach Botanical Garden (2000 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach) and choreographer and dancer Juan Carlos Lerida from Seville, Spain, presented as a double bill with legendary boundary-breaking artist Belen Maya at The Gleason Room at the Fillmore Miami Beach (1700 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach).

This year’s line-up will also include “Out of the Container”, an LGBTIQ focused series of 15-minute plays with absolute vision and approach, which will run from June 9^th to July 10^th, 2016 at CCE Miami’s MicroTheater. MicroTheater is a theatrical convention consisting of works of less than 15 minutes in length for a maximum of 15 spectators presented in a 20-foot container. Each work is presented six times each night in continuous sessions.  

Out in the Tropics also brings exciting free events including a number of educational activities that will allow audiences more insight into the creative process of the artists presented. The series includes community workshops, lectures and other educational activities at distinct venues throughout the festival.  For more information on OITT educational activities please visit our website at www.fundarte.us.

Join FUNDarte for a week of performances, readings, and educational activities provided by local, national and international artists that reflect and address Miami’s contemporary cultural identity, as well as the complex themes of gender politics and LGBT issues locally, nationally and globally. FUNDarte is committed to bringing the extraordinary work of these artists, and the timeliness of issues of identity, community, and cultural expression that they raise, to enrich and excite local audiences.

WHAT:           Out in the Tropics Series 2016

WHEN:           Wednesday June 15 through Saturday June 18, 2015

WHERE:         Miami Beach Botanical Garden, the Gleason Room at the Filmore in Miami Beach, and other venues (TBA)

COST:            Panel discussion and performance at the Miami Beach Botanical Garden and Series Educational Events are Free to the Public.  (Please RSVP to niurca@fundarte.us)

Performances held at The Gleason Room Backstage at the Filmore Miami Beach are ticketed events.  See pricing information below.

OUT IN THE TROPICS (OITT) 2016 – Series Lineup

• Thursday, June 16^th – 8:30PM – Toshi Reagon and BIGLovely in concert at the Gleason Room at the Filmore Miami Beach (1700 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach)

• Friday, June 17^th - 8:30PM – La Otra Voz, by La Saraghina de Stalker at The Gleason Room at the Filmore Miami Beach (1700 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach)

• Saturday, June 18^th – 4:00PM – Panel discussion and open-air performance, Bailar en Hombre by Fernando LR Parra at the Miami Beach Botanical Gardens (2000 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach)

• Saturday, June 18^th – 8:30PM – double bill at The Gleason Room at the Filmore Miami Beach (1700 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach):

Bailografía by Juan Carlos Lerida followed by Romnia by Belén Maya at The Gleason Room at the Filmore Miami Beach (1700 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach)

Tickets: $30 General Admission for performances at the Gleason Room, $5 OFF for students (under 18) and seniors (over 65), with I.D. and Miami Beach Residents. Purchase through FUNDarte at www.fundarte.us, www.ticketmaster.com and by phone (800) 745-3000 or at the Fillmore Miami Beach Theater Box Office: Monday thought Friday 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Group rates are available.

Special Festival Pass: Tickets to all three shows available as a package for $60

OTHER RELATED EVENTS

• Thursday, June 9^th to Sunday, July 10^th – 8:00PM to 11:00PM – Out of the Container at the CCE Miami MicroTheater (1490 Biscayne Blvd, Miami)

Prime Time: Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays 8:00PM to 11:00PM

Session Golfa: Fridays and Saturdays 11:00PM to 1:00AM and Sundays 7:00PM to 10:00PM

Tickets for MicroTheater: $5 per show for General Admission and $4 per show for members of CCE Miami. Tickets available at the door.

EVENT DETAILS:

Wednesday, June 15^th  - 7PM Workshop with Belen Maya at the Gleason Room at the Filmore Miami Beach (1700 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach) 

FREE! Please RSVP at niurca@fundarte.us