Play "Criança Viada" ends its season in Bahiana with over a thousand spectators

During the months of August and September, the Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Pública opened its gates to propagate love, respect and tolerance, receiving the theatrical spectacle "Child fag or how they told me I was gay". Starred by the author of the text, Vinícius Bustani, directed by Paula Lice and produced by Tais Bichara, the monologue was seen by 1.234 spectators over 15 sessions that brought together undergraduate and graduate students, professors and collaborators. 

The closing session took place on the night of September 18, in the auditorium I of Campus Cabula, with a full house. In addition to community members Bahiana, like employees, students, professors and the institution's dean, Maria Luisa Carvalho Soliani, high school students from public schools Francisco Conceição Menezes, teachers and students from other secondary and higher education institutions were also present. from friends and family of the artist.
 

     
Child fag or how they told me I was gay

The play is an invitation to reflect on the awakening of sexuality – regardless of what it is – in counterpoint to the impositions of sexist and homophobic culture still present and alive today. Through humor and didactic artifices, the actor uses his personal journey as a starting point to point out situations and questions that are common to many people, but experienced in a secret and fearful way. The starting point is the outburst to parents and siblings about their homosexuality. From then on, the show brings militancy in the fight against homophobia and intolerance. After each session, a chat was held with Vinicius, with the participation of the director of the play and mediation by the People Development coordinator and responsible for this initiative at the Bahiana, Luiza Ribeiro.
 
"There are a thousand hearts, a thousand dreams, joys and liberations. We had incredible moments. Through Vinicius' generosity, many people were freed. There were many cries, laughs, surrenders, but, above all, they were moments of formation for our teachers, students , collaborators and guests", declared Luiza Ribeiro on the closing night.
 

     
Also moved, the dean Maria Luisa thanked, on behalf of the institution, the dedication of the team throughout the season. "It was much more than we imagined. It was really very important. Vinicius shows himself completely in such a true and simple way that everyone is moved. This opened up the possibility for people to talk. And we need to talk about these things. , about the things we don't talk about, that are inside us and make us suffer. It's not just the issue of homosexuality, but the play brings the issue of man and machismo, of the violence that we all experience at some point , and being able to speak is liberating. We are in a health school and, as professionals, we are going to deal with people of all types, all colors, all sexualities, all religions, so we need to make our students think about this. "
 
Murilo Assis, a Biomedicine student, tells how he identified with the show: "I thought the play was simply sensational. First, because he talked about the phases of his life, with which I could identify a lot, since I'm also gay. And that did. with me putting myself in his shoes and that of Persian people who go through this situation. We, as future healthcare professionals, need to know how to deal with differences.”
 

     
Ana Lara Couto Santana, also from the Biomedicine course, points out that love is the climax of the reflection proposed by the show: "We are all healthy, but, for example, I am straight and I was unaware of the experience of discovering a person's sexuality gay, especially since their childhood. It is very important that we, as people in the health area, have this knowledge so that we can take care of people with respect and love, even though they are different. We have to accept people regardless of their choices, because it's love anyway and we don't have to be against love. I believe any form of love is really welcome."

Andresa Oliveira dos Santos, 20 years old, from axis 6A (formerly the 3rd year of high school) at Colégio Estadual Francisco da Conceição Menezes, says that she still didn't know the play, but stressed the importance of discussing the topic: "It's what it is. being much discussed at that time and almost no one has the attitude of talking openly about the subject, as the author did".
 

     
Vinicius Bustani emphasizes that the piece is a way of expanding the discussion beyond the artistic medium. "Our choice for a more didactic and, at times, comic language does not make the play stop being an act of militancy. It is, militancy, but through approximation", he explains.
 
The show "Criança Viada or how they told me I was gay" continues on at the Gamboa Nova Theater until September 29, at 19 pm, always on Fridays and Saturdays. Tickets can be purchased in advance through the website: sympla.com.br/criancaviada.