Hello all, On World Theater Day (March 27th), I am immensely proud of what our Dallas-based Goan-Mangalorean diaspora community accomplished with our Tiatr "Avoi Ghe Mai" which was "made in Texas" in 2018.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzOfeT4tx7c&list=PLJ7RFb6LeoFKMa3PXuTOTaqur4ctB4dpN [https://i.ytimg.com/vi/HzOfeT4tx7c/hqdefault.jpg]<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzOfeT4tx7c&list=PLJ7RFb6LeoFKMa3PXuTOTaqur4ctB4dpN> Avoi Ghe Mai - Full Tiatr - YouTube<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzOfeT4tx7c&list=PLJ7RFb6LeoFKMa3PXuTOTaqur4ctB4dpN> Avoi Ghe Mai is a musical comedy about a Goan girl and a Mangalorean boy, who are courting despite objections from their mothers. The tiatr was written, prod... www.youtube.com Most of the Goan origin actors here in Dallas did not really know Konkani, while most of the Mangalorean origin actors were/are pretty fluent. So, it was an uphill but fun journey, from the beginning, just reading the script, written by this Bomoicar in Romi, and having to translate my Goan Konkani lines into Mangalorean Konkani verbiage for the Mangalorean characters in the story. To serve the Dallas GEMs audience (Goans, East Indians, Mangaloreans) who don't speak much Konkani, I had to use a couple of theatrical ploys to help them along: my story included one character who does not know Konkani and needs another character to translate for her, and we had a narrator introducing each scene in English, so the majority of the audience, including kids, could follow along. With a lot of work, love, and fun, we produced and staged the tiatr in 2018. I watch this video now and still can't get over the outstanding, no-holds-barred performances. Just mind-blowing to see this amateur talent in our diaspora community thousands of miles away from Goa and Mangalore, right here in Dallas. "Mai bhasachi mog assundi". Please watch and support us. Thank you. Regards, Cynthia Gomes James Dallas, Texas
