bemdita! Podcast S02

The second season of the bemdita! podcast

PODCASTS

3/16/20215 min read

programs

Debates & Interviews: A long-form program interviewing artist-researchers whose work aligns with our ongoing research and ritual-manifesto pillars.
Guests this season: Alexandre Mate (theatre researcher), Camila Mota (Teatro Oficina), Rodrigo Mercadante (Cia. do Tijolo), Karen Menatti (Cia. do Tijolo), Dinho Lima Flor (Cia. do Tijolo), Thiagson (funk artist & researcher), Carolina Abreu (anthropologist), Felipe Pan Chacon (musician & philosopher), Rafael Carvalho (theatre director), Carol Cavesso (Abacaxepa), Rodrigo Mancusi (Abacaxepa), and Newton Cannito (filmmaker & screenwriter).

Poetic Pills: Short-form tributes to poets, weaving their works into scripts. Selected based on our research.
Featured poets: Mario de Andrade, Oswald de Andrade, Zila Mamede, Orides Fontela, Waly Salomão, Jorge Mautner, Alice Ruiz S, Clarice Lispector, Cora Coralina, and Carlos Marighella.
Voices by Santa Cia. actors & guests: Acauã Sol (NITT/Teatro Oficina), Pascoal da Conceição, Fredy Állan (NIT/Cia Livre), Marina Afares (Emboa Cia.), Rodrigo Mercadante, Karen Menatti, Luaa Gabanini (Núcleo Bartolomeu), Ailton Barros (Cia. O Bonde), Gustavo Braunstein (Núcleo Barro 3), Rosana Pimenta, Reginaldo Nascimento (KAUS Cia.), Amália Pereira, Victor Rosa (Teatro Oficina), Rafael Abrahão, Luíza Abe, Pedro Coêntro, Anna Merici, Mada Rocco, Juliana Gotz, Fabia Fusco, Nathiaga Borges, Felipe Venâncio, Sofie Dijor, Demétrio Abrahão, Carinna Morena, Ana Claudia Castro, Vitor Marques, Malaika Cipriano, and Ricardo Rapozo.

Living Readings: Long-form dramatic readings of national/international plays—expanding the company’s repertoire through radio-drama techniques.
This season’s texts: The Spurt of Blood (Antonin Artaud) and Keep Out of Reach of Children (Silvia Gomez).

In Santa Company: A mid-length interview series hosted by Demétrio Abrahão and Vitor Marques, blending humor and insights from current/past Santa Cia. members.
Guests: Luíza Abe, Juliana Gotz, Lais Damato, Rafael Abrahão, Malaika Cipriano, Pedro Coêntro, Nathiaga Borges, Claudio Mascaro, Rodrigo Zanettini, Ana Cruse, Débora Predella, Álvaro Cotarelli, Francisco Nogueira, Mateus Teixeira, Stéphanie Glória, Amanda Amaral, Fabia Fusco, and Ricardo Rapozo.

Some episodes were supported by Small World and Tem que Ter Festa

Transmedia project
Released in 2021 on all streaming platforms

Buoyed by the success of the Researching Anthropophagy miniseries, in 2021 Pedro Coêntro and Rafael Abrahão proposed making Anthropophagy the central theme of bemdita!'s programming. The pandemic persisted, and as the podcast had become Santa Cia.'s primary creative outlet during this period, we released one episode per week for 44 weeks.

about

This season marked the culmination of a cycle exploring Anthropophagy and its reverberations in contemporary society.

Beyond referencing authors, poets, historians, and cultural figures tied to the 1928 Anthropophagic Movement, bemdita! engaged in direct dialogue with influential São Paulo theater artists who draw from Anthropophagy in their practice.