Antonio Rocha with 'The Malaga Ship: A Story of Maine and the Middle Passage'

EAC's Stories We Tell Festival, a collaboration with Sipayik Museum and The Quoddy Tides, continues with The Malaga Ship: A Story of Maine and the Middle Passage. This is a tour de force performance by award-winning and world-renowned storyteller Antonio Rocha. 

Using his body and tenor voice, Antonio sings, narrates and moves through this poetically toned and heart wrenching historical story. The story is partially told from the ship's point of view.   

The Malaga ship was built in Brunswick Maine in 1832 and used in the transatlantic trafficking of Africans to the Americas, especifically  Brazil (Antonio's Homeland)  in the 1840s.  

This performance was created with financial support from The Maine Arts Commission, The New England Foundation for the Arts and Indigo Arts Alliance.   

The performance is 45 minutes long and is followed by a post show discussion with the audience. Due to the nature of the show, this is not appropriate to Elementary School aged children.  Admission is free; donations will be gratefully accepted, and will be used to help sustain programs like these.

About the Performer: Antonio Rocha (pronounced Haw-sha) is an award winning performer who has toured his unique shows to 20 countries on 6 continents, and 43 US States. This year he is the Maine Performing Arts Fellow, an award given once in a lifetime by The Maine Arts Commission. For more information about this unique performer, please visit www.storyinmotion.com.