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Audience Members Say…

“The final musicians were astonishingly great, the beloved home very moving; the poetry, the Indigenous songs, the Colombian music, the dance among the red poppies… so much. And I learned so much from (the) narration too. This is such important work, going to the very source of art.”

“I had the most powerful, memorable time participating in this today, and came away so inspired about our city’s history and incredible artists!
A must-see for local fans of innovative cultural experiences—and there’s so much here I’ll be thinking about for a long time.”

“Erin Merritt did it again with Neighborhood Stories: produced and directed a full, multi performance love letter of a show to a city I knew so little about and now I feel like I’ve always known it—El Cerrito. She killed me right of the bat when she greeted us, the occupants of three cars allowed per time slot, with her summary of what it meant to live through the past pandemic 14 months of profound losses and isolation, and how we are all still connected through the sights we see, the air we breathe, the sounds we hear… Her introduction was so healing and moving, I wish I had recorded it to keep finding new comfort in it for later. I wish I had taken more pictures of the seven gorgeous, talented performers who kept surprising at different hidden spots all over town. I was too immersed in the liveliness of it all, the unZoomness, the lack of screens.
Erin produced something so brave, original, beautiful, and intangible, as the performance arts themselves are; they are there for the moment you open all your pores to, and then the moment is gone, but when it’s done right, you are transformed through it forever.”