The best plays currently running in São Paulo for you to see in June!

In this immersive theater experience, the audience stops being spectators and takes on the role of a jury in an American courtroom. For 60 minutes, you’ll analyze real evidence and testimonies to decide the defendant’s fate. With intense performances and a realistic setting, the play challenges your logic and perception in an atmosphere of pure tension.

Considered a contemporary classic by David Mamet, the play returns to São Paulo stages 30 years after its first production in Brazil. The plot delves into the visceral clash between John, a university professor, and Carol, his student, in a discussion that escalates from a request for academic help to serious accusations of harassment and abuse of power. The standout feature is the immersive staging: the audience is divided into two groups facing each other, transforming each spectator into a “silent jury” that observes the action in the center and, simultaneously, is observed by the other side.

One of the biggest theatrical hits is extending its run in São Paulo with a major new addition: actor Ícaro Silva takes on the title role as the iconic Prince of Denmark.

This site-specific production moves the theater to the Nu Cine Copan construction site, transforming the ruins of an old cinema into a monumental stage. Rafael Gomes’ contemporary adaptation uses the building’s own state of abandonment and reconstruction to echo Hamlet’s existential crisis, creating an immersive and visually striking experience .

The show was born from the artist’s personal experience with an abusive relationship and evolved by incorporating real accounts sent in by female followers.

On stage, the play transforms into a mosaic of female voices that reveals subtle mechanisms of control and devaluation present in everyday life, using a minimalist aesthetic and the language of the absurd to provoke the audience.

The play follows the story of Mayah, a woman in her late 30s who decides to break free from the social and professional expectations that were suffocating her.

With a powerful narrative and accompanied on stage by Dani Nega and Layla, the solo performance transforms into a collective and celebratory experience, bringing the lived experiences of the Black community to center stage through a lens where pain is not the protagonist.

Based on Annie Proulx’s moving short story, the play tells the intense and secret love story between two cowboys in the 1960s. Marked by the prejudice and isolation of the era, the production offers a deeply intimate atmosphere, enhanced by a beautiful original soundtrack performed entirely live.

The plot follows three characters as they attempt to reconstruct the facts amid fragmented memories and contradictory accounts, immersing the audience in an atmosphere of psychological suspense that explores the boundaries between truth and imagination. 

The show marks actress Carolina Manica’s directorial debut and features a film score performed entirely live.

Written and directed by Byron O’Neill, the play flirts with surrealism and the theater of the absurd to address contemporary themes such as identity, abandonment, and politics. On stage, the cast interacts in a challenging visual game with puppets, mixing languages and transforming Brazilian Sign Language (Libras) into choreographic and poetic material.

♿ Accessible venue | Theater accessible to wheelchair users and people with reduced mobility (the venue has an access ramp at the left side door). The show features a sign language interpreter integrated into the scene.

In a performance that blends theater and dance within an old apartment filled with the marks of time, the play inhabits a poetic and comical space where stains, cracks, and mold serve as a mirror for the protagonist’s inner transformations. 

On stage, childhood memories, recollections of a grandmother, and the contemporary challenges of motherhood intertwine to reflect on the imminence of loss and the effervescence of life.

The plot follows a decadent theater troupe led by Countess Ilse as they arrive at a mysterious village inhabited by figures who have chosen to live on the fringes of reality, prioritizing dreams and fantasy. 

Designed for only 30 audience members per session, the production breaks down the traditional barrier by bringing the audience and actors together to share the same space and atmosphere.

On stage, actors João Côrtes, Julia Lund, and Erom Cordeiro bring to life a powerful narrative that draws from a traumatic real-life episode experienced by the author to offer a profound exploration of masculinity, prejudice, and structures of oppression in society.

 ♿ Accessible venue | Theater accessible to wheelchair users and people with reduced mobility