Group .BR is the only Brazilian theater company in NYC, showcasing Brazilian culture through performing arts. The group is celebrating its 6th anniversary this year.
Group .BR caters to enthusiasts of multicultural arts, contemporary, physical, and avant-garde theater. It produces plays in Portuguese with English subtitles, offering the audience the opportunity to connect with the sound of the Brazilian language.
Born from the love that its founders – Andressa Furletti, Thiago Felix, and Debora Balardini – share for their Brazilian roots, the company began in 2011 with a public reading of the play Cerimônia do Adeus by Mauro Rasi. Driven by the desire to give voice to Brazilian playwrights, Group .BR produced A Serpente (The Serpent), by Brazil’s most well-known and controversial playwright, Nelson Rodrigues. With sold-out performances and a nomination for the 2012 Brazilian International Press Awards, it became clear that the work should continue.
In 2013, Infinite While It Lasts, the first work created by Group .BR based on the life and work of Brazilian poet and composer Vinicius de Moraes, was presented at the bohemian bar Nublu in the East Village. A second season of the show took place in 2014 at Studio 151 for four weeks. The show was nominated for the 2014 Innovative Theatre Awards for Outstanding Choreography/Movement and for the Brazilian 
International Press Award.
More recently, Inside The Wild Heart, an immersive theatrical experience based on the life and works of Brazilian Jewish writer Clarice Lispector, premiered in 2016 after two years of preparation. The show had a five-week run at the Immersive Gallery in Williamsburg, a multi-level space with 4,000 square feet. Inside the Wild Heart received four nominations and earned Andressa Furletti the Best Actress award at the 2017 Brazilian International Press Award.
In the last five years, Group .BR has grown considerably and its future looks very promising.