Casting Light into Darkness:
an outdoor immersive ritual and performance on the eve of Dia De Los Muertos
We invite you to an immersive multi-cultural ritual celebration on the eve of Dia De Los Muertos:
Come to sing, journey, and vigil with us and the ancestors. Come and meet your underworlds and follow your inner light.
Come with images of your beloved departed, and worldly offerings to gift them, for our community altar building, on the eve of their return.
Come with a dish to share with everyone, inspired by remembrance and personal heritage.
Come to dream with us, hand in hand with the dead and the unseen.
Bring warm layers, altar items, a flashlight, a dish to share (with serving utensils) and your open heart.
Date and time
Thursday, November 2 · 5 - 8:30pm PDT
Location
Natura Institute for Ecology and Medicine at Commonweal Garden
480 Mesa Road Bolinas, CA 94924 United States.
Begin the night with traditional Dia De Los Muertos rituals guided by Mexican-American artist and curandera, Melusina Gomez. Later, immerse yourself in a multicultural exploration of death, initiation, and the underworlds. Accompanied by music, stories, aerial arts, and the night sky, we will journey into the depths, and follow the guiding light to find our way home.
Wed Nov 2nd, 2022 // 5-8:30pm // Natura Institute @ Commonweal Garden // 480 Mesa Rd, Bolinas, CA
Featuring: Melusina Gomez, Shmee, Polina Smith, Lauren Arrow, Kelsey Maeve, Nikbo, Romeo DelaCruz, Eric Olson and Shannon Gray
Hosted and held with love by Moon Rope Theatre and Crescent Moon Theater Productions.
*We have a few volunteer spots for people to help with set up or take down in exchange for free entrance, please email Polina@crescentmoontheaterproductions.com if interested
Day of Details:
1. For the ancestral feast, Please bring a dish to share in honor of your ancestry (with a serving spoon!). Include a card that tells guests what the dish is, where it is from, and what the ingredients are.
2. Please bring items you’d like to add to the altar in honor of your dearly departed, such as photos, trinkets, flowers, etc….
4. Please bring a flashlight! We will be walking in the darkness, bring a light to help illuminate the way!
5. DRESS WARM!! The ritual will take place entirely outdoors, much of it around a fire, but there are portions where we will be walking and sitting away from any heat source.
6. The address is 480 Mesa Road, Bolinas, Natura Institute at Commonweal Garden. Please note this is NOT the same place Commonweal, you will pass Commonweal on the left and then you will see Commonweal Garden sign about a mile up the road on the right hand side. Drive in here and you will be directed where to park.
