the preparation for the event is vast, and begins at the start of the year, when organizers start fundraising campaigns for the costumes and props, which are needed for the dances.

though the dances stop, in the city streets, mid-way through july, they continue at local schools, fairs and resort up until september.

past its tenth anniversary, the festa internacional de teatro de angra - fita (the angra international theater festival) continues in an already well-established tradition that draws the best in brazilian theater every year.

what sets fita apart is the high level of quality - of the nearly 1,000 submissions this year, 59 were chosen to be presented during the festival, with the only real criteria for selection being that the pieces be intellectually stimulating.