Port-Pourri, A New Play with Music

Fri, 29 May, 2026 at 07:00 pm to Sun, 31 May, 2026 at 10:00 pm UTC-07:00

Roble Dorm Courtyard | Stanford

Stanford Theater Laboratory
Publisher/HostStanford Theater Laboratory
Port-Pourri, A New Play with Music
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What if a bar at the edge of a port town became a stage for memories, music, and goodbyes?
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Presented by

Sebastian Blue ‘26, Samuel Minev-Benzecry ‘26

Directed by Sebastian Blue Hochman ‘26 and Heather Schechter ‘27

Produced by

Flora Zhu ‘29 and Sydney Wang ‘29

Written by Sebastian Blue Hochman, Lionel Humphreys, Emily Saletan, Heather Schechter and Audrey Hunter

© 2025/2026 All Rights Reserved.


About Port-Pourri

“E agora, José?

A festa acabou, a luz apagou, o povo sumiu.”

“And what about now, José?

The party’s over, the lights are out, the crowd’s dispersed.”

— Carlos Drummond de Andrade, José (1942)

What if a bar at the edge of a port town became a stage for memories, music, and goodbyes?

Port-Pourri is an immersive, site-specific semi-devised play with live music, inspired by the Brazilian roda de samba—a circle where musicians play while the audience surrounds (and sometimes joins) the sound. In our version, the circle is made of characters: dockworkers, strangers, soldiers, and ghosts.

The story unfolds over one evening, in one place, as a ship prepares to depart. Songs emerge like conversations. Drinks get passed between audience and cast. Some people are arriving. Some are trying to forget. And some have already left.

At its heart, Port-Pourri is about learning to be left behind—and the music we carry after people are gone.


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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Roble Dorm Courtyard, 326 Lane L, Stanford, United States

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