He's a 70‚Äëplus‚Äëyear‚Äëold street theatre artist and puppet‚Äëmaker, with a broken heart for the ongoing sense of loss children in Porto Alegre still feel from their destroyed houses during the floods of 2024. With $500, Joao is producing an interactive theatre experience called "Hamlet is a pain in the ass" to show at local schools in the coming months.