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Radio Downtown: Radical '70s Artists Live on Air

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Overview

Produced by:
The Civilians
Dates:
January 11 - February 09, 2025
Run Time:
1 Hour, 30 Minutes
Intermission:
TBD
Theater:
Showing in Theater
Tickets:
$44 (incl. a $4 fee) | 59E59 Members: $30
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Show Info

Written by Steve Cosson and Jocelyn Clarke
Conceived and directed by Steve Cosson 

With Robert M. Johanson, Jennifer Morris, Joshua David Robinson, Maya Sharpe, and Colleen Werthmann

Made from archival interviews from WNYC’s "Arts Forum," a 1970s radically open format radio show about avant garde artists, this world premiere enlists an experimental storytelling method in homage to its downtown subjects. The result is a hilariously naturalistic, wholly live experience. 

The cast of Radio Downtown channels some of the era’s most audacious visionaries like Harry Smith, Yvonne Rainer, and Kenneth Anger using their words verbatim with arresting images and films made by these artists. The resulting show invites us to see a future as imagined by these '70s trailblazers—an erasure of the line between art & audience; a cultural community that embraces political activism; and an abundant, wild, and fully democratic creative life for America.

Robert M.
Johanson
Jennifer
Morris
Joshua David
Robinson
Maya
Sharpe
Colleen
Werthmann
Andrew Boyce,
Scenic Design
Emily Rebholz,
Costume Design
Amith Chandrashaker,
Lighting Design
Ryan Gamblin,
Sound Design
Attilio Rigotti,
Video Design
Sean Donovan,
Movement Director
Kate Wellhofer,
Production Stage Manager
Alexus Jade Coney,
Assistant Stage Manager

Producing Company

The Civilians

The Civilians is a New York City company that creates thrilling theater on the urgent, exciting questions of our time. We create shows using a unique method we call "investigative theater"—interviews, research, residencies, and up-close collaborations to dive into the lives of others. We also nurture new work by some of America’s leading playwrights and composers. The result: shows that blend the real and the theatrical to give new perspective on today’s big social and political questions.

Read more at: www.thecivilians.org

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