REDCAT Announces Line-up for RADAR L.A.

Co-curators Mark Murphy (REDCAT), Diane Rodriguez (Center Theatre Group) and Mark Russell (The Public Theater's Under the Radar Festival) announce the line-up for RADAR L.A., running June 14-19, 2011 at REDCAT, LATC and partner venues around the city. This highly anticipated international festival presents a vibrant mix of contemporary theater from the U.S. and around the world, with a special emphasis on artists from Los Angeles, Latin America and the Pacific Rim. Single tickets are $20 to RADAR L.A. shows at REDCAT and LATC, and $20-30 for shows at partner venues. To see performances for only $10, patrons can purchase a "5 for $50" Flex-Pass-good for 5 admissions. Single tickets go on-sale Friday, May 6, 2011.

With more than 80 performances of 15 diverse and innovative projects from Australia, Chile, Ireland, Japan, Mexico, San Francisco, Austin and Los Angeles, RADAR L.A.'s ambitious line up introduces influential theater artists who are blurring traditional boundaries and crossing international borders during a fast-paced festival and two-day symposium that coincides with the national conference of Theatre Communications Group, marking TCG's 50th anniversary. The resulting convergence of more than 1,000 influential theater organizers, producers, artists and journalists from across the country makes RADAR L.A. an exciting opportunity for Los Angeles audiences and artists to participate in the ongoing dialogue about the evolution of contemporary theater.

Centered in downtown Los Angeles at venues including REDCAT's own state-of-the-art 250-seat theater and several spaces inside LATC (Los Angeles Theatre Center), RADAR L.A. encourages audiences to encounter many innovative theater artists at one time. Additional performances will be held nearby in a parking garage, a loft space and across town at Center Theatre Group's Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City.

Produced by REDCAT in collaboration with Center Theatre Group and The Public Theater's Under the Radar Office, RADAR L.A. has gathered support from a consortium of organizations and funders, including Theatre Communications Group, the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, LA Stage Alliance and the Los Angeles Theatre Center, The Boeing Company, James Irvine Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts and others.

In addition to a vigorous schedule of performances, RADAR L.A. offers theater audiences a chance to engage further. All day and late into the night the Lounge at REDCAT serves as an intimate space where audiences and artists can interact and exchange ideas. After 9pm each night, a line-up of DJs, musical sets and more highlights experimental Los Angeles artists and fuels the fun. More information about these late-night events is available online.

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COMPLETE LINE UP FOR RADAR L.A., June 14-19, 2011

 

Chelfitsch: Hot Pepper, Air Conditioner, and the Farewell Speech

Japan

 

Presented in partnership with the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center

Stylishly idiosyncratic, director Toshiki Okada is known for crafting sharp and visually vibrant works of theater out of the most ordinary of interactions. Here his performers wrestle with issues a seemingly banal as selecting a restaurant for dinner, the workings of an office climate control system, and the awkward departure of a young co-worker.

 

Running time: 70 min

Fri Jun 17th 8:30 pm | Sat Jun 18th 8:30 pm | Sun Jun 19 3:00 pm & 8:00 pm

 

Full description and credits are available at:

http://www.redcat.org/radar-la/chelfitsch

 

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Jose Miguel Jimenez/The Company: As you are now so once were we

Chile/Ireland

 

For a project commissioned by The Abbey Theater, Chilean director Jose Miguel Jimenez worked for almost a year on an adaptation of James Joyce's Ulysses before he conceded that it was simply impossible to stage what Ulysses really is about-not Leopold Bloom, or his cheating wife, or even someone called Stephen Dedalus. Instead Jimenez and his remarkable company of actors live out a day-long odyssey of their own...

 

Running time: 60 minutes

Wed Jun 15th 1:30 pm | Thur Jun 16th 8:30 pm | Fri Jun 17th 7:00 pm | Sat Jun 18th 3:00 pm | Sun Jun 19th 4:00pm

 

Full description and credits are available at:

http://www.redcat.org/radar-la/the-company

 

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Teatro Linea de Sombra: Amarillo

Mexico

 

Projected imagery, bold staging and layered voices construct the unknown journey of a man gone missing in this powerful theatrial work directed by Jorge A. Vargas and created in collaboration with the members of Teatro Linea de Sombra. The absent central figure of the work departed for the U.S.-Mexican border, his destination Amarillo, Texas, and his whereabouts unknown.

 

In Spanish with English titles

Running time: 60 minutes

Thur Jun 16th 8:30 pm | Fri Jun 17th 4:30 pm | Sat Jun 18th 4:30 pm | Sun Jun 19th 7:00 pm

 

Full description and credits are available at:

http://www.redcat.org/radar-la/teatro-linea-de-sombra

 

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Latino Theater Company: Solitude

Los Angeles

 

Inspired by Octavio Paz's The Labyrinth of Solitude, a collection of essays on Mexican thought and identity, Solitude explores love, death, destiny and family through a contemporary lens. Set on the day of the million immigrant march, a wealthy lawyer hosts a reception following his mother's funeral, gathering together the childhood friends he left behind twenty years ago.

 

Running time: 75 minutes

Wed Jun 15th 8:00 pm | Thur Jun 16th 8:00 pm | Fri Jun 17th 8:00 pm | Sat Jun 18th 8:00 pm | Sun Jun 19th 8:00 pm

 

Full description and credits are available at:

http://www.redcat.org/radar-la/latino-theater-company

 

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Rude Mechs: The Method Gun

Austin, Texas

Presented by Center Theatre Group

 

The Austin, Texas based collective Rude Mechs takes a wild and inventive look at the cult of acting in The Method Gun. Presenting themselves as the abandoned disciples of a questionable acting guru, the company attempts to realize their mentor's vision of a radically reduced production of A Streetcar Named Desire.

 

Running time: 90 Minutes

Tues Jun 14th 8:00 pm | Wed Jun 15th 8:00 pm | Thur Jun 16th 8:00 pm | Fri Jun 17th 8:00 pm | Sat Jun 18th 4:00 pm & 8:00 pm | Sun Jun 19th 6:30 pm | Run continues 6/22-6/26

 

Full description and credits are available at:

http://www.redcat.org/radar-la/rude-mechs

 

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Fleur Elise Noble: 2 Dimensional Life of Her

Australia

 

An award-winning mix of drawing, animation, puppetry, projection and paper, 2 Dimensional Life of Her is a richly imagined performance installation set in an artist's studio. Fleur Elise Noble creates a parallel world in which everything thought to be flat becomes something else.

 

Running time: 40 minutes

Tues Jun 14th 7:00 pm | Wed Jun 15th 2:00 pm & 7:00 pm | Thur Jun 16th 2:30 pm & 7:30 pm | Fri Jun 17th 4:30 pm & 7:30 pm & 9:00 pm | Sat Jun 18th 3:00 pm & 7:30 pm | Sun Jun 19th 2:00 pm & 4:00 pm

 

Full description and credits are available at:

http://www.redcat.org/radar-la/fleur-elise-noble

 

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Teatro en el Blanco: Neva

Chile

 

In a politically charged, haunting meditation on theater and the revolutionary impulse, writer-director Guillermo Calder¬ón's Neva tells the story of Anton Chekhov's widow, the actress Olga Knipper, who arrives in a dimly light rehearsal room in St. Petersburg in the winter of 1905. As Olga and two other actors await the rest of the cast, they huddle together, act out scenes from their lives and muse on their art form and love-while, unseen, striking workers are being gunned down in the streets by the Tsarist regime. Calder¬ón savagely examines the relationship between theater and historical context in this ominous and tightly crafted ensemble work that allows a palpable terror to creep through the theater walls.

 

In Spanish with English titles

Running time: 80 minutes

Tues Jun 14th 8:00 pm | Wed Jun 15th 8:00 pm | Fri Jun 17th 8:00 pm | Sat Jun 18th 8:00 pm

 

Full description and credits are available at:

http://www.redcat.org/radar-la/teatro-en-el-blanco

 

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Los Angeles Poverty Department: State of Incarceration

Los Angeles

 

In a performance space filled wall-to-wall with prison bunk beds, performers and audience share overcrowded conditions akin to a California State Prison. Outlining a ritual of incarceration from entry to release and re-integration, State of Incarceration constructs a complex challenge to the societal perceptions and fear-based policies of a nation with the highest rate of incarceration in the world.

 

Running time: 90 minutes

Wed Jun 15th 8:30 pm | Thur Jun 16th 8:30 pm | Fri Jun 17th 8:00 pm | Sat Jun 18th 5:00 pm

 

Full description and credits are available at:

http://www.redcat.org/radar-la/los-angeles-poverty-department

 

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Pomo Afro Homos/Brian Freeman: Fierce Love (Remix)

San Francisco

 

In 1991 the groundbreaking group Pomo Afro Homos premiered Fierce Love: Stories from Black Gay Life and secured their place in the history of queer performance. Now, two decades after its premiere, writer-director-performer Brian Freeman remixes the Pomo's original production with a talented new crew of performers, and the occasional riff on the current moment.

 

Running time: 70 minutes

Wed Jun 15th 8:30 pm | Thur Jun 16th 3:30 pm | Fri Jun 17th 9:30 pm | Sat Jun 18th 7:30 pm | Sun Jun 19th 7:00 pm

 

Full description and credits are available at:

http://www.redcat.org/radar-la/pomo-afro-homo

 

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Poor Dog Group/Travis Preston: Brewsie and Willie

Los Angeles

Co-presented by the Center for New Performance at CalArts

 

Gertrude Stein based her text for Brewsie and Willie on encounters with G.I.s in Paris at the end of World War II, and this powerful adaptation reveals how relevant it remains today. A disparate group of American soldiers and nurses wait in limbo as they confront an uncertain future: What work will they have? What will America's future be? And what is their place in it?

 

Running time: 75 minutes

Tues Jun 14th 8:00 pm | Wed Jun 15th 8:00 pm | Thur Jun 16th 8:00 pm | Fri Jun 17th 8:00 pm | Sat Jun 18th 8:00 pm | Sun Jun 19th 8:00 pm | Run continues through June 26

 

Full description and credits are available at:

http://www.redcat.org/radar-la/poor-dog-group

 

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Moving Arts: The Car Plays: L.A. Stories

Los Angeles

 

Responding to vast landscape of Los Angeles, Moving Arts presents a series of intimate ten-minute plays in which audiences of two move from vehicle to vehicle, experiencing works by different playwrights in a dramatic setting familiar to all Angelenos: the car.

 

Running time: 60 minutes

Wed Jun 15th 6:00 pm & 7:30 pm & 9:00 pm | Thur Jun 16th 6:00 pm & 7:30 pm & 9:00 pm | Fri Jun 17th 6:00 pm & 7:30 pm & 9:00 pm | Sat Jun 18th 6:00 pm & 7:30 pm & 9:00 pm

 

Full description and credits are available at:

http://www.redcat.org/radar-la/moving-arts

 

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Sekou Andrews and Steve Connell: The Word Begins

Los Angeles

 

Mashing up spoken word, comedy and Hip-Hop, Sekou Andrews and Steve Connell deliver hyper-kinetic performances in this fresh new satire nominated for three Helen Hayes Awards that examines the current American cultural landscape as it appears to a young white man and a young black man.

 

Running time: 70 minutes

Tues Jun 14th 8:30 pm | Wed Jun 15th 1:30 pm | Thur Jun 16th 9:00 pm | Fri Jun 17th 7:30 pm | Sat Jun 18th 9:30 pm | Sun Jun 19th 5:00 pm

 

Full description and credits are available at:

http://www.redcat.org/radar-la/sekou-andrews-steve-connell

 

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The New American Theatre & Not Man Apart: Titus Redux

Los Angeles

 

Titus Redux reconfigures Shakespeare's tale of revenge in a visceral exploration of the personal toll of U.S. military action in our time. In John Farmanesh-Bocca's adaptation, Jack Stehlin stars as a modern Titus, returning home to his family after five tours of duty in Afghanistan. His battles continue with violent manifestations of post-traumatic stress and escalating paranoia.

 

Running time: 85 minutes

Thur Jun 16th 2:30 pm | Fri Jun 17th 9:30 pm | Sat Jun 18th 7:30 pm | Sun Jun 19th 7:30 pm

 

Full description and credits are available at:

http://www.redcat.org/radar-la/new-american-theatre-not-man-apart

 

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Christine Marie & Ensemble: Ground to Cloud

Miwa Matreyek: Myth and Infrastructure

Los Angeles

 

Two extraordinary artists share a program that eloquently demonstrates how wordless performance paired with evocative visuals can cast new light on theatrical storytelling. Drawing on centuries-old traditions and new technologies alike, Christine Marie and Miwa Matreyek make masterful use of the seductive power of the projected image, but through strikingly different means.

 

Running time: 50 minutes

Wed Jun 15th 3:30 pm | Thur Jun 16th 3:30 pm & 7:30 pm | Fri Jun 17th 7:30 pm | Sat Jun 18th 2:00 pm

 

Full description and credits are available at:

http://www.redcat.org/radar-la/christine-marie-miwa-matreyek

 

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A day-to-day schedule of performances and events is available at:

http://www.redcat.org/radar-la/schedule

 

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TICKET INFORMATION

 

$20 single tickets for RADAR L.A. shows at REDCAT and LATC go on-sale on Friday, May 6, 2011 through REDCAT's Box Office at 631 West 2nd Street; online at www.radarla.org or by phone at 213 237-2800.

 

"5 for $50" Flex-Passes are already on sale through REDCAT's Box Office; online at www.radarla.org or by phone at 213 237-2800. Each pass is good for five admissions making individual tickets only $10 each. Flex-passes allow buyers to choose their events in advance, or reserve as they go. Visit www.radarla.org for restrictions and to learn more.

 

Seating for all RADAR L.A. shows at REDCAT and LATC is general admission. Seats are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Latecomers are seated at the discretion of house management. Tickets for Partner Venue events can be purchased directly from the venue. Programs, schedules, prices, artists and locations are subject to change. For the most current information, please visit www.radarla.org or follow the festival on Twitter at www.twitter.com/calartsredcat.

 

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FESTIVAL PARTNERS AND SUPPORT

 

RADAR L.A. is produced by REDCAT in collaboration with Center Theatre Group and The Public Theater's Under the Radar Office and a consortium including Theatre Communications Group, the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, LA Stage Alliance and the Los Angeles Theatre Center.

 

RADAR L.A. is funded in part with generous support from the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, the James Irvine Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, and The Boeing Company.

 

RADAR L.A. Media Sponsors include LA Weekly, La Opinion, KCRW and. The official hotel sponsor is The Standard Hotel Downtown.

 

Full RADAR L.A. Acknowledgments and support for individual productions is listed online at www.radarla.org

 

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ABOUT THE MAIN PARTNERS

 

REDCAT (Roy and Edna Disney CalArts Theater) is a multidisciplinary contemporary arts center for innovative visual, performing and media arts located in downtown Los Angeles inside the Walt Disney Concert Hall complex. Through performances, exhibitions, screenings, and literary events, REDCAT introduces diverse audiences, students and artists to the most influential developments in the arts from around the world, and gives artists in this region the creative support they need to achieve national and international stature. REDCAT continues the tradition of the California Institute of the Arts, its parent organization, by encouraging experimentation, discovery and lively civic discourse.

www.redcat.org

 

The Public Theater'S UNDER THE RADAR (UTR) is a festival of new theater widely recognized as a premier launching pad for new and cutting-edge theatrical work from the U .S. and abroad. Now in its seventh year, UNDER THE RADAR offers a crash course in theater that is exciting, independent, and experimental, created by some of the most dynamic artists working today. Occurring every January as a prelude to the Association of Performing Arts Presenters Annual Conference, UTR has presented 107 productions from over 17 countries. The Under the Radar Festival is a core program of The Public Theater which was founded by Joseph Papp in 1954. The Public is one of the nation's preeminent cultural institutions, producing new plays, musicals and productions of classics at its downtown home and at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park. Each year, more than 250,000 people attend Public Theater-related productions and events at six downtown stages, including Joe's Pub, and Free Shakespeare in the Park. The Public Theater's productions have won 42 Tony Awards, 151 Obies, 41 Drama Desk Awards and four Pulitzer Prizes.

www.undertheradarfestival.com

 

Founded in 1967, Center Theatre Group (CTG), a non-profit organization, is one of the largest and most active theatre companies in the nation, programming seasons year-round at the 739-seat Mark Taper Forum and the 1,600 to 2,000-seat Ahmanson Theatre at the Music Center of Los Angeles, and the 317-seat Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City. With the Taper, the Ahmanson and the Douglas, CTG has a combined subscription audience of 50,000 and a total audience exceeding 700,000 a year. Center Theatre Group's mission is to provide Los Angeles, national and international audiences with the greatest range of theatrical entertainment available from one theatre company, from groundbreaking new works to explosive productions of the classics to hit Broadway plays and musicals. CTG believes that the art of theatre is a cultural force with the capacity to transform the lives of individuals and society at large.

www.centertheatregroup.org

 

For 50 years, THEATRE COMMUNICATIONS GROUP (TCG), the national organization for the American theatre, has existed to strengthen, nurture and promote the professional not-for-profit American theatre. Founded in 1961, TCG's constituency has grown from a handful of groundbreaking theatres to nearly 700 member theatres and affiliate organizations and more than 12,000 individuals nationwide. TCG offers its members networking and knowledge-building opportunities through conferences, events, research and communications; grants approximately $2 million per year to theatre companies and individual artists; advocates on the federal level and serves as the US Center of the InterNational Theatre Institute, connecting its constituents to the global theatre community.

www.tcg.org

 

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