Under The Radar Theater Festival 2011

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Parent Category: Other Festivals
Category: Theater
Published on Tuesday, 11 January 2011 12:32
Written by Eric Grunes

Now in its seventh year, Under The Radar is an explosively diverse festival of new theater from around the world and the U.S. The festival spotlights artists ranging from emerging talents to masters in the field.

Located at The Public Theater (425 Lafayette Street) as well as partner venues, 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. The highly-anticipated 12-day festival will feature new shows from 11 countries, including Chile, Italy, Belgium and Mali.

Here are some of the featured shows in this year's festival:

Diciembre
Teatro en el Blanco (Chile)
Written and directed by Guillermo Calderon
A Co-Production with the Fundacion Teatro A Mil
Hatched from the brilliant imagination of writer-director Guillermo Calderón, comes this haunting and politically charged black comedy about a near-future war in Chile. Taking place on Christmas Eve 2014, the story is set in Santiago, a city surrounded by Peruvian forces. A young solider Jorge returns home to celebrate Christmas with his pregnant twin sisters. The sisters' deeply opposing views on the war come to a head when it is revealed that Jorge is planning to go awol.

Shows: Jan. 12 (7:00pm) and Jan. 15 (9:30pm)

Correspondances
Created by Ketty Noel (Haiti/Mali) and Nelisiwe Xaba (South America)
Two women finally meet after a long period of correspondence. They come together for a raucous conversation on diverse subjects - ranging from the mundane to the profound. With text in English and French, Correspondances is a lively and sophisticated dance- theater piece that exposes the intimate fabric of friendship while exploring themes of race, culture and gender.

Shows: Jan. 12 (9:30pm), Jan. 14 (9:30pm), Jan. 15 (1:00pm), Jan. 16 (7:00pm)

Ameriville
Written, Created, and performed by Universes
Steven Sapp, Mildred Ruiz, Gamal Chasten, William Ruiz (aka Ninja)
Developed and Directed by Chay Yew
An explosive fusion of storytelling and the infectious rhythms of jazz, gospel, and hip hop, Ameriville puts the state of the Union under the microscope - race, poverty, politics, history and government, examining our country through the lens of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath. New York based Universes is an ensemble of multi-disciplinary writers and performers who fuse poetry, theater, down home blues and Spanish boleros, creating their own inimitable brand of performance.

Shows: Jan. 13 (7:30pm), Jan. 14 (7:00pm), Jan. 15 (7:30pm), Jan. 16 (2:00pm & 7:30pm)

For ticket and further information, visit: www.undertheradarfestival.com

Under The Radar Festival 2011
January 5-16, 2011
425 Lafayette Street
New York, NY 10003