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Radar Five - SLAM Theater

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While evenings of spontaneous, timed creativity are becoming more and more popular in NYC, only one brings together actors, writers and directors for evenings of in-house collaboration in a completely inclusive environment. At SLAM theater anyone can walk through the door to perform, or with a script, or simply to be entertained. Actors are chosen randomly and directors have three, then fifteen minutes to showcase their work, completely unrehearsed. Audiences feedback, a panel of judges score, and writers voted onto the next round are able to unveil more of their play. The atmosphere is riotous and anything goes, especially fun.

04:25

Radar Thirty-Six: Start Trekkin
Start Trekkin is a New York based long form improv group centered around the original Star Trek television series. Start Trekkin examines humanity through the medium of the popular 60’s television show, using it as a pop-reference point for the human experience. Using scattered suggestions from the audience, the Troupe will perform a 60 minute live show, manipulating the staples of the galactic series, such as melodrama and comedy, all the way through stage combat and downright sillyness. True to form, they address the human condition, using a surprising yet familiar vessel, with original characters and off-the-cuff situations, telling a story we can all identify with.

02:07

I'm On...
Three writers, three rooms, one common problem.

03:43

Radar Two - I Eat Pandas
During the day, Eliza Skinner works on Wall Street and Glennis McMurray teaches and appears in commercials, but at night they bound on stage as the critically acclaimed I Eat Pandas. In regular performances across the US, including the Upright Citizens Brigade theater in LA and NYC, they create shows that consist of three completely different, completely improvised musicals in just 25, 15 and 5 minutes, all based on a single suggestion from the audience. Currently starring in promos for Showtime and writing an eight part musical via their video blogs, we talk to them about balancing day jobs with rising comedy careers, and what it takes to create as a duo on the fly.

03:50

The Balloon Man
This Argentinian moved to California 15 years ago. He has developed an extraordinary act with a big balloon - big enough for him to get inside! Seeing is believing!

04:44

Radar Fourteen: Honey, I Shrunk Red Hook
When curator Laura Arena approached MIT’s Luis Blackaller & Andy Cavatorta, her brief was simple: create something that initiates interaction between the inhabitants of the neighborhood. From the Portuguese fisherman to the Projects, to the artists and hipsters, to a new influx of people, Lucky Gallery sits at the crux of several different communities, none of whom talk, but acknowledge each other as familiar strangers. Luis and Andy’s response was to build a miniature version of Red Hook and populate it with photographic doll versions of people they met and talked to on the street. We join Luis and Andy as they prepare for the opening and watch as the element of play in a virtual world impacts communication in the real one.

03:24

Radar Thirteen - Undetermined Measurements
Ten people dressed in stark white "clean suits" and masks disperse amongst picnickers, inspecting the ground in sunny Central Park. Heads turn, unsure, and people start asking questions. Undetermined Measurements is an ongoing performance and documentation project. During each phase of the interventionist series volunteers gather, dress in protective clothes and silently engage with the audience in a non-confrontational manner. Why are they there? The question is left open ended, expressing the ever-changing perception that the United States has transformed from a unique symbol of freedom to a more fragile and fearful representation of uncertainty. We follow Sean Hovendick and his team as he takes Undetermined Measurements to NYC for the first time.

03:16

Moscow Cat Theater (Marilyn Agrelo)
You’ll be hard-pressed to find a more unusual circus, or father-daughter performing duo. The Moscow Cat Theatre is just that: a travelling show of cats that perform amazing tricks for the owners who love and train them. Everybody in Russia may be used to seeing cats perform tricks, as the theatre’s manager explains in this funny, charming film, but felines walking tightropes, crossing the stage on giant balls and walking upside down is not a common sight in most countries. As a balalaika and accordion circus score plays in the background, Creative Director Vladimir and his daughter Maria combine their love of cats and stage to create a captivating act and illustrate the tricks of the trade – giving new meaning to the expression ‘herding cats’.

03:18

The R.O.M.E.O.S (Katy Chevigny)
The ROMEOS is a short documentary film about long relationships - good conversation amongst old friends. And we're talking old friends. The ROMEOs is an informal club of 5 old time New Yorkers, men aged 72-87, who have met every week for the past 20 years at the Metro Diner in New York City. It is a long lunch to talk about anything and everything; telling old jokes, making fun of each other, complaining about politics. Naturally they have nicknames: Mr. Indignant (his capacity for outrage knows no bounds), Mr. Google (this guy knows everything, you won't believe it), and The Token Goy. They are retired lawyers, writers and left-wing troublemakers and they are utterly hilarious without even trying.

03:09

Night People (Paul Lovelace & Jessica Wolfson)
Late night NYC radio personality Bob Fass and his long-running program ‘Radio Unnameable’ revolutionized free form FM radio. On tonight’s show, devoted listener/activist/taxi driver John McDonagh calls in while working the night shift. The city is alive. The airwaves are open and free. With impressionistic beauty “Night People” captures this moment in time.

04:29

Radar - BambiFairy
Bambi Killers perform their live act Green Fairy at Fontanas in NYC, May 2009. To see more Bambi Killers, watch Radar Episode 12.

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