Photo Flash: Sneak Peek at THE RADICALIZATION PROCESS at The Hinterlands

After a critically acclaimed, sold-out run in the spring, The Hinterlands will once again present their original and explosive site-specific work The Radicalization Process for a limited run this fall. The Radicalization Process will be performed from Fri. Sept. 23-Sat. Oct. 1 (Wednesdays through Saturdays) at 8PM and Sundays Sept. 25 and Oct. 2 at 2PM at Play House (12657 Moran Street, Detroit). BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the cast onstage below!

Layering historical accounts of the radical left of the 1960's and 70's with a master class in American method acting, socialist pageantry, and a gleefully obtuse re-production of The Living Theatre's Antigone, The Radicalization Process stokes the embers of America's past revolutions to ignite our radical potential. Audiences will begin the performance sifting through a basement archive of a forgotten revolutionary, navigating histories true and false, real and imagined, before they make their way into the performance space, a safe-house within a house in 1970s Detroit. Multiple timelines run concurrently; imagery unfolds both mundane and shocking; a live-score is performed on analog synthesizers and everyday objects; L'Internationale is sung; a bomb is built.

The Radicalization Process asks us to question our assumptions about what drives us to take action, how far is too far, and what role the imagination has in revolution. Also, it's funny. Sometimes. Other times it's really dark. But hey, that's America!

Nominated for three 2016 Wilde Awards including best original production, best performance in an original production, and best scenic design, The Radicalization Process has already toured the midwest and has future tour dates in Chicago, New Mexico, and New England next year.

Play House performances will be held Wednesdays through Saturdays Sept. 23-Oct. 1 at 8PM, with Sunday 2PM shows on Sept. 25 and Oct. 2. Run time is approximately 90 minutes. Tickets are available on a sliding scale for $10-30. Seating is limited, so please reserve ahead of time by calling 313.454.1756 or emailing info@thehinterlandsensemble.org. In partnership with Cranbrook Art Museum, The Radicalization Process ticket-holders will also receive a complimentary ticket to CAM's current exhibition, Hippie Modernism: The Struggle for Utopia.

The Radicalization Process is an original performance by The Hinterlands, created and performed by Richard Newman, Liza Bielby, and Dave Sanders. Sound design and live score by Richard Newman. Scenic design by Shoshanna Utchenik, archive creation by Liza Bielby and Casey Rocheteau, and publication design by Benjamin Gaydos. Directed by Richard Newman. Renee Willoughby is the performance technician. The performance was commissioned by Legion Arts, Power House Productions and Alverno Presents with generous support from the National Performance Network, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Knight Arts Challenge, the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, and the NEA Artworks program.

Photo Credit: Alverno Presents/Kat Schleicher Photography