TheaterThe's Radio Purgatory Closes at Dixon Place 10/30

Murder! Mayhem! Live Music! TheaterThe's Radio Purgatory is a multi-disciplinary theatricalpiece featuring the radio aesthetic of the 1930s and 1940s. A down on his luck detective Dick Flavor findshimself in purgatory and encounters a cast of archetypal radio play misfits forever frustrated by a lexicon of ONLY period vernacular.

Flavor attempts to solve his last case namely his own murder but is continuallythwarted by slapstick, absurdity and outrageous commercial interruptions. Is there a way out? Sex, violence,live music and product placement share his nightmare. Radio Purgatory was commissioned and first presented by Dixon Place in New York City with public fundsfrom the National Endowment for the Arts, New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency, and the Cityof New York Department of Cultural Affairs, and with private funds from The Greenwall Foundation, The PegSantvoord Foundation and the Jerome Foundation.

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR

Aldo Perez is a writer/composer/director, who is committed to performance which utilizes live music, film andvaudevillian style physical comedy while exploring the meaning of existence, the absurdity of self-importanceand the power struggle between the sexes and classes. TheaterTHE bases itself upon characters, music, scenesand pieces created by Perez, in his 15+ years working in the NYC downtown experimental music and theater scenes.

TheaterTHE's first piece, The Curse Of The Mystic Renaldo The, premiered in February ‘07 at 3LD to critical acclaim: Time Out called it "a marvelously-odd phantasmagoria"; The Gothamist voted it "Best Musical of 2007"; and The New York Times described it as a "Noir-tinted comedy that mixes elements of film,vaudeville, cabaret, theater and rock." Created by Perez, this piece also starred Jenny Lee Mitchell, classicalsinger, vaudevillian, musician and clown, and Richard Ginocchio, musician and vaudevillian. In fall ‘07 the 3 artists joined forces with Jonathon Roberts and Benjamin Klein and created their second piece, American Hallucinations, which workshopped at Dixon Place. Perez and company are resident artists at The Living Room music club.

ABOUT DIXON PLACE

Dixon Place is a non-profit organization founded in 1986 to provide a space for literary and performing artiststo create and develop new works in front of a live audience. While other venues of its kind have since died off,or now only present established artists, Dixon Place remains at the heart of the New York experimentalperformance scene. Taking risks is crucial to the life of Dixon Place, its artists and audiences.

Dixon Place's primary commitments are to bring artists and audiences together through live performance inorder to expand the understanding of the creative process and its final product, and to provide a supportiveenvironment for emerging artists to present new work. Over the last twenty-three years, Dixon Place hassuccessfully maintained its intimate atmosphere and unique environment while increasing its programming tofulfill the need for performance opportunities for the New York community of performing and literary artists.

TICKET INFORMATION: For Reservations & advanced tickets visit www.dixonplace.org or call 212.219.0736.

Tickets are $20 general admission, $18 student/senior, $15 advance purchase.

www.radiopurgatory.com 

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