The Tank Presents BAR CODE 11/10

By: Nov. 01, 2011
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The Tank: home for emerging arts presents BAR CODE on Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011.

The show plays 7:00pm - $10

Location:The Tank @ The Playroom Theater
151 W 46th Street, 8th Floor New York, New York 10036

About The Show
From NYC band Gladshot, and James Rado, author of the hit rock musical HAiR, comes "Bar Code", a musical from the near-future - a tale of Flag Fests, Mandatory Debt, Freedom Viruses, Prozac Pops .. and true love.

In Earth Corp, a society dominated by hyper consumerism and perpetual war, bar codes are tattooed onto peoples' wrists. When scanned the bar codes publicly register everyone's personal and financial data and feed it into a big computer to track the population. The bar codes are overseen by Mr ICE, the Information Control Executive of Earth Corp. Mr ICE presides over a system that controls and desensitizes the population with "Mandatory Debt", sensational crime and celebrity-dominated news, "Prozac Pops", and "Flag Fest" ceremonies which maintain popular support for resource wars against insurgents in Earth Corp's outer districts.

An underground group of activists called the Data Jammers are leading the resistance. Data Jammers are able to hack into the vast network of bar code scanners and security cameras to conceal their identities. This enables them to counter the propaganda of Earth Corp with their own brand of media - leaflets, short films and other art forms that appear mysteriously on mainstream broadcast networks. Against this backdrop an unlikely young couple - Dorna, a talented underground writer and new recruit to the Data Jammers, and Nest, the sheltered son of the Earth Corp Television news anchor - come together in ways that could spark a "Freedom Virus" revolution.

This performance is a developmental workshop reading.

Buy Tickets Here: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/209121

About The Tank
Founded in 2003, The Tank is a Manhattan based non-profit arts presenter. Curating across all disciplines, The Tank provides an artistic home to both new and established artists who are engaged in the pursuit of new ideas. Combining free performance space, subsidized rehearsal space, discounted ticket prices and promotional support; the Tank brings quality programming to a new generation of audience for live performance, civic discourse, and the work of emerging artists. The Tank is accepting donations towards The Next Tank here: http://do.nr/2sX



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