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Scientists Perform and Actors Experiment in Redshift
Productions' Happy Hour at the Event Horizon
Redshift Productions (featured on ABC News Nightline and CBS Sunday
Morning) presents Happy Hour at the Event Horizon, a comedy about
physics featuring actors and scientists that takes place in a bar at
the edge of a black hole. A two-week limited engagement begins April
21 at the Blue Heron Arts Center Studio Theatre at 123 East 24th
Street. A Happy Hour at the Event Horizon Improvisation Evening will
take place on Tuesday, March 29 at 7 PM at The Tank, 432 West 42nd
Street.
New York, NY (PRWEB) March 5, 2005 -- Redshift Productions (featured
on ABC News Nightline and CBS Sunday Morning) presents Happy Hour at
the Event Horizon, a comedy about physics featuring actors and
scientists that takes place in a bar at the edge of a black hole. A
two-week limited engagement begins April 21 at the Blue Heron Arts
Center Studio Theatre at 123 East 24th Street. A Happy Hour at the
Event Horizon Improvisation Evening will take place on Tuesday,
March 29 at 7 PM at The Tank, 432 West 42nd Street.
In Happy Hour at the Event Horizon, a photon, played by an actor,
emerges from a black hole to find herself at The Event Horizon, the
local bar. With no knowledge of who she is and where she came from,
the photon must rely on the help of the bartender to understand her
role in the universe. This bartender is no stranger to unusual
customers, and The Event Horizon is host to patrons of all shapes
and sizes. Literally. Electrons and Protons argue; galaxies
communicate over extreme distances while performing in a movie; and
power point presentations, including real-life scientists, spring to
life in an extraordinary fashion. These experiences illustrate some
of the latest developments in physics. Take one part Cheers and one
part Nova and you’ve got Happy Hour at the Event Horizon.
Redshift Productions develops material for Happy Hour by conducting
rehearsals where actors and scientists engage in authentic
collaboration. Scientists become improvisers, and actors experiment
with scientific concepts in an improvised setting. Further
development takes place at Happy Hour at the Event Horizon
Improvisation Evenings, where material developed in rehearsal is
revealed to a live audience.
Happy Hour at the Event Horizon plays at the Blue Heron Arts Center
Studio Theatre from April 21 to May 1, 2005. Tickets are $12, and
advance tickets can be purchased through Smarttix at 212-868-4444 or
online at www.smarttix.com/show.aspx?showCode=HAP2. A Happy Hour at
the Event Horizon Improvisation Evening will be presented at The
Tank at 7 PM on Tuesday, March 29. Admission is $5.
Redshift Productions’ mission is to create performances inspired
by science, cultivated through collaboration among artists and
scientists from diverse backgrounds.
For more information on this and other Redshift projects, please
contact Max Evjen at 212-928-1533 or visit our website at
www.redshiftproductions.org.
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