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PRODUCTIONS: 1997-1999 |
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DEC 29 1999 Trade City celebrated the rollover of the cultural odomoter by filling a time capsule full of souvenirs for posterity. The capsule was sealed and buried in the desert until 2100 AD. Everyone in attendance was invited to contribute a small piece of "year 2000" memorabilia, a letter to the people of the future, a piece of art work, and other objects commemorating the passing of this historical milestone. br> |
DEC 18 1999 The Under 20 Show featured paintings, sculpture, prints, poetry and music by nine artists under the age of twenty. |
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DEC 4 1999 The Terrorist Group Show brought together the work of several Los Angeles- based artists. Organized by Mark Farina, this exhibit fit perfectly in the Trade City Warehouse. The atmosphere of the opening night party proved to be quite electric. With music, drink, and all the necessary cheese dip- people interacted with the art and each other. Proving that art is not dead in Los Angeles. |
OCT 22 - 31 1999 For Halloween of 1999 Trade City Productions housed a frightening display of interactive horrors. Aided in the efforts by builder and creative idea-man extraordinaire, Pat McManamee, we were able to put together a play of the most elaborate form- A Haunted House. Dark tunnels and mazes overtook our once wide open theater space to reveal the horrors of one child's nightmare. Equipped with a staff of ten professional actors and performers this haunted house had grown men cowering in corners pleading for the exit. |
SEP 10 1999 Confiscated Art was an exhibit brought to us by a high school art teacher. All the pieces were once deemed inappropriate by the public school system and were confiscated for their deviant content. This show is a result of one teacher who, although wishes to reamin anonymous, thinks that it is important for the teenage community to express themselves. |
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MAY 14 - JUN 19 1999 High Glamour in Ypsilanti is a two-act play which takes place in the living room of a house in Ypsilanti, Michigan. It is approximately 90 minutes in length and involves six actors. The story is about Lily Cross, an young heiress and her circle of eccentric and artistic friends. One of the friends is a writer who has written a book about the group and has come back after a two year absence to read it to them before it is published.
For this project, the company renovated a warehouse in Santa Monica. The play was performed during May of 1999 |
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JUN 1998 "The Carousel of Dreams" is an original play written by Josh Worth. It is about strangers in a park in the middle of the city. As they sit, minding their own business, their imaginations wander, and we are privvy to the dramas and dreams that take place in their heads. The play moves back and forth between the inner and outer worlds of the characters to explore the ways in which fantasy and reality are intertwined. The production, directed by Maureen Weiss, featured the improvisational talents of an outstanding cast. On June 1 "The Carousel of Dreams" was performed at Pasadena Polytechnic Elementary School. On June 5, it was presented to the children of Wildwood School in L.A. On June 6, A benefit performance was held at the Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum in Topanga Canyon On June 21 Trade City Productions presented the show at the 1998 International Children's Festival in Croatia. Flip through the scrapbook to learn more about this project. |
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JUN 1997 "Kids in Flux" is a documentary video which was filmed on location in Croatia during the 1997 International Children's Festival. The video includes interviews with the children, artists, performers, critics, and directors who participate in the stories and traditions which are passed on during the Festival. It features performance footage by troupes from Russia, Switzerland, Italy, Bulgaria, Austria, and Croatia. In addition, the video examines the history of the festival and shows how it has managed to remain a postive force in the lives of children despite the setbacks of the Balkan War. "Kids in Flux" was shot and scripted by Josh Worth and Maureen Weiss and was edited by USC Film grad, Rian Johnson. The video was shown at the benefit performance of "Carousel of Dreams" and at a press conference at the 1998 International Children's Festival in Croatia.
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SEP 5 - 14 1998 In "Kathie and The Hippopotamus" by Peruvian playwright Mario Vargas Llossa, a man and a woman agree to meet in the attic of an imaginary Paris where the woman (Kathie - played by Liv Boughn) has hired a ghost-writer to script the memoirs of her trip to Africa. As the stories become more elaborate and more exagerrated so do the characters. The play is a stunning example of magical realism- an artistic movement popularized by Latin American writers such as Jorge Luis Borges and Gabriel Garcia Marquez. |
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