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By Aidan Graham
Brooklyn Paper
You can uncover a treasure trove
of stories!
A series of short theatrical
and dance performances will reveal
the stories of Fort Greene — but audiences
will have to hunt for them!
“Pop Up: An Artistic Treasure Hunt,”
running Oct. 4–6, will send audience
members on a creative treasure hunt
through Fort Greene, following clues
on a hand-drawn map to the next artistic
interpretation of the neighborhood,
said the show’s director.
“You walk around, following the
clues to find the next performance, and
visit these different performances that
all happen in different parts of Fort
Greene,” said Leese Walker. “It makes
the neighborhood come alive.”
Each night, visitors must unlock
the secret locations of five unique
performances, each based on true
stories that Walker gathered while
interviewing Fort Greene residents
last spring.
“We tried to interview a broad range
of people,” said Walker. “We got some
really interesting responses. We found
out some rumors, secrets about the
neighborhood, people’s dreams, their
impressions of the neighborhood. And
then we use all that material.”
The free shows can be seen more
than once, said Walker: the shows on
Friday and Saturday will be largely
the same, but the Sunday afternoon
and evening performances will feature
completely different stories, and
every night contains a heavy dose of
improvisation.
“There’s several places where any
of the performers can pull from any
of the interviews during their improv,”
she said. “For example, one
piece features a string trio playing
while an actor performs a monologue.
Several things we uncovered in the
interviews may come up in the improvised
monologue.”
Other scenes feature pre-set numbers
directly inspired by details uncovered
in the interview process, according
to Walker.
“There’s going to be a percussion
piece, because there were several people
who told us that the ‘sound of Fort
Greene’ was percussion and drums,”
she said.
Walker, a Prospect Heights native
who now lives in New Jersey,
said the interviews unveiled a widespread
desire for more greenery in
Fort Greene.
“A lot of people that we interviewed
wished there was more trees in the area
— more greenery, and less skyscrapers.
So that is definitely going to come up
in a few places,” she said. “One of the
ways that will manifest itself is with a
clown — Agent Green — whose mission
it is to ‘green-up’ Fort Greene with
balloons and things like that.”
The show only lasts three days,
but the impressions left behind can
last a lifetime, said Walker.
“It leaves a kind-of trace behind,”
she said. “Even though these performances
pop up and then disappear
quickly, they can leave behind a memory
that changes your perception of
the neighborhood.”
“Pop Up: An Artistic Treasure
Hunt” (location in Fort Greene location
provided the day prior, sign up
at www.strikeanywhere.info/tickets.
cfm). Oct. 4–5 at 7 pm; Oct. 6 at
noon and 5 pm. Free.
Greene mile
Follow a treasure map to fi nd
hidden neighborhood tales
Guillaume Le Baube
Children of the revolution: The audience must follow clues to
find the performances, which might feature historical figures. The
20-member cast of the “Artistic Treasure Hunt,” which last performed
in France, will put on a series of dance and theater performances
around Fort Greene on Oct 4–6.
Guillaume Le Baube
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