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November 6, 2010
Made in Brooklyn: The Civilians' Battle Over Atlantic Yards
The Brooklyn Rail
By Michele Travis
This article discusses the play "In The Footprint: The Battle Over Atlantic Yards" which will be performed fromNov. 12 through Dec. 11 at The Irondale Center.
However, their latest investigative theater project, In the Footprint: The Battle Over Atlantic Yards, is a local labor. The Civilians occupy an office a block away from the Atlantic Yards site, and several company members, including artistic director Steve Cosson, are longtime Brooklyn residents. While the work of the company focuses on shaping an unwieldy ongoing conflict into a theatrical narrative, Cosson notes, “being in the neighborhood every day reminds me that it’s real” and memories of the changed surrounding streets give the project a personal resonance.
The play is based on interviews with Brooklynites who have been involved with the project. The article includes quotes from some interviews including this one from "A Blogger":
...One thing I kind of think is like, the bloggers, I kind of think we’re like a Greek chorus basically. We tell the people what’s really going on. You could do like a Greek chorus in your show. They could all be dressed like bloggers. Yeah. It’s, yeah. Typically that would be pajamas [laughs]. Occasionally in the buff. But, um, yeah.
NoLandGrab: I always post while wearing my street clothes. It seems that some bloggers are having much more fun than others.
Posted by steve at November 6, 2010 12:05 PM