Border Towns September 10, 2010

With music and sound as the driving force, this production journeys through the psychological landscape of the U.S., creating a theatrical reflection on recording, location and culture. A collision of recordings from the borders, this production melds musical sampling, live singing and theater into a genre all its own. Yodels, anthems, ambient sounds and fringe broadcasts are layered in lockstep with seven performers, who mimic sampled collages of sound effects, pop songs and musical ephemera. With myopic precision and a sprawling map of sound, 'Border Towns' reconstructs musical Americana one town at a time while exploring how locality is conveyed through music.