Detroit Dealers

Detroit dealers

photo: Gerbrand Burger

Set against the rise and fall of the American car industry, theatre maker Walter Bart tells the story of his granddad, car dealer Arie Bart.
In the fifties, Arie has a car dealership in the Dutch town of Hilversum. On a businesstrip to the mothercompany General Motors in Detroit he becomes romantically involved with an American soulsinger.

In a cross-over of dramatised documentary, theatre and music Arie Bart's remarkable life is juxtaposed with the romance of the American Dream and the transience of the car as a sex symbol.

Actors / makers Walter Bart, Maartje Remmers (Wunderbaum)
With Rosemarie Wilson
Music Bo Koek
Musicians Jens Bouttery, Andrew Claes
Film, set design Gerbrand Burger
Light design Julian Maiwald
Costume advice Lotte Goos
Production Wunderbaum
Coproduction Holland Festival, Rotterdamse Schouwburg, NTGent, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust (as part of its 2012 Distinctively Dutch Festival), a.o.

With the support of Gemeente Rotterdam - dienst Kunst en Cultuur, Fonds Podiumkunsten, Norma Fonds, Stichting DOEN, Automobielbedrijf Van Vloten B.V.

With special thanks to Mimi Bart, Charyse Bailey, Cory Cope, Bob Fitzgerald, Heijmans NV, Elsbeth Kasteel, Rachel Lutz, Bobby Moore, Cameron Moore, Markita Moore, Omari Moore, Andrew Newton, Doc Richey, Marije Ruijter, Lydia Widing, Jean Wilson, The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust team

23/02/2012

Detroit dealers

Distinctively Dutch Festival, Pittsburgh