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4/25 - In the room: Mark Russell, founder and artistic leader of the Under the Radar Festival, in residence at the Public Theatre from 2006 to 2023. The last time we talked to Mark he had literally just learned that the Public Theatre was no longer able to support his annual presentation of contemporary cutting edge "theater that investigates the nature of the theater experience." And he had no idea what he would do next or if he would find a new way to share his vision with the rest of us. Yet, within a year he had bounced back and found a new producing partner, ArKtype, and had reformatted his festival by running it at multiple venues throughout New York City. How did he do it? We'll talk about how the pieces came together, and how the rebooting has required rethinking and hard work. What, if anything, has been lost? And what has been gained?