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A taxi driver is working on his anniversary, and gets more than he expected when he picks up a couple in Lower Manhattan.
Performed by Christian Paluck as The Driver, Chet Siegel as Mary, Louis Kornfeld as Frank, and Amy Warren as Morgan Camp. With Ed Herbstman, Melanie Hoopes, Charlotte Rabbe, and Jamie Rivera
Written collaboratively by The Truth, with dialogue improvised by the actors. Produced and directed by Jonathan Mitchell
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
BONUS
Taxi photograph by Heath Brandon
The interview playing on the car radio was improvised by Ed Herbstman and Melanie Hoopes.
Only a small portion is heard in the story -- here it is in its entirety:
This story was made collaboratively, as a group. We started with the idea of a couple helping a drunk woman get home, only to discover that she's actually a couples' therapist. From that idea we developed an outline, and tested the outline using improv, and made adjust-ments based on what worked.
All of the material heard on the car radio was recorded first, and played through the car's cd player. Then for about five hours, the actors improvised according to the final outline in an actual car on location in New York City. The drive-thru in the story is a real location, at 10th Ave & 34th St.
EQUIPMENT
We recorded the car material using four Sony UWP-V1 wireless lavalier microphones, and a Shure VP88 stereo mic. We recorded all 6 tracks into a Zoom R16 multi-track recorder. All of the post-production was done in ProTools.
ORIGINAL CUT
The version of the story at the top of the page was re-edited in November 2012.
Here is the story as it was originally released in March 2012.
