Old Kent Road Theater's
I STAND FOR NOTHING

July 15--18

photo: Chris Montgomery

"It's rare to see theatre this sprawling and accomplished."
--nytheatre.com

A theater-collage cobbled out of absurd, sentimental, and lyrical material, I Stand for Nothing explores the contemporary New Yorker’s struggle with individuality and authenticity while negotiating the realms of love, politics, and solitude. From the anarchist’s lost cause to love’s self-strangulation, the play seeks to crush the fragments of a world together as though, under pressure, some worthwhile energy might burst forth.

The Old Kent Road Theater was founded in 2005 by Eric Bland and Scott Eckert.  The company sets evocative ensemble pieces against the chaos and concrete of New York City, all the while seeking authentic, idiosyncratic performance that blends the absurd and the emotional with the new and the lonely.  Recent shows include The Protestants (part of The Brick Theater’s Inaugural Main-Stage Season), Death at Film Forum (published in NYTE’s Plays and Playwrights 2009 anthology), Mother Mary Come To Me, The Children of Truffaut, and I Felt So Free (all at The Brick), and In Big Cities We Are Sentimental and the short piece Love Song 1: Faces like Stalinist Apartment Complexes in Czechoslovakia or Poland, Faces Born Under a Fear of Communism in the 80’s (both at the Ontological-Hysteric Theater).  Their plays have been noted for their ‘vibrant characters…heartfelt passion, and spirited volleys of non sequiturs’ (Village Voice) and described as ‘pure inspiration’ (nytheatre.com) and ‘downtown theatre at its best’ (New York Cool.com). For more info on Old Kent Road Theater: www.oldkentroadtheater.com

Eric Bland / Writer, Director
Scott Eckert / Technical Director
Abernathy Bland / Art Designer
Amanda Woodward / Light Designer
David H. Turner / Sound Consultant
Juliet Hernandez / Movement Consultant

With: Anne Carlisle, Siobhan Doherty, Charlie Hewson*, Gavin Starr Kendall, Margaret Laney, Jesse Liebman, Rich Lovejoy, Maggie Marion, Timothy John McDonough*, Megan McGowan, Iracel Rivero, Joseph Ryan and Victoria Tate. With Eric Bland and Scott Eckert.

July 15--18
Wednesday--Saturday, 8p.m.
Tickets: General $17/Student $12
Purchase in advance here or by calling 212-352-3101. Cash only at the door.