"...Doyle's clever, sparing use of language recalls Ionesco's best. Sponsored By Nobody should be thanked for presenting such mind-stimulating work."
--Backstage
BEHIND THE BULLSEYE is an original interdisciplinary theatre work; fusing elements of theatre, film, journalism and installation art to examine the shopping habits of Brooklyn residents. The Target store at Atlantic Terminal Mall (Brooklyn) is used as a focal point around which to explore what lies beneath the collective shopping experiences of consumers across diverse ethnic and class backgrounds. This Target store has emerged as a defining location where residents from various neighborhoods converge to obtain their basic necessities. With the advent of gentrification across various neighborhoods bordering this location, the Target store itself has evolved into an engine of displacement for neighborhood stores. This latest work from Sponsored By Nobody is a chamber play for the American consumer – or – how we are able to buy what we want when we want.
SPONSORED BY NOBODY is a Brooklyn-based theatre company committed to developing original work that is relevant to contemporary America. Founded in 2005, SBN has established a reputation in New York for presenting abrasive, engaging theatre while refusing to relinquish the idea of art as a catalyst for social change. While rooted in theatre, SBN incorporates multiple disciplines in its work -- borrowing from dance, film, music and installation art -- while employing both found-texts and original writing.
Visit nytheatrecast.com to hear the podcast with SBN playwright/director Kevin Doyle and Eric Bland, playwright/director of the show I Stand for Nothing, as they discuss their work in the Incubator's summer season.
Kevin Doyle / writer, director, film and sound designer Brendan Regimbal / technical director & production designer Garret Savage / photographer Patrick Clancy / production assistant
Performed by Mike Carlsen*,Sarah Stephens, Keith Jamal Downing*, Mayra Castro,
Natalie Kim and Sauda Jackson
*Appears courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association
July 1--3, 5, 8--11, 8p.m.
Additional late night performance July 11 at 10:30p.m.
Tickets: General $17/Student $12
Purchase in advance here or by calling 212-352-3101. Cash only at the door.
Behind The Bullseye is made possible by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council’s SWING SPACE program, which was created with lead support from the September 11th Fund. Project space is donated by Capstone Equities. Residency support for the writing of Behind The Bullseye has been provided by The MacDowell Colony to Kevin Doyle, the 2008-09 Thornton Wilder Fellow. Funding has been made possible by The Puffin Foundation; The Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant program; in part with funds from the Strategic Opportunity Stipend (SOS) program through the New York Foundation for the Arts, administered on Long Island by the East End Arts Council; and by individual donors during 2008-09 to Sponsored By Nobody. Fiscal sponsorship provided to SBN under The Field’s Sponsored Artist program.
