Target Margin Theater Announces Cast & Creative Team for Second Half of Lab Series

Target Margin Theater (David Herskovits, Artistic Director; John Del Gaudio, Managing Director) returns to Brooklyn with their annual Laboratory, o,2012: The Last Futurist Lab presented by The Bushwick Starr (Sue Kessler, Executive Director; Noel Joseph Allain,  Artistic Director) and curated by TMT Managing DirectorJohn Del Gaudio and Associated Artist Kate Marvin.  The company has announced casting and creative teams for second half of LAB performances. in repertory, beginning tomorrow, Friday, March 16 and continuing through Saturday, April 7 at The Bushwick Starr (207 Starr Street, Brooklyn).  

TMT takes a look at the Russian Revolutions that shook the theater world as the 2011-2012 season, After Anton, continues with a wild ride to far off lands and undreamed realms of the imagination with Russian classics you know and undiscovered gems of the avant-garde, from Anton Chekhov to Daniil Kharms and back again.  In early 20^th century Russia, young poets, directors, dancers and artists of every kind brought thrilling new challenges to the arts: wave after wave of experimentation and rebellion produced the highest gross tonnage of creative steel worldwide. 0,2012: The Last Futurist Lab explores the Russian avant-garde, aiming to find the literary hooligan in us all. 

“TMT’s The Last Futurist Lab is inspired by everything from monocle-clad revolutionaries spouting manifestos to the made up language of Gods, birds and stars.  We’ve spent months culling these odd Russian treasures,” said co-curator John Del Gaudio.   While co-curator Kate Marvin added, “New talents and more established artists are ready to go ‘beyond zero’ (as those spirited Russians would say) in a continued effort to further TMT’s mission of challenging what theater can be.”  

Noel Joseph Allain, Artistic Director at The Bushwick Starr, had this to share, “We are so very excited to have Target Margin back at the Starr.  There is such an electric, inspiring feeling created by gathering this large community of artists together and housing them under one roof.  It’s a real privilege for us to provide that space and be a partner in this lively, ambitious festival.”   

Tickets are $15 and available by visiting www.targetmargin.org  or www.thebushwickstarr.org.