Trailer for the upcoming new work from the Brooklyn-based theatre company, Sponsored By Nobody -- BEHIND THE BULLSEYE. BEHIND THE BULLSEYE premieres July 1-11, 2009 at the Ontological-Hysteric Theater in New York City. For tickets, please visit: http://www.ontological.com Or here: https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/661515 Featuring: Mike Carlsen, Mayra Castro, Keith J. Downing, Sauda Jackson, Natalie Kim and Sarah Stephens. Written & directed by Kevin Doyle. Technical Director & Co-Designer: Brendan Regimbal Production Assistant: Patrick Clancy Trailer copyright 2009 SBN & Kevin Doyle. Still photo by Garret Savage. SBN logo design by Sean Doyle. Trailer was filmed by Kevin Doyle at The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council's SWING SPACE location at 14 Wall Street. Sponsored By Nobody is in residence at the LMCC "Swing Space" to develop BEHIND THE BULLSEYE. For more information on the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and their SWING SPACE program, please visit: http://lmcc.net/art/swingspace/overview/index.html For more information on SBN, please visit: http://www.myspace.com/sponsoredbynobody http://web.mac.com/bullshitartists/Site/Welcome.html

W.M.D. photo shoot - 2008.

This is a 25-minute discussion between nytheatre.com staff correspondent, Michael Criscuolo, and SBN Artistic Director, Kevin Doyle, on the current work-in-progress from SPONSORED BY NOBODY entitled -- W.M.D. ( just the low points ). Doyle and Criscuolo discuss the origins of the piece, the rehearsal & research process SBN undertook to create it and the future development of W.M.D. in 2008. W.M.D. features the work of Jessa Wildemeersch (Belgium), Kate Moran (France/NYC), Sarah Flanagan and SBN founding members Sean O'Hagan, Scott Miller and Paul Newport -- with video by Kevin Doyle, musical score performed by Captain Tom and technical assistance from Vicki Thomson and Peter Hoerburger.

this scene is very dear to me. the tenderness each character displays in this early scene is precisely where they return to nearly an hour later. after much venom and energy has been spent. the play is a quiet one -- the tender silences between sentences mean as much as the actual words. such plays no longer seem suitable or tolerated in new york. part of me is very pleased the premiere of this quiet play has taken place in an 400 year old city. a silent, cold neighborhood of quebec so far removed from just about everything imaginable. the performances each night . . . . simply precious.

This excerpt is from the peak of Scene 7 in my play "Les années amputées" -- or "The Amputated Years" -- from the world premiere in Québec City during November 2007. The translation is by the play's director Jean-Philippe Joubert, directeur artistique of the Québec theatre company -- Les Nuages en pantalon. The play is presented as a work of installation art within a private home in Old Québec City. The two actors featured in this clip are Andreanne Joubert and Olivier Normand. The dialogue is off in this clip because it is an incredibly gruesome moment when the Man and the Woman recount what has led them to their current condition. I chose instead here to dub over some of the original music that fades in and out of the play. I found this original piano compositions by Matthieu Campagna to be very touching. It is a beautiful work. The video design is by Jean-Philippe Joubert and costume/set design by Julie Morel. The play depicts a man and a woman locked in a cyclical progression of eleven scenes. The Belgian artist René Magritte and his series of paintings "Les amantes" served as inspiration during the writing of "The Amputated Years"-- which was begun in 1997 and not completed until 2005

This excerpt is from the end of Scene 7 in "Les années amputées" -- or "The Amputated Years" -- by Brooklyn playwright, Kevin Doyle, from the world premiere in Québec City during November 2007. The translation is by the play's director Jean-Philippe Joubert, directeur artistique of the Québec theatre company -- Les Nuages en pantalon. The play is presented as a work of installation art within a private home in Old Québec City. The two actors featured in this clip are Andreanne Joubert and Olivier Normand; however their dialogue is spoken by two actors off-stage -- Paule Savard and Roland Lepage, respectively. Original sound design & compositions by Matthieu Campagna. Video design by Jean-Philippe Joubert. Costumes by Julie Morel. The play depicts a man and a woman locked in a cyclical progression of eleven scenes. In this clip the Man and the Woman are remembering their own fondest memories of the other -- before they ever entered their current condition.

This is a different part of the opening sets from DJ Shakewell -- the second haf of the duo known as SHAREGROOVE -- at their recent party with 33hz at 200 Orchard in New York's Lower East Side. This was from an early part of the night before 33hz took the stage

This is a brief excerpt of a recent 33hz show at 200 Orchard in New York's Lower East Side. The song is the ending moments of "I Feel Alive".

This is just a taste of the live set from the Baltimore band -- THRUSHES -- at their CMJ 2007 appearance at Trashbar on October 16, 2007. This is the raw live footage -- a better mix with the professional audio mixed in will be forthcoming. This is the opening moments of WAKE UP; -- about mid-way through their CMJ 2007 live set. WAKE UP; is off the THRUSHES 2007 hit album -- SUN COME UNDONE. Anna Conner is on lead vocals/guitar. Casey Harvey on guitar and Rachel Tracy on bass. Ryan Sterner is on drums. The footage was shot by writer/director Kevin Doyle -- who is directing a formal music video for the THRUSHES song -- HEARTBEATS -- later this year.

This is the fifth brief excerpt from a new work-in-progress from SPONSORED BY NOBODY entitled -- W.M.D. ( just the low points ) -- presented here at a special one-night encore performance at the Ontological-Hysteric INCUBATOR in New York City. Featured are: Kate Moran, Scott Miller, Jessa Wildemeersch, Sean O'Hagan, Paul Newport and Sarah Flanagan. Live music is performed by Captiain Tom with Vicki Thomson on the bell/timer (both of them are out of the camera's view. W.M.D. ( just the low points ) is a creation of SPONSORED BY NOBODY, with additional text and directed by Kevin Doyle. W.M.D. (just the low points) was a proud co-recipient of the 2007 Performance Development Award from Chashama and The National Endowment for the Arts. W.M.D. (just the low points) traces the days events of January 8, 2004 -- the same date a major report was released that clearly stated pre-war intelligence was wrong and Iraq did not possess any weapons of mass destruction. The report obviously went nowhere. We decided to take a look at what Americans did pay attention to that day. This section recounts an excerpt inspired from the accounts of Richard Clarke and segways into a musical interlude.

This is a third brief excerpt from a new work-in-progress from SPONSORED BY NOBODY entitled -- W.M.D. ( just the low points ) -- presented here at a special one-night encore performance at the Ontological-Hysteric INCUBATOR in New York City. Featured are: Kate Moran, Scott Miller, Jessa Wildemeersch, Sean O'Hagan, Paul Newport and Sarah Flanagan. Live music is performed by Captiain Tom with Vicki Thomson on the bell/timer (both of them are out of the camera's view. W.M.D. ( just the low points ) is a creation of SPONSORED BY NOBODY, with additional text and directed by Kevin Doyle. W.M.D. (just the low points) was a proud co-recipient of the 2007 Performance Development Award from Chashama and The National Endowment for the Arts. W.M.D. (just the low points) traces the days events of January 8, 2004 -- the same date a major report was released that clearly stated pre-war intelligence was wrong and Iraq did not possess any weapons of mass destruction. The report obviously went nowhere. We decided to take a look at what Americans really did pay attention to that day.

This is a third brief excerpt from a new work-in-progress from SPONSORED BY NOBODY entitled -- W.M.D. ( just the low points ) -- presented here at a special one-night encore performance at the Ontological-Hysteric INCUBATOR in New York City. Featured are: Kate Moran, Scott Miller, Jessa Wildemeersch, Sean O'Hagan, Paul Newport and Sarah Flanagan. Live music is performed by Captiain Tom with Vicki Thomson on the bell/timer (both of them are out of the camera's view. W.M.D. ( just the low points ) is a creation of SPONSORED BY NOBODY, with additional text and directed by Kevin Doyle. W.M.D. (just the low points) was a proud co-recipient of the 2007 Performance Development Award from Chashama and The National Endowment for the Arts. W.M.D. (just the low points) traces the days events of January 8, 2004 -- the same date a major report was released that clearly stated pre-war intelligence was wrong and Iraq did not possess any weapons of mass destruction. The report obviously went nowhere. We decided to take a look at what Americans did pay attention to that day

This is a brief excerpt from a new work-in-progress from SPONSORED BY NOBODY entitled -- W.M.D. ( just the low points ) -- presented here at a special one-night encore performance at the Ontological-Hysteric INCUBATOR in New York City. Featured are: Kate Moran, Scott Miller, Jessa Wildemeersch, Sean O'Hagan, Paul Newport and Sarah Flanagan. Live music is performed by Captiain Tom with Vicki Thomson on the bell/timer (both of them are out of the camera's view. W.M.D. ( just the low points ) is a creation of SPONSORED BY NOBODY, with additional text and directed by Kevin Doyle. W.M.D. (just the low points) was a proud co-recipient of the 2007 Performance Development Award from Chashama and The National Endowment for the Arts. W.M.D. (just the low points) traces the days events of January 8, 2004 -- the same date a major report was released that clearly stated pre-war intelligence was wrong and Iraq did not possess any weapons of mass destruction. The report obviously went nowhere. We decided to take a look at what Americans did pay attention to that day -- one of which was the premiere of Donald Trump's THE APPRENTICE that night. Stay tuned for future development of W.M.D. in 2008.

This is a brief excerpt from a major work-in-progress from SPONSORED BY NOBODY entitled -- W.M.D. ( just the low points ) -- presented here at a special one-night encore performance at the Ontological-Hysteric INCUBATOR in New York City. Featured (R to L) are: Kate Moran, Scott Miller, Jessa Wildemeersch, Sean O'Hagan, Paul Newport and Sarah Flanagan. Live music is performed by Captiain Tom with Vicki Thomson on the bell/timer (both of them are out of the camera's view. W.M.D. ( just the low points ) is a creation of SPONSORED BY NOBODY, with additional text and directed by Kevin Doyle. W.M.D. (just the low points) was a proud co-recipient of the 2007 Performance Development Award from Chashama and The National Endowment for the Arts. Stay tuned for future development of W.M.D. in 2008.

This is a different part of the opening sets from DJ Duckcomb -- the second haf of the duo known as SHAREGROOVE -- at their recent party with 33hz at 200 Orchard in New York's Lower East Side. This was from an early part of the night before 33hz took the stage.

This was one of the opening sets from DJ Duckcomb -- the second haf of the duo known as SHAREGROOVE -- at their recent party with 33hz at 200 Orchard in New York's Lower East Side. This was from an early part of the night before 33hz took the stage.

This is the opening salvo from the SPONSORED BY NOBODY production of FOX(y) FRIENDS -- presented on a double-bill with COMPRESSION OF A CASUALTY this June at the Prententious Festival at The Brick Theater in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Featured (in order of appearance) are: Michael Criscuolo, Laura Adams, Brian Distance and Aaron Mathias. Written & Directed by Kevin Doyle. Lighting by Peter Hoerburger. Copyright 2007 Sponsored By Nobody.

An excerpt from a new work by Brooklyn theatre company SPONSORED BY NOBODY being presented at the 2007 Prententious Festival this June at The Brick Theater in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. COMPRESSION OF A CASUALTY features Shelly Bhalla and Paul Newport as CNN news anchors Soledad O'Brien and Bill Hemmer, and Sean O'Hagan as an American solider, Joel L. Bertoldie, who died in Iraq on July 18, 2003. COMPRESSION OF A CASUALTY is based upon actual CNN transcripts from that date. Written & Directed by Kevin Doyle. Lighting Design by Peter Hoerburger. Costume Design by Christine Darch. Copyright 2007 SPONSORED BY NOBODY.

Brooklyn theatre company -- SPONSORED BY NOBODY -- presents their newest work-in-progress -- W.M.D. (just the low points) -- as part of a 2007 Performance Development Award from Chashama and The National Endowment of the Arts. Workshop performances begin June 7, 2007 and runs until June 10, 2007.

Brooklyn theatre company -- SPONSORED BY NOBODY -- presents their newest work-in-progress -- W.M.D. (just the low points) -- as part of a 2007 Performance Development Award from Chashama and The National Endowment of the Arts. Workshop performances begin June 7 and run until June 10.