Theatre of War to Present CALL ME FURY: AN ANTI-WESTERN at The Brick

The Brick Theater, Inc. and Theatre of WAR will present CALL ME FURY: An Anti-Western, running October 5-21, 2017 at The Brick (579 Metropolitan Ave at Lorimer Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn).

Created by Theatre of War and directed and with sound designs by Christopher-Rashee Stevenson, the production will feature Joseph Pryce, Lilja Owsley, Katiuska Tahiri Herrand, Chet King, Hunter Scott MacNair and Charlie Coursey.

About CALL ME FURY: [A Surrealist Anti-Western speaking on interconnectedness, vengeance, the passing of souls&bodies, and the wide, wide, beautific, fertile land of New America]:

Somewhere in near future Oklahoma, a retiRed Lawman and his wife are unjustly murdered by a corrupt band of government officials, who've seized control a small town, inhabited by farmers and settlers. Many years later, The lawman is reincarnated as a black man called Lone who will enact the land's curse, avenge his own murder, and free the vulnerable town from the grip of tyrannical occupation.

Using six actors, sound, text, and found objects, Theatre of WAR pays homage to and comments on the spaghetti western genre of the 60s and 70s, using the past to navigate a way through a grim present, into a vast, wild & unknown future.

[CALL ME FURY] will play at The Brick (579 Metropolitan Ave at Lorimer Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn) October 5-21 Tickets ($20) may be purchased online at www.bricktheater.com or by calling 866-811-4111.

The Brick is located at 579 Metropolitan Avenue (between Union Avenue and Lorimer Street) in Williamsburg, Brooklyn on the L & G subway lines (L: Lorimer stop; G: Metropolitan stop). For more detailed directions & further information, visit www.bricktheater.com. The Brick and its non-profit company, The Brick Theater, Inc. were founded in September of 2002 by Robert Honeywell and Michael Gardner. Formerly an auto-body shop, a storage space and a yoga center, this brick- walled garage was completely refurbished into a state-of-the-art theater complex, with a large sprung floor and professional lighting and sound package.

Winner of THE 2009 CAFFE CINO FELLOWSHIP AWARD, The Brick is Williamsburg, Brooklyn's destination for subversive theatrical experiences. Home to the critically acclaimed premieres of Bouffon Glass Menajoree (NY IT Award Winner-Outstanding Play), Samuel & Alasdair: A Personal History of the Robot War (NY IT Award Winner-Outstanding Play), Greed: A Musical Love $tory (NY IT Award Nominee-Outstanding Musical), Red Cloud Rising, Theatre of the Arcade and Suspicious Package (NY IT Award Nominee-Outstanding Play), The Brick has hosted some of downtown theater's most innovative artists, including Young Jean Lee, The Debate Society, Little Lord, Nellie Tinder, Target Margin Theater, New Georges, Jason Grote, Annie Baker, The Mad Ones and Thomas Bradshaw.

Christopher-Rashee Stevenson is a freelance writer-director originally from Baltimore. His work as both performer and director has been featured between New York and Maryland at venues such as the Eubie Blake Jazz Institute, JACK, Millennium Film Workshop, HERE, Ensemble Studio Theater, The Brick, Bushwick Starr, BAX, The Performing Garage, and University Settlement. Sometime in 2018 he will be remounting his male on male reconstruction of Amiri Baraka's Dutchman at The Tank.

Poster design by Tulio Reis