Every morning it’s the same: What new madness will come today? What destruction, what injustice, what nonsense? We must respond , frankly and fearlessly. Target Margin’s new season turns a degenerate eye to the Nonsense all around us.
Our plays have always sought to transform nonsense into a kind of beauty. We hold this truth to be self-evident: Art has the special power to find poetry in nonsense: the unreasonable reason of the heart; the magic of the irrational.
Our season of nonsense is anchored in March 2027 by a new play, PROJECT 251, a meditation on the future of our country. Created by David Herskovits and a cohort of artists, this work aspires to lift up the absurdity of the U.S.A. today and turn in hope to a frighteningly uncertain future .
THE TARGET MARGIN LABORATORY returns this fall with Lead Artists Caroline Fermin, Adam M. Kassim, and Kathleen Kennedy Tobin. Performances, art, music, and discussions fill the Doxsee. For three weeks in September and October, we offer a Festival of new work, exploring how we can create poetry and beauty through nonsense itself.
TMT HOSTS program welcomes a small number of productions through the year by artists who share our adventurous DIY spirit. Our SPACE program supports artists with 1,000 hours of free studio use, offered to independent artists on a first-come basis.
Our INSTITUTE gathers a cohort of mid-career artists seeking to expand their practice. With TMT YOUNG ARTISTS we make adventurous performances with elementary schoolers right here in Sunset Park. Our COMMUNITY CAFÉS welcome everyone: these informal gatherings unify and celebrate the many groups of people in our community.
Join us for a 26/27 year of ravishing Nonsense.