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FREEDOM'S LAST STAND

An Immersive Journey into Extremism

Photo collage of actors from prior workshops of Freedom's Last Stand on puzzle pieces over a partially completed puzzle that shows tiki torches and the statue of Robert E. Lee at the Unite the Rite rally in Charlottesville, 2017.

WORLD PREMIERE PRODUCTION
May 29 - June 14, 2025
Target Margin's Doxsee, 232 52nd St, Brooklyn, NY 11220 (map it)

Tickets: Starting at $25
Pay-What-You-Will Previews May 29 and 30
Available here on Eventbrite

A note on the content of Freedom’s Last Stand: While Peculiar Works is dedicated to encouraging artists to experiment and push boundaries in every manner, we recognize that sensitivities vary among individuals. This production contains language and violent acts that will be offensive to some people and is not intended for young children. If you have questions about the content, age-appropriateness, or stage effects (specifically, audio volume) in this production, please contact Barry Rowell at browell@pecularworks.org.

Thur-Sat: May 29-May 31 at 7pm
Sunday Matinee: June 1 at 3pm
Wed-Sat: June 4-7 and June 11-14 at 7pm

Benefit Performance on June 5

A lone gunman balancing on the edge of reason and delusion is confronted by federal agents in a tension-filled stand-off at an isolated cabin in the woods. How did he get into this mess and will he find a way out? Take an eye-opening journey into a world where outrageous conspiracies, anti-government rhetoric, and performative masculinity all collide and immerse the audience in a world of extremism.

In Freedom's Last Stand, you are fully enveloped in the struggle—surrounded by projected videos and social media feeds, and original songs played live onstage by a rock band while the action unfolds right beside you. The multi-media-packed production puts you inside a world filled with the radical beliefs and fanatical obsessions of white supremacists, incels, and tradwives throughout Target Margin’s Doxsee Theater.

Don't miss out on this unforgettable immersive performance experience!

Elle Reeve headshotThursday, June 5 will be a special benefit night for the production with a wine and hors d'oeuvre reception before the performance and a talk back with CNN correspondent ELLE REEVE. Before joining CNN in 2019, she reported on the 2017 white-nationalist Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Va for HBO's Vice News Tonight. Reeve and Vice News Tonight won a Peabody Award, four Emmy Awards, and a George Polk Award for their reporting, which figures prominently in her book on extremism,"Black Pill".

Join the funders INVESTING IN FREEDOM’S FUTURE: be a part of the Freedom Team who are donating resources or funds to this timely project! EVERY gift in any amount means a lot to us and all donations through Network for Good are fully tax-deductible! For info on more ways to support Freedom, contact Barry via email.
Incident Response Group ($2,000 and above): Kristine Hall, Eric Jensen, Nello McDaniel & Mary Giudici, The Jerome Robbins Foundation.
Investigation Unit ($500 to $2,000): Myrel Chernick & Don Lewallen, Christine & Michael Janove, Jeffrey A. Kazin, David Parker & Keith Michael, Christopher Pennington, Barbara Yoshida.
Task Force (up to $500): Andrew Boyer, Michael Caprio & Randy Slovacek, El Covan, Jody Falco & Jeffrey Steinman, Sam Lewallen & Kimberly Stachenfeld, Eric Malter, Renee Philippi, Nadya Tichman, Nina Tichman, Nomi Tichman, Danny Whitman, Eden Wofsey.

CAST
Daniel Frey: KEITH ERIK BROWN
Eleanor: JESSICA THREET
Mother: NOMI TICHMAN
Anna: KIMI HANDA BROWN
Agent Stone: CECILY LYN*
Agent Wood: SPENCER GONZALEZ*
Supervisory Special Agent Mead: CATHERINE PORTER*
Propagandist: JACK UTRATA*
Washington: CLARA FRANCESCA*
Bill: TIM HOTCHKIN
The Band: DAVID ROSS, ROB MITZNER, and MATTHEW MILLIGAN

CREATIVE TEAM
Director: MIA Y. ANDERSON
Playwright: BARRY ROWELL
Music: ROB MITZNER and DAVID ROSS
Stage Manager: HEATHER OLMSTEAD*
Sets and Projections: LIANNE ARNOLD
Lighting: DAVID CASTANEDA
Costumes: GRACE MARTIN
Sound: HARRISON ADAMS
Weapon Design: ED FREIHEIT
Producers: RALPH LEWIS, CATHERINE PORTER, and BARRY ROWELL

*Equity Member appearing with permission of Actors’ Equity Association without benefit of an Equity contract in this Off-Off Broadway production.


New York State Council on the Arts and NYC Department of Cultural Affairs logosThe Puffin Foundation logoOur Peculiar Works projects are made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council, and from New York City Council member Christopher Marte; and with private funds from the Mental Insight Foundation and The Puffin Foundation, Ltd., as well as our many, wonderful individual donors.

Freedom's Last Stand began development in 1996 with support from a S.P.A.C.E. Grant by the Vineyard Theatre in their space at 309 E. 26th St., NYC.