Evening - 1910
Music and Lyrics by Paul Carbonara & Randy Sharp
Directed by Randy Sharp
April 28 - May 28, 2016Thursdays at 7pm; Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm
Added performances Wednesday, May 4 at 7pm; Wednesday May 18 at 7pm; Wednesday May 25 at 7pm
$40 Adults; $30 Seniors/Students; $15 preview tickets (April 28-30); Theatre Artist/Under 30 tickets $15 for Wed & Thurs 7pm performances; Veterans & Active U.S. Service Members & their Families: FREE ADMISSION
Henry, a newly arrived immigrant to 1910 New York, finds himself at the center of this story involving a Bowery theatre facing eviction as the dawn of cinema becomes day. As the kinetoscopes that replace them are being installed, the showgirls wonder what will become of them while one dreams of a better life working in the garment factory nearby. Determined to become the new American success he himself has imagined, Henry is pulled by heart and hunger toward disparate and uncertain destinies, like a loving heiress' fortune, a hopeful laborer's dignity, and flickering visions of greatness that yet persist in the darkness of our city.
Featuring: Shira Averbuch, Emily Kratter, Justin McEllroy, Lynn Mancinelli, Stephanie Lynne Mason, James Scheider, Michael Sheehy, Katie Rose Summerfield
Music Director - Paul Carbonara
Choreographer - Lynn Mancinelli
Asst. to the Choreographer - Laurie Kilmartin
Stage Manager - Edward Terhune
Dramaturge/Asst. Director - Marc Palmieri
Lighting Designer - David Zeffren
Asst. Lighting Designer - Amy Harper
Sound Designer - Steve Fontaine
Sound Engineers - Michael Birnbaum, Chris Bittner
Costume Designer - Karl Ruckdeschel
Asst. Costume Designer & Wardrobe Supervisor - Jess Gersz
Set Design & Carpentry - Chad Yarborough
Light Operator - Regina Betancourt
Carpenters - Mike Bajor, Matt Doliner, John Lavigne
Set Painter - Alicia Adams
Set Painters/Carpenters - Oscar Krol, Leann Maldonado, Elise Pizzonia
Vocal Coach - Andrew Byrne
Website & Graphic Designer - Ethan Crenson
Publicity/PR - Blake Zidell & Assoc.
Photographer - Pavel Antonov
Box Office Manager - Erik Savage
AXIS COMPANY
Artistic Director - Randy Sharp
Producing Director - Brian Barnhart
Executive Producer - Jeffrey Resnick
Guitar - Paul Carbonara
Cello - Sam Quiggins
Piano - Nick Stubblefield
Violin - Frederika Krier
Due to the configuration of the theatre late seating cannot be permitted.
“Before Saturday night’s performance of 'Evening — 1910' was through, I knew I would want to hear its music again: those strings, those harmonies. In its score, the creators of this sung-through show, Randy Sharp and Paul Carbonara, have made something beautiful and delicate…like a sepia-tone memory…the band is excellent, the sound is full and the show is fast and fluid.”
“…the most exquisitely crafted music to be heard on the New York stage right now…boast(s) some of the best-crafted lyrics currently onstage…it is certainly a musical journey into the past that’s worth taking.”
“… (an) enchanting tale … rhapsodic … the result is beautiful to watch … stimulating.”
—Huffington Post
“'Evening-1910' is more of a tone poem…with a lush score evoking the early 1900s… the cast are all exquisite singers, and as an ensemble their sound is gorgeous…like peering through a kinetoscope and being touched by the solitary sadness of each character’s flickering image.”
—Stage Buddy
“…gorgeous, melodic songs…eloquent, thought-provoking...If you ever feel caught in a rut, or forget why you ever became excited about theatre in the first place, go see something — anything — at Axis Company.”
—The Villager
WATCH the trailer for EVENING - 1910
