Last Man Club nominated for Drama Desk Award

Axis Theatre Company's production of "Last Man Club" has been nominated for a 2013 Drama Desk Award. It was a real pleasure to perform with this ensemble and work under the incredibly talented writer/director Randy Sharp.

Congrats to sound designer Steve Fontaine for his excellent work on this production.

See the list of 2013 nominees here:
http://www.dramadeskawards.com/2013-nominees.html

Last Man Club Returns

I'm pleased to be appearing in the second run of LAST MAN CLUB at AXIS THEATRE in NYC's West Village. The play, written and directed by Randy Sharp, is about a family living in the Dust Bowl who choose to stay behind on their farm during the great push west.

The play runs every Thurs, Fri, and Sat at 8pm through March 30th. 

Find tickets HERE.

"An expertly structured one-act drama..."

-New York Times REVIEW

"Crabb gives an inspired performance, subtly conveying the crisis of masculinity that is central to this character"

-Theatremania REVIEW

"Crabb has a kind of incandescent intensity that is at once frightening and pitiful."

-Curtain Up REVIEW

"A vehicle for illuminating human experience beyond the physical wreckage of a storm."

-Wall Street Journal FEATURE

"...ferociously portrayed by David Crabb."

-NYC Stage Review REVIEW

"Crabb’s Major is an artful combination of cunning and rage."

-Stage And Cinema

"Full of quiet anguish and heartbreak."

-New York Theatre Review

Last Man Club at AXIS Theatre Oct. 4th-28th

I am proud and excited to be a part of the new production with Axis Theatre Company, "Last Man Club." The show runs from October 4-28 at AXIS in the West Village.

Click here for tickets and more information.

"Down There" at AXIS Company opens Thursday September 9th

I'm proud to announce the upcoming debut of "Down There" at Axis Company. We've been rehearsing this piece for almost 9 months and are excited to get it in front of an audience.

http://axiscompany.org/mainstage.htm

Written & Directed by Randy Sharp


September 9 - October 30, 2010
Thursdays-Saturdays at 8:00PM
Running Time approximately 80 min.

Preview performances Sept. 9-11, 16-17
Preview Adult $18
Preview Student/Senior $15
Regular Adult $20
Regular Student/Senior $17

During 3 months in 1965, a 16 year-old girl was tortured and killed in the Indiana home of the Menckl family. Down There explores how this could have happened and what it might have felt like to the perpetrators as well as the victim.

Based on the real-life 1965 torture murder of Sylvia Likens, Down There is a new play from Axis Company, written and directed by Randy Sharp (based on an original script by Randy Sharp & Michael Gump).

Featuring Laurie Kilmartin, Jim Sterling, George Demas, Britt Genelin, David Crabb, Brian Barnhart, Regina Betancourt and Lynn Mancinelli

Assistant Director, Marc Palmieri; Stage Manager, Edward Terhune; Dramaturgy, Marc Palmieri, Christopher Swift
Lighting Designer, David Zeffren; Sound Designer, Steve Fontaine; Costume Designer, Elisa Santiago; Set Construction, Chad Yarborough; Photography, Dixie Sheridan; Website & Graphic Design, Ethan Crenson Written & Directed by Randy Sharp

Tickets available online or by calling Theater Mania at (212) 352-3101

Edgar Oliver's "East 10th Street"

Axis Company's Edgar Oliver can be seen in a remount of his amazing show "East 10th Street" as a part of the COIL Festival at PS122 - beginning January 6!
http://www.ps122.org/performances/edgar_oliver.html

Check out the festival trailer narrated by Edgar himself (from a clip from the show).

Axis Company one of the Top Ten "People" of 2009

NYTheatre.com names Axis Company one of the top ten "People of the Year."

AXIS Company: Now celebrating their 12th year, AXIS Company, led by artistic director Randy Sharp and producing director Brian Barnhart, had a prolific 2009, with the 10th edition of their unique Hospital serial during the summer, plus the play Trinity 5:29, a return of their perennial holiday show Seven in one Blow, and the Edinburgh debut of their recent hit, Edgar Oliver's one-man play East 10th Street: Self Portrait with Empty House. In the photo is a scene from Hospital 2009.


In 2010 AXIS will begin the development process of creating a new play based on the 1968 murder of Sylvia Likens. Taken in as a boarder by the Banezewski family, she was tortured to death over a three month period. One of the many extraordinary elements of Sylvia's story is that her protracted murder was carried out by an interchangable gang of normal neighborhood kids and that it was orchestrated by Gertrude Banezewski—the matriarch and only adult involved.

Full article here:
http://www.nytheatre.com/nytheatre/poy_current.php

AXIS Company official website