10th Installment Of Axis Company's Serial HOSPITAL 2009 Begins 6/11

Axis Company will present the 10th installment of its annual downtown cult favorite HOSPITAL serial beginning June 11th. Written by Randy Sharp & Axis Company, HOSPITAL 2009 is conceived and directed by Randy Sharp at Axis Theatre.

Axis Company's episodic multimedia play HOSPITAL examines the interior life of a man in a terminal coma. Entering this state in a different way every year, The Audience travels with him as he lives out his last few days roaming the vast, dark interiors of his own brain. Although HOSPITAL is a serial play, each evening can be viewed separately as a self-contained, short play.

In HOSPITAL 2009, an astronaut is sitting listening to music in the NOMAD, an escape pod connected to the mothership EARHART. When he accidentally releases the connector arm, his tiny ship hurtles uncontrollably into space. There is the possibility that he has sustained a life threatening brain injury during the accident, but his consciousness is travelling in the void. Waiting for rescue, the astronaut is visited by friends and memories. He thinks he might even be back on Earth, but then he finds himself travelling to destinations not on NASA's flight plan. The final journey of the possibly comatose astronaut, who might be in his apartment after all, is played out against the backdrop of one human being's heart-breaking spirit.

The production stars Spencer Aste, Brian Barnhart, Regina Betancourt, David Crabb, Britt Genelin, Laurie Kilmartin, Lynn Mancinelli, Matt McGorry, Marc Palmieri, Margo Passalaqua, Brian Sloan, Jim Sterling and Blake DeLong with lighting design by David Zeffren & Amy Harper, set design by Kyle Chepulis, sound design by Steve Fontaine, costumes by Elisa Santiago, and cinematography by Ben Wolf.

Through the careful utilization of various media, Axis Company has produced an eclectic series of original and published plays with highly advanced, state of the art technological components that enhance the internal meaning of the material. Past productions include Edgar Oliver's East 10th Street, Buchner's Woyzeck, Beckett's Play, Benjamin Baker's 1848 sensation A Glance at New York and the U.S. premiere of Sarah Kane's Crave, starring Deborah Harry, in addition to numerous original works.

HOSPITAL 2009 runs June 11- July 25, Thursday - Saturday at 8:00pm. Each episode runs for two weeks, except the final episode, which runs for only one weekend. Axis Theatre is located at One Sheridan Square (just off 7th Avenue, accessible from the 1/9 train at Sheridan Square). Tickets are $12 for Adults and $6 for Seniors/Students, available at 212-352-3101 or AxisCompany.org.

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