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Trinity 5:29 Hospital 2009 East 10th Street Gluetrap Seven In One Blow Hospital 2008 East 10th Street Seven in One Blow A Glance at New York Seven in One Blow Levittown Hospital 2006 Seven in One Blow Not Yet Diagnosed Hospital 2005 Seven in One Blow In Token of My Admiration Hospital 2004 Seven In One Blow Hospital 2003 A Glance at New York USS Frankenstein Seven in One Blow Oppenheimer Julius Caesar Seven in One Blow Hospital 2001 Freeman Watts Listen Houdini Welcome Houdini Hospital 2000 Woyzeck Crave Frankenstein Play Picture This Hospital 1999 Hospital 1997 images | cast and crew | description | virtual tour | video | reviews photos: Dixie Sheridan (click to enlarge) Axis Theatre Company, Brian Barnhart & Richard Jordan Productions Ltd in Association with David Elliott Presents East 10th Street: Self Portrait with Empty House written and performed by Edgar Oliver August 6 – 16, 2009 Traverse Theatre Edinburgh, Scotland Axis Company Presents East 10th Street: Self Portrait with Empty House written and performed by Edgar Oliver February 12 – 28, 2009 Axis Theatre 1 Sheridan Square director: Randy Sharp light design: David Zeffren assistant light design: Amy Harper sound design: Steve Fontaine website & graphic designer: Ethan Crenson press - Martin Shippen Arts Marketing & Media photographer: Dixie Sheridan AXIS COMPANY artistic director: Randy Sharp producing director: Brian Barnhart executive producer: Jeffrey Resnick Axis Company presents EAST 10TH STREET: SELF PORTRAIT WITH EMPTY HOUSE, a new play by and about Downtown performance icon Edgar Oliver and directed by Randy Sharp. This look at a life on the fringes of New York's Lower East Side comes on the heels of what could be Oliver's breakthrough role in the upcoming film from Napoleon Dynamite's Jared Hess, Gentlemen Broncos (opposite Sam Rockwell), as well as a national advertising campaign for mobile phones in Ireland that has become a cult phenomenon. In EAST 10TH STREET: SELF PORTRAIT WITH EMPTY HOUSE, long-standing, downtown theatre icon Edgar Oliver takes the audience on a fantastic voyage through the strange rooms of the apartment house where he has lived since his first years in New York. Inhabiting the dark, mysterious halls of an East Village tenement building are a dwarf Cabalist, a possible Nazi, the landlord's former wet nurse who apparently lives in a nest of rags, and many other memorable persons. Edgar leads the audience up to the final room, his own, at the top of the derelict stairs, wherein lie the secrets of his own family and the unbelievable odyssey that brought him there. This incredible cast of characters illuminate the sad, funny, brilliant and deeply personal story. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Georgia native Edgar Oliver started performing in New York at the Pyramid in the mid-1980's alongside artists including Hapi Phace, Kenbra Pfahler, Samoa and playwright Kestutis Nakas. As a playwright, many of Oliver's plays have been staged at La MaMa and other downtown NYC theatres, including The Seven Year Vacation, The Poetry Killer, Hands in Wartime, Motel Blue 19, and Mosquito Succulence. As a stage actor, he has performed in countless plays including Edward II with Cliplight Theater, Marc Palmieri's Carl the Second, Lipsynka's Dial M for Model, and numerous productions at Axis including A Glance at New York (Edinburgh Festival & NYC), Julius Caesar, USS Frankenstein, Hospital, and Seven in One Blow. Edgar is also one of the most beloved story tellers at The Moth. His film roles include That's Beautiful Frank, Henry May Long (directed by Axis' Randy Sharp) and Gentlemen Broncos. His published works include A Portrait of New York by a Wanderer There, Summer and The Man Who Loved Plants (published by Panther Books). For Mr. Supter, Frances, Donald, Edwin, Freddie, Helen and always for Jason. This production is made possible by a generous grant from the Peter Jay Sharp Foundation. Purchase: East 10th Street: Self Portrait with Empty House By Edgar Oliver Published by: Dramatist's Play Service read the full review read the full review read the full review read the full review read the full review read the full review read the full review read the full review read the full review read the full review read the full review read the full review read the full review read the full review read the full review read the full review

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