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New York runs on water. From the steam system that heats and electrifies the five boroughs, to the water that flows from millions of taps, without it there is no city. Until 1970 two ancient tunnels, both at least 73 years old, were the only conduit. As far underground as the Chrysler Building is tall, teams of "sandhogs" risk their lives digging the path for the new Water Tunnel #3. Every day, far down beneath the feet of all New Yorkers, below the subway and the sewer, the sandhogs live their days in a dangerous, subterranean universe.

HOSPITAL 2008 takes place in the aftermath of a catastrophic collapse of part of this tunnel. Three men are trapped beneath the city streets, in a part of the system that is unrecognizable to them. As they attempt to find their individual ways back to the surface, it becomes clear that something beyond normal comprehension may have occurred deep beneath the capital of the world.

Axis Company presents the 9th installment of its annual HOSPITAL serial. This episodic play 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 2008 is a serial play, each evening can be viewed separately as a self-contained, short play.



The production stars

*Paul Marc Barnes
*Brian Barnhart
*Regina Betancourt
*David Crabb
*George Demas
*Joe Fuer
*Britt Genelin
*Laurie Kilmartin
Lynn Mancinelli
*Marc Palmieri
*Edgar Oliver
*Tom Pennacchini
*Jim Sterling
*Ian Tooley

director & original music by Randy Sharp
stage manager Edward Terhune
sound design/music production & arrangements Steve Fontaine
light design David Zeffren
set design Kyle Chepulis
costume design-stage & film Matthew Simonelli
asst. stage manager Marlene Berner
assistant light design Amy Harper
set construction Josh Higgason
properties-stage & film Alexis Weiss
asst. costume design-film Elisa Santiago
cinematography Ben Wolf
film editor Laura Weinberg
sound technician David Balutanski
website & graphic designer Ethan Crenson
publicity/pr Ron Lasko/Spin Cycle
photographer Dixie Sheridan
box office/intern Kara Hayes

THANK YOU

Angel Roman, Department of Environmental Protection - New York
Bob Diamond, Brooklyn Historic Railway Association

This production is made possible by a generous grant from the Peter Jay Sharp Foundation.

The Producers wish to thank the tdf Costume Collection (NYC) for its assistance in this production.

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*Actors appear courtesy of Actors Equity





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Hospital 2008 video:
Hospital 2008 premise film
Sandy's Scenarios from Hospital 2008 - Episode 4





Purchase:
Plays and Playwrights 2009

Plays and Playwrights 2009
An Anthology
Edited by Martin Denton
Featuring Hospital 2008 by Randy Sharp & Axis Company

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