AXEMAN'S JAZZ
Staged reading of original full-length play written by Matthew LaChiusa
Presented by MORPHINE HEART PRODUCTIONS
- Description
- From 1917 to 1919 a series of bizarre axe-murders shocked New Orleans. With no suspects in sight, the police were baffled by the case and the denizens hid in fear as many claimed the killer was a demon. Then in March 1919, a letter was sent to The Times Picayune informing the citizens and police that if the city played jazz all night they would be spared from the axe. Those who did not faced dire consequences. The city obliged and shortly after the killings stopped and the Axeman never returned to New Orleans. "Axeman's Jazz" centers upon this story on how the lives of hoodoo-voodoo "doctor" Jaquinne and a city detective, Talbot, are effected by the killings and how they, and an assorted cast of characters, come to terms with their lives, and hereafter.
- Featuring
- Janel Bridges; Arianna Boykins; Hugh Davis; Thomas LaChiusa; Giantone Moore
- Admission
- pay-what-you-can
Buffalo Infringement Festival