Evenstar Productions presents
NYC production of Awake in the Dark
Based on Shira Nayman’s book with music by Ben Moore
December 5-7, 2024 at 7pm and December 8, 2024 at 3pm
The Flea Theater (20 Thomas Street, NYC 10007)
Tickets are $25
Awake in the Dark follows a young woman’s return to her childhood home where she discovers a
startling family secret.
This theater performance is based on Nayman’s widely praised book, Awake in
the Dark, described by The Atlantic Magazine as “A haunting excursion into the past…a literary page-turner with a classic O. Henry twist.” The NY Times said, “The essential subject of Awake in the Dark is memory…like Chinese boxes: boxes within boxes within boxes.” Newsday wrote, “beautiful and deftly plotted…like nothing out there,” and The Cleveland Plain Dealer wrote, “plotted in that perfect way that stops our breath even as our brain hums with pleasure at the inevitable, internal logic.”
Original music is by Ben Moore, whom Opera News has praised for “the easy tunefulness” and “romantic sweep” of his work, and The New York Times has called “brilliant” and “gorgeously lyrical.”
Written by Shira Nayman
Music by Ben Moore
Starring Antoinette LaVecchia* & Juliana Sass*
*Appearing courtesy of Actors Equity
Association. An Equity approved showcase
Musicians: Jack Kessler (viola); Nathaniel LaNasa (piano);
Todd Palmer (clarinet)
Directed by Maria Mileaf
Set Design by Neil Patel
Lighting Design by Matthew Richards
Costume Design by Katherine Roth
books by shira
new book coming October 31st, 2024
Shoreline, A memoir of wandering, friendship, and finding home, will be published by Guernica World Editions
2024
Awake in the Dark
Bold and deeply affecting, Awake in the Dark is a provocative and haunting work of fiction about who we are and how we are formed by history.
The Listener
Set against the backdrop of the insanity of war, The Listener explores the havoc historical trauma plays with the psyche, and illuminates the uncertain boundary between sanity and insanity.
A Mind of Winter
A Mind of Winter is a complex, page-turning, literary psychological thriller, which takes up a rich array of themes: the ways in which we choose our beliefs and build our lives and the ways in which circumstances inevitably shape personal identity and destiny.
River
River is the story of a fourteen-year-old girl who travels back in time, and across continents, encountering her maternal forbears when they were her age.
Meet Shira
Her work has appeared in numerous publications, including The Atlantic Monthly, The Georgia Review, New England Review, and Boulevard. She is the recipient of three year-long grants from the Australia Council for the Arts Literature Board, and is a recent MacDowell Fellow.
