Send for the Million Men
The “crime of the century” of the 1920’s jolts to life in modern day New York City in Joseph Silovsky’s micro-history multimedia tale, Send for the Million Men. With a compelling command of animatronics, robotics, puppetry, and handmade projectors, Silovsky examines the controversial executions of notorious anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti. Their bleak fates intertwine with Silovsky’s own micro-tragic biography in a humorous and captivating history-rethink.
Send for the Million Men was commissioned, developed, and produced through the HERE Artist Residency Program (HARP). It has received generous funding from the Jim Henson Foundation, the Axe-Houghton Foundation, and The Puffin Foundation. The work also received support from St. Ann’s Puppet Lab, DPI (Digital Performance Institute) residency, LMCC (Process Space), Mount Tremper Arts, The Knockdown Center, and Associated Hole Productions, a division of Radiohole.
Send for the Million Men played from Dec 3 – Dec 13, 2014 in the Mainstage Theatre.