SPECIMEN - Video

SPECIMEN
Written & Directed by Randall Sharp
May 6 - June 6, 2026
Wednesdays - Saturdays at 7PM
Added Show: Tuesday, May 19 at 7pm
www.axiscompany.org

Adults: $40; Seniors/Students: $20; Artists/Under 30: $10 | Veterans & Active U.S. Service Members and Their Families, FREE

"Specimen" unfolds aboard the Nomad, a failing corporate research vessel drifting near Earth after a disastrous mission. The remaining crew—overworked, underqualified, and emotionally threadbare—have lost every valuable specimen they were contracted to deliver. What remains is bureaucracy, denial, and a desperate hunger for redemption, money, and meaning.

An unexplained internal explosion has left portions of the ship unstable. Communication systems fail intermittently. Recorded material surfaces without request. Signals overlap. The vessel moves through a tactile, industrial interior where nothing is seamless and very little is silent.

When a mysterious pod docks without warning, the crew discovers what they believe to be a miraculous last-minute salvation: a living Andro-Primatus, a rare and immensely valuable being that could secure their careers and erase their failures.

Or is it just a man?

What follows begins to erode the fragile order holding the Nomad together. With systems failing and no reliable authority beyond the hull, the crew must decide how the arrival will be recorded—and what it will be called.

On the Nomad, a designation can determine everything.


With Brian Barnhart, Andrew Dawson, Britt Genelin, Jon McCormick, Julian Rozzell, Jr., Jim Sterling

Featuring video performances by Spencer Aste, Robert Ierardi, Lynn Mancinelli

director: Randall Sharp
stage manager: Laurie Kilmartin
asst. stage manager: Lynn Mancinelli
light designer: David Zeffren
assistant light designer: Amy Harper
composer/sound designer: Paul Carbonara
costume designer: Karl Ruckdeschel
set designer: Randall Sharp, Jon McCormick, Lynn Mancinelli
set decoration: Lynn Mancinelli
set construction: Jon McCormick, Adam Coupertwaite
properties designer: Lynn Mancinelli
video designer: Nicholas Guldner
sound and video engineers: Michael Birnbaum, Chris Bittner
production photography: Regina Betancourt

website & graphic designer: Ethan Crenson
publicity/PR: Everyman Agency

AXIS COMPANY
Artistic Director - Randall Sharp
Producing Director - Brian Barnhart
Executive Producer - Jeffrey Resnick
Technical Director - Jon McCormick

Seating is General Admission and the Running Time is approximately 75 minutes with no intermission.

PLEASE NOTE: Strobe lighting and loud noises used in this production.

Recommended for ages 13 and older.

For information about tickets for Veterans & Active U.S. Service Members and Their Families please email us at [email protected]