Room to Swing an Ax
Sat, Oct 17
|Citizens Bank Theater
From the team that brought you last year's "spellbinding!" (Kevin Smith, Dogma) The Devil & Daisy Dirt comes a brand-new fever-dream hoedown, featuring the critically acclaimed writer/performer Alex Dawson and the award-winning folk singer Arlan Feiles.
Time & Location
Oct 17, 2026, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM
Citizens Bank Theater, 72 Eyland Ave, Succasunna, NJ 07876, USA
About the event
An Audio-Biography & Southern Gothic Song Cycle
From the team that brought The Devil & Daisy Dirt to the RAA stage last year comes an entirely new evening of storytelling, music, and Southern Gothic folklore.
Critically acclaimed writer and storyteller Alex Dawson and award-winning folk singer-songwriter Arlan Feiles combine spoken word with ten original biographical ballads to tell the strange, haunting, and sometimes brutal story of Dawson's childhood on a horse farm in rural Alabama.
Part memoir, part concert, and part Southern Gothic ghost story, Room to Swing an Ax travels through a world of witches in the woods, snakes in the lake, ghosts in the barn, family legends, hard truths, and the kind of stories that become almost mythical with time.
Described as “a unique and powerful fusion of storytelling and music” by Jay Lustig of NJArts, the show has also earned praise from acclaimed authors:
“Wonderful!” — Daniel Wallace, Big…