Photo Coverage: Inside Opening Night of BECAUSE I COULD NOT STOP: An Encounter with Emily Dickinson

Angelica Page plays the title role BECAUSE I COULD NOT STOP: An Encounter with Emily Dickinson. Opening Night was Thursday, September 27th, and BroadwayWorld was there! Check out the photos below!

Kicking off the 2018 - '19 season, ERC's 18th, BECAUSE I COULD NOT STOP: An Encounter with Emily Dickinson is written by James Melo and directed by Donald T. Sanders. This limited Off-Broadway engagement runs through October 21st only. Performances are in The Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre at The Pershing Square Signature Center (480 West 42nd Street between Dyer and 10th Avenues).

Live chamber music is performed by Victoria Lewis (violin), Mélanie Clapiès (violin), Chieh-Fan Yiu (viola), Ari Evan (cello), joined by ERC Co-Artistic Director Max Barros on piano and soprano Kristina Bachrach.

BECAUSE I COULD NOT STOP: An Encounter with Emily Dickinson has scenic and costume design by Vanessa James, lighting design by Beverly Emmons, and projection design by David Bengali. ERC's 2018-'19 Season is cast by Geoff Josselson, CSA.

Photo Credit: Walter McBride