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ENEMIES playbill
Written by Liv Dunbar, Dalissa Duran, Amoy Gill, Jordan Mayo, Meraly Morales, Hailey Petrus, Elena Reyes, and Kyora Wallace Directed By Ron Russell Cast (in order of appearance): Al Slack: Anthony Vaughn MerchantJavi Huerta: Xavier PachecoPetra Benoit-Kiil: Liv DunbarPenelope Stockmann: Margaret IveyTasha Stockmann: Melissa Friedman Codi Benoit-Kiil: Sarin Monae WestMorten Kiil: James Wallert Production Stage Manager: Molly […]
Enemies
ENEMIESan Immersive Adaptation of Ibsen’s ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE Written by Epic Alums Liv Dunbar, Dalissa Duran, Amoy Gill, Jordan Mayo, Meraly Morales, Hailey Petrus, Elena Reyes, and Kyora Wallace Directed By Ron Russell Featuring Epic’s Co-Artistic Directors Melissa Friedman and James Wallert, along with Liv Dunbar, Margaret Ivey, Anthony Vaughn […]
Rainy Days
Here are Thank You letters to teachers collected after performances of Epic Theatre Ensemble’s production of Why Teach.
First Degree Burns
First Degree Burns is an Epic Alumni-written and performed play centered on three friends who are navigating radically different post-secondary trajectories while wrestling with the burden of carrying family dreams on their backs. The play utilizes interviews with students, administrators, and counselors to theatricalize authentic emotional experiences, comically skewer college […]
Education Benefit
Presented In Honor of Epic Board Member Meredith Suzanne Elliott (1970-2023) 6:00pm: Cocktails6:30pm: Special performance of Epic’s production of FixED, or You Do Not Exist7:30pm: Awards presentationInspiring Partner: Matt Gonzales, Director of the Education Justice Research and Organizing Collaborative (EJROC) at the NYU Metro CenterInspiring Alum: Aimé Donna Kelly8:00pm: Evening concludes […]
REMIX: SOCIAL NOMAD
SOCIAL NOMAD – an Epic Remix podcast.When students are treated like numbers… When school is run like a prison… When security is more important than safety… What could possibly go wrong?Written and performed by students from the Evander Childs Educational Campus in Bronx, NY
REMIX: AT THE RIALTO
AT THE RIALTO: A Merchant of Venice REMIX. Shylock is an undocumented immigrant, a Jewish Dominican refugee who escaped Trujillo, making his way as a drug dealer in Washington Heights. When Covid-19 hits the Heights hard, his disloyal former employee Antonio and pal Bassanio need his help; but will they […]
REMIX: ADDICTED
Maryweather Hamlet’s life is spiraling out of control: her father, Head Coach Hamlet of the Copenhagen HS Fencing Team, has disappeared; a new coach, Claudius, is taking over her team and spending way too much time with her mother; her boyfriend Ophelio has a dangerous secret; and her recreational drug […]