Author: James Wallert
25th Anniversary Benefit
Featuring amazing performers from our professional and youth companies and exciting special guests like Kathleen Chalfant, Peter Jay Fernandez, and David Strathairn. A wonderful evening aimed at celebrating the incredible impact Epic has made – with your help – on students, schools, and artists across this city! Come celebrate 25 years […]
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On Tour
“Thrilled and honored to welcome the brilliant artists of Epic Theatre Ensemble- all NYC Public School students- to perform for staff today. Living proof that art can change our communities and the world.” — Chancellor Richard A. Carranza, New York City Public Schools Every summer, our youth ensemble is commissioned […]
ANTIGONE playbill
Sponsored by: Created by Carlos Angel Barajas, MaYaa Boateng, Liv Dunbar, Dalissa Duran, Melissa Friedman, Margaret Ivey, Anthony Vaughn Merchant, Xavier Pacheco, Elena Reyes, Ron Russell, and James Wallert From an original translation and adaptation of Sophocles’ text by Zak Berkman and Ron RussellDirected by Ron Russell Cast:Creon: Carlos Angel-BarajasHaemon: Xavier PachecoAntigone: MaYaa BoatengIsmene: Liv DunbarChorus: Margaret IveyGuard: James WallertTiresias: Melissa Friedman Production Stage Manager: Molly […]
Antigone
ANTIGONEA Multi-language Production in English, French, and Spanish Sponsored by Created by Carlos Angel Barajas, MaYaa Boateng, Liv Dunbar, Dalissa Duran, Melissa Friedman, Margaret Ivey, Anthony Vaughn Merchant, Xavier Pacheco, Elena Reyes, Ron Russell, and James Wallert From an original translation and adaptation of Sophocles’ text by Zak Berkman and […]
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: Petra Stockmann: Liv DunbarMario: Dalissa DuranTasha Stockmann: Melissa Friedman CJ: Chrisaury GuzmanAl Slack: Anthony Vaughn MerchantJavi Huerta: Bernard ScudderPenelope Stockmann: Djaka Souaré Morten Kiil: James Wallert Production Stage Manager: Molly Minor EustisSets […]
Enemies
ENEMIESa Trilingual Adaptation of Ibsen’s ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE February 27 through March 21Andrew Freedman Home1125 Grand Concourse, Bronx NY, 10452 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 […]
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 […]
