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Laundry City at The Graduate Center
Gentrification, segregation, and inequality in New York City public schools On, Tuesday, September 26, in partnership with Columbia University’s Teachers College and the CUNY Graduate Center, Epic’s student written play Laundry City was presented to kick off an event to discuss gentrification, segregation, and inequality in New York City public […]
UNIFORM: A Part to Play (Tier 1)
Photo coverage UNIFORM: A Part to Play Written and Performed by The Epic Next 2017 Tier One Ensemble Click here to see the full album
Tier 2 2017 – Building Blocks: Colorful Minds & Laundry City
Epic NEXT 2017 Tier 2 photo coverage Epic Theatre Ensemble presents Building Block: Colorful Minds Commissioned in partnership with Kupferberg Center for the Arts at Queens College Laundry City Commissioned in partnership with New York Appleseed and Teachers College
Developing Young Thinkers, Actors & Leaders
In 2012, with the support of The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation, we began our most ambitious youth development program: Epic NEXT; Developing Young Thinkers, Actors & Leaders. Through specifically-personalized pairings between artist-mentors and developing young artists, Epic NEXT utilizes a comprehensive, individualized approach to artistic and youth development. The Epic […]
Human Rights Project: Genocide
Epic Theatre Ensemble, in partnership with the Bronx High School for Writing and Communications Arts, presented the conclusion of the Human Rights Project: Genocide. During 20 sessions, Epic’s Teaching Artists, work with high-school students developing a 5-minute original play that explores the social impact of historical events associated with human rights. This […]
Epic’s R&J REMIX Took The Met!
Epic’s Romeo and Juliet REMIX was part of the repertoire! Teens Take The Met! was free and open to all teens 13+ with a middle or high school ID. Check out a video from a past Teens Take The Met! Teens Take The MET on social media: #metteens Tweets […]
AD ASTRA
Epic Theatre Ensemble presented a special reading of James Wallert’s new play AD ASTRA What are we willing to sacrifice to take one giant leap for mankind? A new play based on the true story of Wernher von Braun, Chief Rocket Engineer of the Third Reich and one of the […]
Laundry City
About Laundry City Over 60 years after Brown v. Board of Education, New York City is one of the most segregated school districts in the United States. Conceived, written, and performed by NYC Public High School students, LAUNDRY CITY is a hilarious and provocative exploration of what “Separate but […]