“Epic Duets” is a one-night-only evening to celebrate and support Epic’s education programs. It’s a unique opportunity to experience first-hand Epic’s impact in empowering youth voice through theatrical creation and songwriting, be inspired by our
Date: Monday, April 6, 2020
Time: 7:00 PM (doors open at 5:00 PM)
Location: Feinstein’s / 54 Below (254 W 54th St. Cellar, NYC 10019)
At Epic, we believe in the voices of young people. We believe that their optimism, energy, and insightfulness, can, when harnessed, lengthen the arc of social justice and provide massive uplift to their communities. We also believe that participation in theatre is a uniquely powerful tool to help young people discover their voices, especially for those who have long lacked access in under-resourced communities and under-funded schools.
The Epic theatre experience goes beyond self-expression; it is a young person’s Epic story of “firsts.” For most, Epic is the first time they join a group, collaborate on a project, adhere to a schedule, raise their voice, tell their story, and create beauty, not to mention set foot on a stage and act in a play they built.
Epic’s impact doesn’t stop there. In fact, the Epic magic stays with our students as they leave the high-school stage and begin a life of new firsts – from that first day of college, to the first day of a new job – and then onto to becoming employees, supervisors, parents and citizens of the world, often relying on their Epic “firsts” as a foundation. Epic provides the stage where firsts can emerge, giving students the confidence, perspective, experience and opportunity for a more successful future. Young people who work with Epic over four years of high school have a stunning college attendance and retention rate of 98%, more than double that of their peers. It costs Epic only $1,250 to empower a young person for four years inside and beyond high school, ultimately helping these students matriculate into college. We are proud to report that the average Epic alumnus receives over $25,000 in merit-based financial aid towards their higher education, yielding a 20x return on investment.
Past performers include:
 | Sasha Hutchings Sasha Hutchings was most recently seen as Laurey Williams in Oklahoma!, winner of the Tony Award for Best Revival. She is notably an original cast member of Hamilton: An American Musical. Additional theatre credits include the Broadway companies of My Fair Lady, Rocky, Motown, and Memphis, and the off-Broadway revival of Sweet Charity with Sutton Foster. Sasha appeared as Paula Kelly on Fosse/Verdon (FX), additional TV credits include The Bold Type (Freeform), Jessica Jones (Marvel), Master of None (Netflix), Blue Bloods (CBS), and The Dangerous Book for Boys (Amazon). Sasha is honored to be a member of EPIC’s Artist Advisory Council. |
 | Aaron Krohn Broadway: Cabaret, Macbeth, The Farnsworth Invention, The Coast of Utopia, Julius Caesar, Henry IV, and The Invention of Love. Stratford Shakespeare Festival: The Homecoming, Twelfth Night, and Henry inHenry V. Sam Mendes’s Bridge Project. Off-Broadway: Coriolanus (Red Bull); Clive (the New Group); The Glass Cage and Echoes of the War (Mint theater). Regional: Summer (La Jolla Playhouse); Folger Shakespeare Theatre, Westport Country Playhouse, Hartford Stage, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, The Old Globe, and the Alley Theatre. Film and TV: I Love You But I Lied; Boardwalk Empire; Law & Order: SVU; and Welcome to New York. Master’s Degree from The Old Globe Theatre. |
 | Jacob Ming - Trent Jacob has appeared made a career on stage, television and film. He recently wrapped the first season of the TV series White Famous currently airing on Showtime. Prior to that, he was seen as Mose in AMC’s Feed The Beast. Other TV appearances include Law & Order, Bored To Death, 30 Rock, Unforgettable and High Maintenance. He can be seen in the upcoming film Cadaver. Other films include Julie Taymor’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream as well as Forbidden Love and Fort Green. On Broadway he appeared in Hands On A Hardbody and Shrek The Musical. His Off-Broadway credits include Twelfth Night, Cymbeline, Father Comes Home from the Wars (Lortel Award for Best Supporting Actor), The Tempest (The Public); Julie Taymor’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Merchant of Venice (TFANA); On the Levee (Lincoln Center); Mother Courage (CSC); Dispatches from (A)mended America, Widowers’ Houses, (Epic Theatre Ensemble). |
 | Javier Muñoz Javier Munoz is best known for starring as "Alexander Hamilton" in the hit musical HAMILTON on Broadway for the last two years , after Lin-Manuel Miranda departed the show (and was his alternate prior to that). He got his break starring as "Usnavi" in IN THE HEIGHTS on Broadway, also created by Miranda, also starting as his alternate. Javier is also an outspoken activist for LGBTQ+ rights. |
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