Epic Theatre Ensemble
2011-2012 Season
Coming up February through May 2012
Off-Broadway
MACBETH
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Ron Russell
Featuring Melissa Friedman, Godfrey L. Simmons, Jr. and James Wallert
April 14-May 26
47th Street Theatre
Prototype Productions
DISPATCHES FROM (A)MENDED AMERICA
by Brandt Adams and Godfrey L. Simmons Jr.
Directed by Ron Russell
In the month leading up to the 2009 Presidential Inauguration, Godfrey L. Simmons, Jr., a 42-year-old black man, and Brandt Adams, a 25-year-old white man, traveled throughout the American South conducting 100 interviews in an attempt to better understand the significance of the election of America’s first African American President. The interviews were digitally recorded and crafted into an exciting new documentary theatre piece.
HOLD THESE TRUTHS
by Jeanne Sakata
Directed by Lisa Rothe
Inspired by a true story. During World War II in Seattle, University of Washington student Gordon Hirabayashi agonizes over U. S. government orders to forcibly remove and mass incarcerate all people of Japanese ancestry on the West Coast. As he struggles to reconcile his country’s betrayal with his passionate belief in the U. S. Constitution, Gordon journeys toward a greater understanding of America’s triumphs---and a confrontation with its failures.
Sunshine Series
Epic's annual festival nurturing and shining a light on new socially-minded theatre
FLOOD by Michael Brandt
"A well-paid slave is nonetheless a slave." -St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Curt Flood, 1970. Michael Brandt's new play, FLOOD, chronicles the human drama behind the historic fight for civil rights in the national pastime that changed the economics of sports forever.
SUGAR AND NEEDLES by Keith Josef-Adkins
A darkly humorous piece which examines the nature of addiction and explores the question of how to re-integrate recovering addicts into society.
Check back
January 1st
for specific dates and locations for all 2011-2012 programs.