Epic Theatre Ensemble

The Passion Coalition Festival kicked off on March 23 with "Passion Action," a Fort Greene community event at the Irondale Center where local artists and residents shared songs, spoken word, live music, readings and discussion about devotion, faith and religion. We had a performance by the Lafayette Inspirational Ensemble perform two moving songs accompanied by a pianist, readings from WIDOWER'S HOUSES performed by Jacob Ming-Trent, James Wallert, Godfrey L. Simmons, Jr. and Darci Fulcher, performances on the harmonica and guitar by Seth & Asher Baumrin, a sneak peek at James Wallert's new musical SAVE EL CIDa spoken word piece by Velez Moore and a scene from Epic's upcoming production of Sarah Ruhl's PASSION PLAY, performed by Hale Appleman and Kate Turnbull.