Epic Theatre Ensemble most recently produced the New York Premiere of Sarah Ruhl's Passion Play. Previously we commissioned, developed, and premiered Nilaja Sun’s No Child... (prior to its commercial transfer and national tour), Palace of the End by Judith Thompson (Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, Amnesty International Freedom of Expression Prize), A More Perfect Union by Vern Thiessen, and Beauty on the Vine by Zak Berkman (featuring Olivia Wilde). Other premiere productions include A Hard Heart by Howard Barker (featuring Kathleen Chalfant), Einstein's Gift by Vern Thiessen (featuring Aasif Mandvi and Shawn Elliott), Hannah and Martin by Kate Fodor (featuring David Strathairn), and Habitat by Judith Thompson. We also have presented revivals of George Bernard Shaw’s Widowers’ Houses (adapted by Ron Russell and Godfrey L. Simmons, Jr.), Little Eyolf by Henrik Ibsen, and Time and the Conways by J.B. Priestley. These plays have received OBIE, OTTO, Lucille Lortel, Drama League, and Outer Critics Circle Awards.