All of Epic Theatre Ensemble’s programming is designed to place a theatrical experience at the center of a larger public dialogue about vital social issues. As a part of that effort, our Off-Broadway productions include a Post-Show Forum Series where guest speakers join our company onstage to discuss the key questions and ideas that emerged with our audiences. A Forum Discussion follows every performance.
For Mahida’s Extra Key to Heaven guest speakers included:
Ahmani Ahmed, Founder/President of Palestine Awareness Committee at Bard High School Early College
George Andreopoulos, Director, Center for International Human Rights, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York.
Bruce Andrews, Poet; Associate Professor of Political Science, Fordham University
Anthony Arnove, Author of Iraq: The Logic of Whitdrawal; Editor, with Howard Zinn, of Voices of a People’s History of the United States
David Berreby, Author of Us and Them: The Science of Identity
Alyson Cole, Professor of Political Science, Queens College/ CUNY
Oz Frankel, Assistant Professor, Committee on Historical Studies, New School for Social Research
Lela P. Love, Professor of Law, Director of the Kukin Program for Conflict Resolution and the Cardozo Mediation Clinic, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Priscilla Murolo, Professor of Women’s History, Sarah Lawrence College
Evan Resnick, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Yeshiva University
Julian Zelizer, Princeton University; author of Arsenal of Democracy: The Politics of National Security from World War II to the War on Terrorism
New York Council for the Humanities
Made possible in part by funds from the New York Council for the Humanities, a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities