Author: James Wallert
Antigone
ANTIGONEA Multi-language Production in English, French, and Spanish Created by Carlos Angel Barajas, MaYaa Boateng, Liv Dunbar, Dalissa Duran, Melissa Friedman, Margaret Ivey, Anthony Vaughn Merchant, Xavier Pacheco, Elena Reyes, Ron Russell, and James Wallert From an original translation and adaptation of Sophocles’ text by Zak Berkman and Ron RussellDirected […]
ENEMIES playbill
Written by Liv Dunbar, Dalissa Duran, Amoy Gill, Jordan Mayo, Meraly Morales, Hailey Petrus, Elena Reyes, and Kyora Wallace Directed By Ron Russell Cast (in order of appearance): Al Slack: Anthony Vaughn MerchantJavi Huerta: Xavier PachecoPetra Benoit-Kiil: Liv DunbarPenelope Stockmann: Margaret IveyTasha Stockmann: Melissa Friedman Codi Benoit-Kiil: Sarin Monae WestMorten Kiil: James Wallert Production Stage Manager: Molly […]
Enemies
ENEMIESan Immersive Adaptation of Ibsen’s ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE Written by Epic Alums Liv Dunbar, Dalissa Duran, Amoy Gill, Jordan Mayo, Meraly Morales, Hailey Petrus, Elena Reyes, and Kyora Wallace Directed By Ron Russell Featuring Epic’s Co-Artistic Directors Melissa Friedman and James Wallert, along with Liv Dunbar, Margaret Ivey, Anthony Vaughn […]
Rainy Days
Here are Thank You letters to teachers collected after performances of Epic Theatre Ensemble’s production of Why Teach.
First Degree Burns
First Degree Burns is an Epic Alumni-written and performed play centered on three friends who are navigating radically different post-secondary trajectories while wrestling with the burden of carrying family dreams on their backs. The play utilizes interviews with students, administrators, and counselors to theatricalize authentic emotional experiences, comically skewer college […]
REMIX: SOCIAL NOMAD
SOCIAL NOMAD – an Epic Remix podcast.When students are treated like numbers… When school is run like a prison… When security is more important than safety… What could possibly go wrong?Written and performed by students from the Evander Childs Educational Campus in Bronx, NY
REMIX: AT THE RIALTO
AT THE RIALTO: A Merchant of Venice REMIX. Shylock is an undocumented immigrant, a Jewish Dominican refugee who escaped Trujillo, making his way as a drug dealer in Washington Heights. When Covid-19 hits the Heights hard, his disloyal former employee Antonio and pal Bassanio need his help; but will they […]