Spotlight: Next Generation
Producing Playwrights Project
Co-led by
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Susan Kelechi Watson | Melissa Friedman |
Emerging playwrights in Epic Next (Epic’s youth theatre company) are mentored by Epic professional artists in the development of new plays that grapple with social issues. The plays are presented in staged workshop productions at Theatre Row.
Monday, May 21, 7:00 PM
Acorn Theatre, Theatre Row
410 W 42nd Street | New York, NY 10036
Workshop productions of two new plays by Epic NEXT playwrights
Featuring a cast of Epic NEXT actors
Melanol
After Ebony is accused of being a “Whack Black”, she turns to the new prescription drug Melanol.
But when Melanol appears to her as kind of Fairy Godmother, things do not go as Ebony expected.
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Knot in my stomach
“The women in the Dominguez family are cursed!” Ophelia does not believe her mother or grandmother when she hears this.
But then a series of events makes her question whether or not her life is ruled by destiny or choice.
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Program sponsors
Megan Nicklas and Susan Kelechi Watson