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Tunie, Byrne & Seganti Head Epic Theatre Ensemble 'AS THE EPIC TURNS' Benefit
by Eddie Varley - March 23, 2009 New York's OBIE Award-winning Epic Theatre Ensemble (Zak Berkman, Melissa Friedman, Ron Russell, Executive Directors) will present a two-evening event: As The Epic Turns, a benefit to support its esteemed after-school 'Shakespeare Bridge Project' programs. Under the direction of Zak Berkman, the 90-...
Rover Dramawerks Presents Epic Proportions, Opens 7/16 At The Cox Building Playhouse
by BWW News Desk - July 16, 2009 Rover Dramawerks opens the hilarious comedy Epic Proportions by Larry Coen and David Crane on Thursday, July 16. Performances will be at the Cox Building Playhouse, 1517 H Avenue in Plano (next to the Courtyard Theater), continuing through August 8, 2009, with shows on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturd...
People's Light Theatre Welcomes Berman & Pryor
by Nicole Rosky - February 14, 2011 People's Light & Theatre is pleased to announce that Zak Berkman, a Founding Executive Director of New York's Epic Theatre Ensemble, and Pete Pryor, Co-Founder of Philadelphia's 1812 Productions, will join the Theatre's full-time staff in September as Associate Artistic Directors....
Taproot Theatre Presents THE ODYSSEY, 2/4
by Nicole Rosky - January 14, 2011 On the heels of its most successful season yet, Taproot Theatre Company opens its 35th Anniversary Season with The Odyssey, a mythic tale of epic proportions re-told by playwright Mary Zimmerman with her trademark humor, witty twists and imagination. Homer's ancient Greek epic comes alive with mytho...
Epic Theatre Ensemble Gets Out the Vote With First Vote '08 on 11/3
by Faetra Petillo - September 18, 2008 Epic Theater Ensemble, in partnership with John Jay College of Criminal Justice, will host a one-night only special event to benefit Epic's innovative, civic-minded in-school and after-school education programs. Some of today's top writers and performers will honor a large group of First Time Voter...
Epic Theatre Ensemble Gets Out the Vote With First Vote '08 on 11/3
by BWW News Desk - November 03, 2008 Epic Theater Ensemble, in partnership with John Jay College of Criminal Justice, will host a one-night only special event to benefit Epic's innovative, civic-minded in-school and after-school education programs. Some of today's top writers and performers will honor a large group of First Time Voter...
Epic Theatre to Present Blackburn-Winning PALACE OF THE END
by BWW News Desk - March 11, 2008 Epic Theatre Ensemble (formerly Epic Theatre Center) announced today that it will present the New York Premiere of the new drama, Palace of the End by Judith Thompson. It was also announced yesterday that the Thompson play is the 2008 winner of the prestigious Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for playwr...
Nilaja Sun to Play Coast to Coast Engagements of 'No Child'
by BWW News Desk - October 05, 2007 Direct from a triumphant year-long Off Broadway run, starring the acclaimed teaching artist and solo performer Nilaja Sun brings her tour-de-force exploration of the New York City public school system, No Child…, to theaters across the country for the 2007 - 08 season....
Ruhl's PASSION PLAY Extends Thru 6/5 At The Irondale Center
by BWW News Desk - June 05, 2010 New York's OBIE Award-winning Epic Theatre Ensemble (Zak Berkman, Melissa Friedman, Ron Russell, Founding Executive Directors) today announced that Sarah Ruhl's Passion Play (In The Next Room... or the vibrator play), directed by Mark Wing-Davey (The Singing Forest), will extend for an additional we...
Epic Theatre Ensemble 2010 Spark Gala To Honor James Calleri 3/1
by Gabrielle Sierra - February 25, 2010 The 9th Annual Winter Gala of Epic Theatre Ensemble (titled 'Spark') will be held on Monday, March 1st, 6:00 p.m. at 24 Fifth (24 Fifth Avenue btw. 9th and 10th)....
Nilaja Sun to Play Coast to Coast Engagements of 'No Child'
by BWW News Desk - October 05, 2007 Direct from a triumphant year-long Off Broadway run, starring the acclaimed teaching artist and solo performer Nilaja Sun brings her tour-de-force exploration of the New York City public school system, No Child…, to theaters across the country for the 2007 - 08 season....
EPIC WIN Burlesque Presents: Rated R for Violence 4/22-23
by Gabrielle Sierra - April 01, 2011 EPIC WIN Burlesque Presents: Rated R for Violence on Friday, April 22, 2011; 9:30pm and Saturday, April 23, 2011; 9:30pm for $15...
Photo Flash: 2009 Coming Up Taller Award White House Ceremony
by Eddie Varley - November 05, 2009 New York's OBIE Award-winning Epic Theatre Ensemble's (Zak Berkman, Melissa Friedman, Ron Russell, Founding Executive Directors) Shakespeare Remix after-school program is being nationally recognized with the prestigious 2009 Coming Up Taller Award. Berkman, Russell, Friedman and youth Remix particip...
Epic Theatre Ensemble Launches 9th Season With MAHIDA'S EXTRA KEY TO HEAVEN, Previews Begin 9/16
by Eddie Varley - September 16, 2009 New York's OBIE Award-winning Epic Theatre Ensemble (Zak Berkman, Melissa Friedman, Ron Russell, Founding Executive Directors)...
Epic Theatre Ensemble Presents Receives 2010-11 Shakespeare For A New Generation Grant
by Gabrielle Sierra - May 27, 2010 New York's OBIE Award-winning Epic Theatre Ensemble (Zak Berkman, Melissa Friedman, Ron Russell, Founding Executive Directors) today announced that it is one of 40 nonprofit, professional theater companies that will receive a grant of $25,000 to participate in Shakespeare for a New Generation from J...
AS THE EPIC TURNS Benefit Supports Shakes. Bridge 4/17, 4/18
by BWW News Desk - April 17, 2009 New York's OBIE Award-winning Epic Theatre Ensemble (Zak Berkman, Melissa Friedman, Ron Russell, Executive Directors) will present a two-evening event: As The Epic Turns, a benefit to support its esteemed after-school 'Shakespeare Bridge Project' programs. Under the direction of Zak Berkman, the 90-...
David Strathairn and Melissa Friedman to Star in Staged Reading of Hannah and Martin
by BWW News Desk - November 17, 2010 On Wednesday, November 17 at 7 p.m., the Epic Theatre Ensemble will present a staged reading of Kate Fodor's acclaimed play Hannah and Martin at the Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust. David Strathairn and Melissa Friedman will star in this play about the controversial re...
The Academy Screens The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse 7/20
by BWW News Desk - July 20, 2010 Touted as a $1,000,000 production in 1921, 'The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse' starring Rudolph Valentino, was among the biggest box office hits and artistically lauded successes of the silent era....
Photo Coverage: David Strathairn Honored by Epic Theatre Center
by Ben Strothmann - February 07, 2006 On February 6, Epic Theatre Center member David Strathairn was honored at the company's 5th Annual Gala celebration. ...
Epic Theatre Ensemble Presents SARAH RUHL'S PASSION PLAY, Events Kick Off 3/27
by BWW News Desk - March 27, 2010 New York's OBIE Award-winning Epic Theatre Ensemble (Zak Berkman, Melissa Friedman, Ron Russell, Founding Executive Directors) today announced plans for an ambitious series of events surrounding the highly anticipated New York premiere of Sarah Ruhl's Passion Play, directed by Mark Wing-Davey....
Wayside Theatre Presents REUNION June 4-July 2
by Gabrielle Sierra - May 12, 2011 Wayside Theatre Artistic Director Warner Crocker announced today the performance of Reunion, A Musical Epic in Miniature which will open Wayside Theatre's 50th Golden Anniversary Season. ...
Epic Theatre Ensemble Presents SARAH RUHL'S PASSION PLAY, Events Continue 4/29
by BWW News Desk - April 29, 2010 New York's OBIE Award-winning Epic Theatre Ensemble (Zak Berkman, Melissa Friedman, Ron Russell, Founding Executive Directors) today announced plans for an ambitious series of events surrounding the highly anticipated New York premiere of Sarah Ruhl's Passion Play, directed by Mark Wing-Davey....
Kathleen Chalfant Joins Epic Theatre Ensemble's SHAKESPEARE REMIX MACBETH 12/17-19
by BWW News Desk - December 19, 2009 New York's OBIE Award-winning Epic Theatre Ensemble (Zak Berkman, Melissa Friedman, Ron Russell, Founding Executive Directors) is pleased to welcome acclaimed actor Kathleen Chalfant to the company of its upcoming Shakespeare Remix Macbeth, a product of the troupe's nationally acclaimed after-school...
MAHIDA'S EXTRA KEY TO HEAVEN Extends Through 10/18 At Signature Theatre's Peter Norton Space
by Gabrielle Sierra - October 01, 2009 New York's OBIE Award-winning Epic Theatre Ensemble (Zak Berkman, Melissa Friedman, Ron Russell, Founding Executive Directors) today announced that their world premiere production of Mahida's Extra Key To Heaven has been extended by one week at Signature Theatre's Peter Norton Space (555 West 42nd S...
Epic Theatre Ensemble Launches 9th Season With MAHIDA'S EXTRA KEY TO HEAVEN Starring Hope, Pawk & More; Opens 9/26
by Gabrielle Sierra - August 18, 2009 New York's OBIE Award-winning Epic Theatre Ensemble (Zak Berkman, Melissa Friedman, Ron Russell, Founding Executive Directors)... |
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