Epic's Director of Education and Director of the Shakespeare Remix Program Melissa Friedman, Shakespeare Remix Participant Shana Brown and First Lady Michelle Obama Photo

From: Photo Flash: 2009 Coming Up Taller Award White House Ceremony

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 participant Shana Brown traveled to Washington, D.C., yesterday for a White House ceremony hosted by First LadyMichelle Obama to accept the award.