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EPIC Players is launching its Eighth Season of Accessible Classes for Neuro-divergent Artists, taught by Industry Professionals, including an inclusive program for Neuro-divergent and Disabled teens: EPIC Junior. Tuition is free for all company members and only $15 for non-members. For more information, visit https://www.epicplayersnyc.org/classes . Knowledge is Power. EPIC works to empower its artists through access to skills based and professional development classes in the performing arts, so they may grow in their craft, their careers, and their community. All classes are FREE for EPIC company members and range in topics from performing arts, design, and professional development. EPIC classes are designed and led according to our “BE EPIC” method for adaptive, inclusive and individualized instruction. Each class features a lead/co teaching artist, a class supervisor and at least two EPIC Mentors, who serve as friends and coaches to provide individualized support as needed. EPIC off...

EPIC Players ' production of Spring Awakening will run at A.R.T./New York Theatres , The Mezzanine Theatre, from May 9-19, 2024. Use code ‘SPRING’ for 30% off Spring Awakening tickets for May 9 – 19 at @artny72 My Whole Life’s a Test In Spring Awakening ’s most well-known, and often most-censored song, “The Bitch of Living,” a group of disaffected teenage students belt out lyrics describing their individual sexual awakenings and, more than that, their awakening to the idea that life is, perhaps, meaningless. Of course the sexual lyrics take the focus for the prurient, but the song’s expression of longing for some meaning to all of the pain is what sets the tone for the whole show. Indeed, the existential teenagers express, “God, my whole life’s, like, some test.” And the song ends with the gapping and emptying realization: “And, knowing this is it. God, is this it? This can't be it. Oh, God, what a bitch.” Last week I attended a rehearsal of EPIC Players ’ upcoming performan...