The Episodic Theatre Project
“Melissa and Lianna have thoughtfully created a space to launch the next generation of theatre artists.”
- Nicky Longo (Director in Season 2)
Reviews
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“As a writer, opportunities to see your own work produced are few and far between. And yet, hearing work aloud is vital to understanding the way it functions in real time. It was such a gift to be able to work with stellar actors on very malleable material. Given the space and time to explore, we were able to make leaps we never would have reached strictly on the page.”
Liv Wilson (Season 1 Writer)
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"The multi-week nature of the process was a unique experience that both left me satisfied at the end of each episode and kept me coming back for more each week. Over the course of the project, I became invested in the characters' journeys and looked forward to diving deeper into the spotlighted character in each episode, coming back again and again to collect each piece of the full story."
Billy Issertell (Audience Member)
The Episodic Theatre Project (ETP) is a New York City-based collective that presents a serialized theatrical presentation each spring based on a different theme: one epic story told over five self-contained plays. ETP aims to create community among audiences and artists on the precipice of their careers by pushing the limits of the theatrical medium and reigniting a passion for live performance. It embraces and pushes the boundaries of how addictive theatre can be, and just like your favorite television show, have you wanting to watch the whole series.
Who We Are
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Charlie Foster (left) and Leah Getz (right) in BARDCORE (Season 1); photo by Samori Etienne
Our Mission
To provide professional collaboration and risk taking opportunities for emerging artists, especially women and artists of color (the majority of our artists), and bring new audiences to the theatre.
SPRING 2025- SEASON 2: DON’T TURN AROUND NOW
SYNOPSIS:
Within the walls of Knife’s Point’s popular diner, secrets are brewing faster than a pot of Maxwell House. If charismatic millionaire Manny has their way, a new Arts District on Main Street will become the next big arts hub, overrun with artists, deep-pocketed tourists, magazine features... and murder plots? While locals are excited that their sleepy town will soon be revived, a few characters from Manny’s past will stop at nothing to prevent the Arts District plans from coming to fruition. Can Knife’s Point withstand the burden of small-town drama, or will their coffee cups runneth over?
CAST
Gabe Calleja as Orlando
Saidie Stone as Cleo
Walter Higginbotham as Manny
Aubree Chanel Dixon as Sabrina
Aditi Sanghavi as Dot
SEASON 1: BARDCORE (2024)
SYNOPSIS:
Trouble doth ensue at the Baltimore Area Renaissance Faire when the Monarch and Creative Director impulsively announces the fair is closing and she’s dumping all three of her polyamorous partners. Shocked and heartbroken, her fellow employees and lovers—a depressed jester, toxically chivalrous knight, and metaphysically troubled tarot reader—traverse the five stages of grief as they mourn their utopian summer and relationships, and prepare to re-enter the real world.
CAST
Alyssa James (mother / land at Theatre Row) as Monarch
Charlie Foster (THE GARCIAS on HBO) as Oracle
Leah Getz (World Premiere of LA COCINA) as Jester
Major Curda (KPOP on Broadway) as Knight
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Ep 3. BARGAINING
Director- Lee Melillo
Lead writers- Duncan Miller and Liv Wilson with contributions by Ben Holbrook
Thursday, May 2nd 2024
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