[1] As well staging well known traditional plays,[2] its productions often focus on promoting engaged citizenship and social change.
[3] The Epic Theatre Ensemble was founded in 2001 by original members Ron Russell, Melissa Friedman, Zak Berkman, James Wallert, Teri Lamm, Craig Rovere, and Shaheen Vaaz.
[4] Significant productions include the 2010 rendition of Sarah Ruhl’s Passion Play[5][6][7] and Pike Street in 2015.
[8][9] In 2012, the theatre received funding from the National Endowment for the Arts to create a contemporary interpretation of Shakespeare's MacBeth.
[13] In 2016, Epic Theatre Ensemble presented 10467, a fifty-minute play that discusses educational equity in New York City's public schools.