Dara Epstein

Dara Epstein

Dara (she/they) is a queer interdisciplinary theatre maker with experience in writing, performing, directing, facilitation, and devised theatre. She is a longtime New Yorker with a passion for social justice, politics, and musical theatre. Currently, she is pursuing a second MA in Equity and Advocacy in Theatre Performance at NYU’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study, with an anticipated graduation date of...
Dara (she/they) is a queer interdisciplinary theatre maker with experience in writing, performing, directing, facilitation, and devised theatre. She is a longtime New Yorker with a passion for social justice, politics, and musical theatre. Currently, she is pursuing a second MA in Equity and Advocacy in Theatre Performance at NYU’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study, with an anticipated graduation date of May 2023. She holds an MA in Applied Theatre with Merit from Goldsmiths, University of London and a BA in Theatre with a minor in Sociology from Hunter College. She currently resides in Astoria, Queens with her cat Orpheus.

Plays

  • i could have had the earth by Dara Epstein
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
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    Genre: adaptation, drama + 1 more
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    Keyword: Greek mythology, Persephone + 3 more
    Genre: adaptation, drama, experimental
    Keyword: Greek mythology, Persephone, Hades, orpheus and eurydice, magical realism
    A man and a woman jump off a cliff together. A woman in a wedding dress has run away. They find each other underneath the ground, and they reach out their hands. This new play examines the ways in which we seek connection and manage to love each other even in the most impossible of circumstances.

    i could have had the earth received a staged reading at The Tank in NYC on August 31, 2019.
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    A man and a woman jump off a cliff together. A woman in a wedding dress has run away. They find each other underneath the ground, and they reach out their hands. This new play examines the ways in which we seek connection and manage to love each other even in the most impossible of circumstances.

    i could have had the earth received a staged reading at The Tank in NYC on August 31, 2019.

    The cast and creative team were as follows:

    Julian Abelskamp, he/him, actor
    Nathalie Frederick, she/her, actor
    Cristina (Cha) Ramos, she/ella, actor
    Danielle Feder, she/her, dramaturg
    Kelly O’Donnell, she/her, director
    K. A. Rudolph, she/they, lighting designer

    The first university production was staged at Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, VA from February 16-20, 2022. It was directed by Emma White (she/her).
  • The Heart's Tale by Dara Epstein
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    Genre: adaptation, horror
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    Keyword: Edgar Allan Poe, horror + 1 more
    Genre: adaptation, horror
    Keyword: Edgar Allan Poe, horror, retelling
    A monologue, told from the perspective of the heart beneath the floorboards in Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart."
  • Again. by Dara Epstein
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    Genre: drama
    Genre: drama
    A series of letters and voicemails between two former lovers ends in a surprise (but inevitable) meeting.