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 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.

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.

Scripts

i could have had the earth

by Dara Epstein

1
Cast Size
3
Genre
adaptation,
drama,
experimental

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...

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).

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The Heart's Tale

by Dara Epstein

Cast Size
1
Genre
adaptation,
horror

A monologue, told from the perspective of the heart beneath the floorboards in Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart."

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

Cast Size
2
Genre
drama

A series of letters and voicemails between two former lovers ends in a surprise (but inevitable) meeting.

A series of letters and voicemails between two former lovers ends in a surprise (but inevitable) meeting.