Epic Theatre Ensemble is a company of artists and activists dedicated to creating theatrical events Off-Broadway and in the NYC Public Schools that inspire vital dialogue about social, ethical, and political issues.
Apart from his professional activities Mr. Martin serves on a number of boards and has financed the development of a number of successful Off-Broadway plays and films. Mr. Martin is Chairman of EPIC Theatre Ensemble, a New York based Off –Broadway OBIE award winning theatre organization. The Kumi and Bill Martin Foundation sponsors the annual Sunshine Series within EPIC, which has presented several plays for the first time Off-Broadway including 2007 OBIE award winning “NO CHILD…”, among others. On November 4, 2009, EPIC won the first President’s “Coming Up Taller” Award for the Arts and Humanities from President and Mrs. Obama for our Shakespeare Remix program in New York City inner city schools.
In the Spring of 2011 EPIC’s production of Sarah Ruhls’ “Passion Play“ was a finalist in the Top Three Plays in New York, on or off Broadway.
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