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Misty Copeland (Principal Dancer at ABT) Michael Curry (Visionary Puppet Designer), Natasha Katz (6 time Tony Award Winning Lighting Designer), David Henry Hwang (Playwright, Librettist, and Screenwriter, Tony Award Winner and three-time nominee, three-time OBIE Award Winner, and two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist), Patti Murin (Broadway & TV Actor, Singer, Dancer), Tara Rubin (Casting Agent), Gilles Ste-Croix (Co-Founder of Cirque du Soleil), Paul Tazewell (Tony Award Winning Costume Designer), and Sergio Trujillo (Tony & Olivier Award Winning Choreographer) are all speakers at EPIC. Join a powerhouse line up of dynamic and highly regarded industry leaders from around the world for EPIC.

 

The conference features leaders in the genres of Broadway, West End, Circus, Theatre, Opera, Olympic Ceremonies, the Cruise Industry and more. Never before have these international leaders come together on ONE PLATFORM and together in ONE CONFERENCE for presentations, interviews, and panel discussions. At EPIC, they will share their stories and perspectives about the evolution of the arts and entertainment industry in 50 UNIQUE SESSIONS, representing four pillars: CREATE, PERFORM, DESIGN and PRODUCE.

 

 

A Premium Ticket gives you the 24-hour live conference and replay access for 1 month to watch all of the sessions. With the premium ticket you can view all sessions from all four Pillars in your own time. That’s 50 Hours of Content! 

International Opera singer and Artistic Director at Portland Opera
Lulu Helbæk 

Director and Creative Director for International Ceremonies, Shows, and Theatre

Playwright, Librettist, Screenwriter (M. Butterfly, Chinglish, Flower Drum Song, Disney's Tarzan)
Leslie Ishii

Artistic Director of Perseverance Theatre
Matías Jaime

 Director and Choreographer, founder of Malevo, Argentine Dance Company
Natasha Jean-Bart Dancer

Coach for Circus, Creative Director of WÄTTSSOUL INC
Michael Moloi 

Award winning South African Choreographer, Director, Performing Artist, Designer
Safen Muhammad-

Founder and Executive Director at Art +, working with refugee and IDP children throughout the Kurdistan region
Giuliano Peparini

 Italian Director and Choreographer of Ballet, Circus, and TV
Samantha Robison 

Executive Director of aptART, focusing on sharing artistic experiences with conflict-affected and marginalized youth throughout the world
Ong Keng Sen

Award-winning Singaporean director who weaves traditional Asian arts into contemporary creation, Artistic Director of TheatreWorks
Gypsy Snider

Canadian Co-founder and Artistic Director of The 7 Fingers Artist Collective (Pippin)
Gilles Ste-Croix

Co-founder of Cirque du Soleil
Sergio Trujillo

Tony Award Winning Choreographer for Broadway and TV (Memphis, Ain’t Too Proud)

Canadian Multiple Award Winning Performer and Instructor of Comic Acts
Misty Copeland

Principal Dancer with American Ballet Theatre
Rodney Hicks

Broadway Actor and Playwright (Come From Away, Scottsboro Boys, Rent)
Pavel Kotov

Senior Casting Director at Cirque du Soleil in Montreal
Taaj Jaharah

Trainer and Physical Therapist for Performers and Athletes
Patti Murin

Broadway and TV actor, singer, dancer, Drama League, Outer Critics, and Astaire Award nominee (Frozen, Love’s Labor’s Lost, Lysistrata Jones)
Cha Ramos

Multi-disciplinary Performing Artist, Intimacy and Violence Choreographer (Company, Jagged Little Pill)
Tara Rubin

Casting director for Broadway, Off-Broadway, Tours, and Regional Theatres (Six, Ain’t Too Proud, Dear Evan Hansen, The Phantom of the Opera)
Lorenzo Pisoni

Obie and Drama Desk Award-winning Actor, Broadway Movement Coordinator, and Circus Performer (Circus Kid, Beetlejuice, Frozen)
Bret Shuford

Broadway, TV, and Film Actor, and Life Coach (Wicked, Paramour, The Little Mermaid)
Boris Verkhovsky

Russian Acrobatic and Human Performance Designer, Director-Expert of Human Performance at Cirque du Soleil
Niki Winterson

Theatrical Agent for Film, Theatre, and TV in the UK

Singaporean Lighting Designer for Theatre, Dance, and Concerts
Jeremy Chernick

Broadway Special Effects Designer and Head Designer for JandM Special Effects (Beetlejuice, Harry Potter, Frozen, American Psycho)
Dawn Chiang

Lighting Designer for shows across the world, from Broadway and Regional Theatres to Disney and Circus (Zoot Suit, Show Boat, The Life, New York City Opera resident LD)
Michael Curry

Creative director for Theatre, Spectacle, Opera, Dance, Film, Ceremonies, and Themed Entertainment (Olympics, EPCOT, The Lion King, Cirque du Soleil)
Kerem Demiraqyak

Turkey based, studio director at Audiofil, specializes in combining technology and audio-visual performances
Joe Dulude II

Makeup Designer for TV, Theatre and Film (Wicked, Beetlejuice, Anastasia, Allegiance)
Carin Ford

Sound Engineer on Broadway (The Prom, Shuffle Along, Paradise Square)
Natasha Katz

6-time Tony Award winning Lighting Designer for Theatre, Opera, Dance, and Concerts (Aladdin, An American in Paris, Once, Follies, The Addams Family, The Little Mermaid)
Craig Leo

South African Designer, Puppeteer, and Performing Artist (War Horse, The Handspring Puppet Company)
Vinnie Macri

Australian Projection Designer and Technical Director at The Electric Canvas, specializes in Large Scale and Architectural Projection Mapping
Chris Moylan

German lighting designer for Theatre, Circus, Events, TV, Concerts, Installations, Raves and Clubs
Omar Serna

Senior Event Producer & Video Mapping Expert, Senior Producer, Proshow in Mexico
Paul Tazewell

Tony Award Winning Costume Designer for Broadway, Regional Theatre, Film and Television, Dance, and Opera (Ain’t Too Proud, The Wiz Live!, Hamilton, Memphis)
Mehmet Ünal

Istanbul based Composer and Programmer, combining Music and Technology
Tamás Vaspöri

Co-founder of Maxin10sity and Projection Mapping Artist, based in Budapest

Stage Manager, Educator and Author, Chair of the Stage Management Program at David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University (Choir Boy, Fences, The Lion King)
Joyce Arbucias

Creative Producer at The Imagination House, global leader in content creation for theme parks & cruise ships (Disney, Carnival, Princess, Busch Gardens, Dubai Parks)
Christian Bjerrum

Actor, co-director of Bæredygtig Scenekunst NU, leader of sustainability in performing arts in Denmark
Molly Braverman ​

Stage Manager and Director of Broadway Green Alliance (Wicked)
Ken Davenport

Tony Award winning Broadway Producer and founder of TheaterMakersStudio.com
Scott Givens

President of FiveCurrents, International Ceremonies and Large Scale Events
Richard Hester

Production Supervisor for Jersey Boys around the world
Gareth Hulance

UK based Show Caller and PSM of Large Scale Events, founder of cue2cue
Peter Maccoy

Stage Manager, Company Manager and Educator, Senior Lecturer in Stage Management at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in the UK
Lisa Porter ​

Stage Manager, Educator and Author, head of the MFA in Stage Management at UCSD
Susan Sampliner

Company Manager on Broadway, Co-chair Broadway Green Alliance (Wicked, Chicago)
Kim Shaw

Company Manager on Broadway (Fiddler on the Roof, A Bronx Tale, Amelie)