EPIC Players, New York’s leading neuroinclusive theater company, presents a powerful new production of RENT, the Pulitzer Prize-winning rock musical by Jonathan Larson. Directed by Travis Burbee with musical direction by Blake Brauer, performances will run June 4 through June 20 at A.R.T./New York Theatres.
Originally premiering in 1996, RENT transformed the landscape of musical theater with its raw portrayal of artists navigating love, loss, poverty, addiction, and the AIDS crisis in New York City’s East Village. Inspired by Puccini’s La Bohème, the musical broke new ground in centering LGBTQ+ voices and diverse communities on Broadway.
Performances run on Wednesdays–Saturdays at 7:00 pm and Sundays at 2:00 pm at A.R.T./New York Theatres – The Mezzanine
502 West 53rd Street, 2nd Floor
EPIC’s onsite box office will open one hour prior to each performance.
EPIC Players is an inclusive theater company and welcomes all theater patrons to enjoy its productions. In order to make performances accessible to individuals with disabilities and members of the neurodiverse community and their families, EPIC offers the following accommodations:
- ASL Interpreted Performance: June 7 at 2:00 pm
- Captioned Performance: TBD (realtime captions available on personal devices)
- Audio Described Performances: TBD
Additional services include:
- ADA-accessible seating
- Assisted listening devices
- Noise-canceling headphones, fidgets, and quiet zones
- A relaxed performance environment allowing audience members to vocalize, move, and re-enter as needed
For more information about the venue, visit www.art-newyork.org/your-visit. For accessibility inquiries or ticketing support, contact: access@epicplayersnyc.org
This production is made possible in part with the support of:
The New York State Council on the Arts, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, The Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York, The Hoffman Charitable Trust, The Annabelle Foundation, The Howard Gilman Foundation, The Lortel Foundation, The National Endowment for the Arts, and The Flutie Foundation.
About EPIC Players
EPIC Players (Empower, Perform, Include, Create), founded in 2016, is a nonprofit, neurodiverse theater company dedicated to creating professional performing arts opportunities and supportive social communities in the arts for neurodivergent and disabled artists. Through inclusive mainstage productions, musical cabarets, original showcases, skills-based classes, and career resources, EPIC is working to expand employment opportunities, pioneer greater inclusion in the arts, and dismantle social stigmas surrounding neurodiverse communities.