The Entertainment and Performing Arts Industry Conference (EPIC) is a 24-hour Global Event for everyone working in, aspiring to work in, or wishing to explore the arts and entertainment sector.
Misty Copeland (principal dancer at ABT) Michael Curry (visionary puppet designer), Natasha Katz (6-time Tony Award winning lighting designer), 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), join a powerhouse 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.
The confirmed list of speakers are below and still growing!
Sitting down with any one of these industry leaders would be an invaluable experience for anyone! At EPIC you get access to ALL of them, plus more, a total of 50 inspiring and informative sessions available. Any one session could change your life. Any one person you meet at EPIC could impact your career. Learning from Industry leaders around the world and across all disciplines while connecting with colleagues around the world makes EPIC a unique opportunity that isn’t to be missed.
YOU get to choose your agenda, focusing one Pillar, or moving between the four Pillars of CREATE, DESIGN, PERFORM and PRODUCE, going where you are most inspired.
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A Standard Ticket gives you access to the live conference for 24 hours. Follow one pillar or forge your own path.
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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!
Priti Gandhi International Opera singer and Artistic Director at Portland Opera
Lulu Helbæk Director and creative director for international ceremonies, shows, and theater
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)
Shannan Calcutt 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, theater, and TV in the UK
Gabriel Chan Singaporean lighting designer for theater, 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 theaters to
Disney and circus (Zoot Suit, Show Boat, The Life, New York City Opera resident LD)
Michael Curry Creative director for in theater, 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, theater, 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 Clear-Com Market Outreach Manager
Peter Milne Australian projection designer and technical director at The Electric Canvas, specializes in
large scale and architectural projection mapping
Chris Moylan German lighting designer for theater, circus, events, TV, concerts, installations, raves, clubs
Omar Serna Senior Event Producer & Video mapping Expert, Senior Producer, Proshow in Mexico
Paul Tazewell Tony Award winning costume designer for Broadway, regional theater, 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
Narda E. Alcorn 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 in 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)
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