EPIC4AUTISM: Songs from the Spectrum is a musical celebration to benefit the neuro-inclusive company members of the EPIC Players, creating opportunities for artists on the spectrum. In honor of Autism Awareness Day, Songs from the Spectrum will feature performers across the autism spectrum singing songs about empowerment, identity and the human condition alongside Broadway greats and rock legends. The evening will also feature an open bar cocktail reception, passed and stationed hors d’oeuvres, and a silent auction.

Co-directed by Aubrie Therrien and Travis Burbee. The evening features the talent of many Broadway performers and acclaimed musicians including:

Musicians/Singers
• Jonathan Ivie (Broadway’s Rock of Ages Band; Natasha, Pierre, & the Great Comet of 1812; 50 Shades! the Musical)
• Singer Katie Ivie (EPIC Board Member, performed at EPIC’s Winter cabaret at The Triad/Song About Ourselves)
• Singer Jay Klaitz (Broadway’s Rock of Ages & the upcoming Broadway musical Getting the Band Back Together – previews start July 2018 at the Belasco Theatre)
• Rock legend Lord Graham Russell (singer-songwriter, founding member of Air Supply/music & lyric writer for A Wall Apart/2017 NYMF – co-written with EPIC board member Sam Goldstein, PH.D.)
• Amaker Smith (Priscilla Queen of the Desert on Broadway, SMASH/NBC and Millenniums/Hulu)

The cabaret includes performances by EPIC members Miles Butler, Samantha Elisofon (Lead actor in Keep the Change/Tribeca Film Festival), Dante Jayce, Melissa Jennifer Gonzalez, Nicky Gottlieb, Bree Klauser, Nick Moscato, Jason Moy, and Gideon Pianko. Carly Hayes and Anton Spavick round out the cast.

A pre-show cocktail hour with hors d’oeuvres starts at 6:00 pm with the cabaret show starting at 7:00 pm. The evening is being generously sponsored in part by HBO’s Corporate Social Responsibility Division. Proceeds will go towards funding EPIC Players upcoming season including their next production, William Shakespeare’s The Tempest.

There is a suggested donation of $55.00.