artist | theater-maker | poet | dork

Graham Chapman (center)
Harlan Epstein (verso)

Professionalism OFF shhhhhhhhON

Harlan Epstein is a queer multi-disciplinarian working primarily in and around theater. Brought up in London by American parents, Harlan has a natural affinity for the liminal, with work that often blurs the line between the external and the internal, the real and the imagined. With the ready accessibility of London theater and an irreverent nature, Harlan grew to have both a fondness for and disillusionment with the stagnation of ‘the western canon’. Harlan’s work is often in dialog with the mainstream of theater, from Sophocles to Shakespeare, Ibsen to Irving Berlin, with approaches that range from interrogation and adaptation to outright destruction.

A Brown University dropout and CalArts graduate (Lillian Disney Scholarship), Harlan is looking for funding and collaborators to develop an anti-racist meta-production of Othello that looks to pick apart what it is that draws mainstream western (white) theater back to it again and again; a minimal, experimental revival of Nine, the 1982 Maury Yeston and Arthur Kopit musical based on Fellini’s classic of existential surrealism, 8 1/2; and a new musical adaptation of Sullivan’s Travels, Preston Sturges’ 1941 screwball comedy turned social commentary.

harlan epstein LOVES NOTHING QUITE SO MUCH AS working, primarily FOR YOUR ORGANIZATION.  brought up in london by american parents, harlan has a natural affinity for HARD WORK, with work that often blurs the line between the EXCELLENT and the TERRIFIC, the SUPERB and the TAKES CRITICISM. ready █████████ █████████ and ██reverent ████, harlan IS A NATURAL COLLABORATOR AND TEAM PLAYER, DEDICATED TO SUPPORTING COLLEAGUES WHENEVER AND HOWEVER POSSIBLE. harlan’s work is often █ ███ ██ ███████ █ ████, ██ █████ █ ███████, ███ █ ████ ████, ██ ██████ ██ ███ ██ ████████ █ outSTANDINGLY GOOD.

a brown university TRANSFER and calarts graduate (lillian disney scholarship), harlan is looking for THE OPPORTUNITY TO GAIN EXPERIENCE IN A CREATIVE ROLE AT THE KIND OF COMPANY THAT IS FULL OF PASSIONATE, FRIENDLY, IMAGINATIVE PEOPLE WORKING TOGETHER TOWARDS A COMMON GOAL. (i’d also like for it to be the kind of company that finds this bit i’m doing here entertaining, or at least believes me that, silliness aside, all that stuff about being a team player and wanting experience in an agency setting is true. and i do know how to be serious, i promise.)

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- sheryl crow (a change would do you good

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