Epiphany (Watkins)
by Brian Watkins

Off-Broadway
Epiphany (Watkins) Book Cover
Epiphany (Watkins) Cover

Highlights

120 mins Present Day Strong Role for Leading Woman (Star Vehicle) Role(s) for Senior Actor(s) Unit Set/Multiple Settings Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes Comedy

Synopsis

On a snowy January night, Morkan invites her friends and family to her home in upstate New York to celebrate a forgotten tradition: Epiphany.

Except the guest of honor is late, and no one can quite remember what the holiday is meant to signify – Is it religious?

Secular?

Should there be dancing?

As the evening wears on, the group becomes uneasy, wanting answers to questions both big and small: What is the best way to spend one’s time on this earth?

And why is this night so important to the hostess?

Press Reviews

"Puckish, thoughtful…[Epiphany] will engage and move you…"

— New York Sun

"Critic’s Pick! “Epiphany astutely captures a wide swath of ideas without losing its grasp on the hilarious and heartbreaking experience of being a person in the world… a love letter to the indefinable and unnameable."

— The New York Times

"A philosophical obstacle course, a poetic zone where language, gesture and intellect power the drama."

— New York Observer

Characters

Character
Kelly

40s

Taylor

50s

Loren

20s

Charlie

40s

Ames

70s or 80s

Freddy

50s

Sam

40s

Aran

30s Author’s Note: Each character can be played by an actor of any gender or race. The director and company are empowered to let the makeup of their ensemble inform the notions of the piece. The gender pronouns used herein, then, can be altered according to the cast.

Morkan

70s or 80s

Videos

Epiphany – Lincoln Center Montage

Publication

ISBN-13 9780822243106
ISBN-10 0822243105

Epiphany (Watkins) is a comedy play written by Brian Watkins and published by Dramatists Play Service .

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