It’s the close of World War II – the dawn of the atomic age. The Allies have captured Germany’s ten foremost nuclear scientists and sequestered them deep in the English countryside to ascertain the answer to a life-or-death question: how close are the Nazis to making an atomic bomb? The world stands on the precipice of creation and destruction, bound by the gravity of their decisions which hold the power to change the course of history.
Based on actual transcripts of secretly recorded conversations, Alan Brody’s gripping and thought-provoking play delves into the darkest corners of human ingenuity, exploring the intimate conflict within the hearts and minds of luminaries with unimaginable power. A once-classified true story buried in the archives amidst an epic war, Operation Epsilon is a poignant, thrilling exploration of the ties that bind us to our actions, our decisions, and one another.
Directed by Andy Sandberg and featuring Yale alumni Jamie Bogyo, this award-winning play makes its UK première, celebrating the 10th anniversary of the critically acclaimed US production. Filled with explosive possibilities, Operation Epsilon shines a light on the ethical complexity of scientific discovery and its potential for catastrophic consequences.
About the Creative Team:
Alan Brody’s Operation Epsilon received its world première production at Central Square Theater (Cambridge, MA) with the Nora Theatre Company in 2013 and received the distinguished IRNE Awards for Best New Play, Best Director, Best Ensemble, and Best Scenic Design. Named a Critics’ Pick by The Boston Globe, Operation Epsilon also received a 2013 Elliot Norton Award nomination for Best New Play and won the Norton Award for Best Leading Actor. Alan’s other works include The Housewives of Mannheim (a co-production between Off-Broadway’s 59E59 Theatre in NYC and NJ Repertory Theatre), Five Scenes from Life, Greytop in Love, One-on-One, The Midvale High School Fiftieth Reunion, and Reckoning Time: A Song of Walt Whitman. His play Invention for Fathers and Sons was awarded the first annual Rosenthal Award at the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park in 1989. He also received the 1990 Eisner Award from the Streisand Center for Jewish Culture in Los Angeles for Company of Angels, which had its world premiere at New Repertory Theater in 1993. Alan served as co-director and a founding member of Catalyst Collaborative@MIT, a science-theater collaboration between Central Square Theater and MIT.
Andy Sandberg (JE’05) is a New York-based director, writer, and Tony Award-winning producer. His many directing credits include the UK première of Jeannette Bayardelle’s Shida (Off West End Award nominations for Best Musical, Best Director, Best Lead Actress), the world premières of Straight, (which he is now adapting into a feature film), Application Pending (also co-writer), Operation Epsilon (Four IRNE Awards, including Best Play, Best Director), Craving for Travel (also co-author); and the Off-Broadway musicals The Last Smoker in America and Neurosis, among others. Beyond his career as a director and writer, Andy’s Broadway and West End producing credits include the hit revival of Hair (2009 Tony, Drama Desk, Drama League, Outer Critics Circle Awards); the Broadway revival of Gore Vidal’s The Best Man (2012 Tony, Drama Desk, Drama League, Outer Critics Circle Nominations); and Will Eno’s The Realistic Joneses, a critically acclaimed original play starring Toni Collette, Michael C. Hall, Tracy Letts, and Marisa Tomei.
Andy is also currently Artistic Director and CEO of the Hermitage Artist Retreat in Florida, the only major arts organization in Florida exclusively committed to the development and creation of new work across all artistic disciplines – spanning theatre, music, visual art, literature, dance, film, and more. He graduated from Yale University with a B.A. in English and Theater Studies. While at Yale, he directed and/or performed in over forty theatrical productions. He is an alumnus and trustee of the Yale Dramatic Association, and he also served as Business Manager of both the Yale Whiffenpoofs (also past trustee of Whiffenpoof Alumni) and the Yale Alley Cats, for which he co-founded and served as President of the Alumni Association.
Jamie Bogyo ( YC'15) recently starred as Alex in Aspect of Love at the Lyric Theatre in London’s West End. Jamie graduated from from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 2019 where he studied acting and Yale University where he majored in playwriting. He made his professional theatre debut in the lead role of Christian in the London production of Moulin Rouge! The Musical at the Piccadilly Theatre in 2021. Whilst at RADA he appeared in the following productions: Safe Space, Gig, Into The Woods, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, Much Ado About Nothing, The Dramatist, Medea and Othello. At Yale he appeared in: And Tell Sad Stories of the Death of Queen (Yale School of Drama), This Is Our Youth (Yale University), Miss Julie (Yale Drama Coalition), The Travels (New York Musical Theatre Festival), Dust Can’t Kill Me (New York Fringe Festival).
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