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<\/a>The production takes a different approach to the traditional memorial service, using live theater, comedy and personal storytelling to explore the idea of celebrating a person’s life and legacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The evening will feature a cast of local actors performing Levin’s original work. A stand-up comedian will perform before the play, and a reception with charcuterie will be held before the show and continue through intermission. A cash bar will be available before the performance and during intermission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Attendees will also receive a swag bag upon arrival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Proceeds from ticket sales will support local artist-led projects, while proceeds from the cash bar will benefit local artists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Epitaph of Defiance is scheduled as a one-night-only performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tickets are $15 and can be purchased for the October 10 performance at The Powerhouse or online<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Epitaph of Defiance, a one-night theatrical production written and directed by Naomi Levin, will be presented Saturday, Oct.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":238,"featured_media":166075,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[15944,127,35027],"tags":[35806,21129,4,198,7080,27803],"class_list":["post-166073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-theatre","category-theatre","category-upcoming-events","tag-epitaph-of-defiance","tag-naomi-levin","tag-oxford","tag-the-powerhouse","tag-theatre","tag-theatreoxford"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/COVER-ART.png?fit=1760%2C2426&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/238"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166073"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166073\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":166077,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166073\/revisions\/166077"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/166075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=166073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"