Mr. Epstein has been the Resident Director for the American Conservatory Theatre, Georgia Shakespeare Festival, and A Noise Within (Los Angeles). He has been the guest director for the Alabama, Oregon, and Utah Shakespeare Festivals, the Juilliard School (Drama Division), The Guthrie Theatre Actor Training Program and the Denver Center Theatre Company. As an educator, he was the Head of Performance Skills for the National Theatre Conservatory, Head of Acting for the Old Globe MFA Training Program, Conservatory Director for the American Conservatory Theatre, and an Adjunct Instructor at the University of Southern California.