The Fifth Vital Sign

Experience an imperative collection of plays on the opioid epidemic. Elephant Room Productions presents The Fifth Vital Sign, a multimedia event addressing one of our society’s most prevalent diseases.

On November 2nd & 3rd, The Fifth Vital Sign was presented live at the Tank in New York City, with a generous portion of proceeds donated to Shatterproof to help end the opioid crisis. Listen to a selection of the plays now on our podcast: The Trumpet.

For more information, visit our dedicated project page.

The Fifth Vital Sign

October 10, 2019

On November 2nd & 3rd, ERP will open The Fifth Vital Sign, a collection of new, original works centered around chronic pain, addiction and the Opioid Crisis to raise awareness of these immensely relevant issues.…

Opioid Project Update – May

May 12, 2019

It's May! Even if the weather doesn't know it yet, the Herd does, and we've been making some great progress with our 2019 project. In the past few months, we received revisions from each of…

Opioid Project Update – February

February 27, 2019

The elephants have been hard at work reviewing submissions for our 2019 project. We were overwhelmed by the number of plays that we received. It is always hard narrowing down a selection from so many…