Photo Flash: BEAUTIFUL's Jake Epstein Guest Stars in the IAN Season Finale

In the final episode of ian, hold onto your hats, partners. ian imagines himself the hero of an old spaghetti western and takes on The Black Cowboy, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical's Jake Epstein (TV: Degrassi, The Next Generation), to defend a beautiful damsel in distress (Sarah Schenkkan (National Tour: Wicked). Wearing a hat as big as his...honor, ian's courage is challenged like never before in the greatest showdown of his life. It's nerd vs. cowboy. Whose gun is bigger? Scroll down for stills from the episode!

ian's outrageous fantasies pay homage to iconic movie genres, starring Ross Evans as Ian, Ariana Shore (Broadway's The Performers) as Ian's Cousin.

STAGE17.tv presents IAN, created, written and directed by ROSS EVANS executive producer ONDINE LANDA ABRAMSON supervising producer DIANA BASMAJIAN director of photography ZACHARY HALBERD.

ROSS EVANS (creator/director/actor) is an NYC based playwright/director. Previous directing credits include - NYC: Finger Paint (Backstage Critics Pick) Fit. (nytheatre.com Best of Fest) RIP JD, Egg a Day, K and L Do New York, and Get a Clue. As an associate director, Ross' most recent credits include Broadway's Venus in Fur, Beautiful - The Carole King Musical, White Christmas, Off-Broadway's The Submission (MCC),Old Jews Telling Jokes (Westside Theater), and Ordinary Days (Roundabout Theater Company). Earlier this year, Ross made his Tokyo directing debut with Venus in Fur. Regionally, Ross has worked at the MUNY, Philadelphia Theater Company, Papermill Playhouse, and The Guthrie among others. As a playwright, full-length plays include Finger Paint, Team Awesome, Playing with Charlie and Priv@cy. His plays have been published by Indie Theater Now.