Graeme Gillis, Program Director
Linsay Firman, Associate Director

 

The EST/Sloan Project invites you to its annual

Artist Cultivation Event

Wednesday, November 18 at 7pm

on the EST Second Floor

549 W 52nd St (btw 10th & 11th Aves)

This event brings scientists and science journalists to EST to discuss science advancements, developments and the stories that might make great plays.

Confirmed panelists include:
Brian Greene, pioneer of string theory and author of The Elegant Universe
Ira Flatow, host of "Science Friday" on NPR.
Robin Marantz Henig, contributing writer for the New York Times Magazine
Wilma Friedman,Rutgers University Neuroscientist
Janna Levin, theoretical cosmologist

Also attending will be EST/Sloan Mainstage playwrights Jacquelyn Reingold (String Fever, In Treatment), Cassandra Medley (Relativity) and Arthur Giron (Flight, Moving Bodies).

Join us after the event for a wine and cheese reception on the EST Mainstage.

Reservations: call 212.247.4982 x105 or email boxoffice@ensemblestudiotheatre.org.

To apply for a commission, please download our SUBMISSION GUIDELINES.

Proposals for this season's round of commission awards are due December 1, 2009. Extant scripts are due December 31, 2009.

The EST/Sloan Project has been at the forefront of the wave of science-related theatre. Plays originally commissioned by the EST/Sloan Project have been produced at major venues around the country, including The Black Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, American Conservatory Theatre (San Francisco), The Empty Space Theatre (Seattle), Actors Theatre of Louisville and Williamstown Theatre Festival. The EST/Sloan Project has also hosted symposia involving Pulitzer and Nobel prize-winning scientists and authors, as well as award-winning playwrights. It continues in its mission to bridge the gap between the two cultures, science and the arts.