The first Youngblood baby has been born, and we're going to brunch about it. It's the last Brunch of the season, and in honor of the birth of the first offspring of an active Youngblood member playwright (Lucien Parker (Rothstein) Lesh, 5/10/11, 7lb 4oz), we've got five brand new plays all about BABIES. 

DROID'S LAST STAND
by Agnes Borinsky

directed by Morgan Gould
with Jake Aron and Robert Askins*

HEAVY METAL VOMIT PARTY: THE LAST BRUNCH
by Joshua Conkel*

directed by Abigail Zealey Bess* 
with Megan Hill and the Playwrights of Youngblood

DROP OF A HAT
by Darcy Fowler

directed by Moritz von Stuelpnagel*
with Frank Harts*, Haskell King*, Jane Pfitsch*, Debargo Sanyal*, Scott Sowers* 

I.V. TOTALLY F'D
by Michael Lew

directed by Ralph Peña*
with Denny Bess*, Sheldon Best*, Steven Boyer*, Florencia Lozano, Jo Mei, Alfredo Narciso*, Claire Seibers, Amy Staats*

OUT BABY
by Sharyn "Mom" Rothstein

directed by John Giampietro*
with Jeremy Beck, Geneva Carr*, Cathy Curtin*, Bjorn DuPaty, Thomas Lyons*, Nedra McClyde*, Diana Ruppe*

* member of Ensemble Studio Theatr

It’s time for the Youngblood playwrights to come clean. Awkward secrets will be revealed. Ex-lovers will be confronted. Souls will be bared. Pancakes will be eaten. SIX (that’s right, it’s a bonus month) brand new plays about confessions, from the playwrights of Youngblood.

STUDENTS AND THE TART
by Lydia Brunner

directed by Heidi Handelsman
with Natalie Kim, Risa Sarachan and Katie Schorr

DEFENSIVE DRIVING
by OliviaDufault

directed by Colette Robert
with Molly Carden and Cathy Curtin*

OLD FLAME
by Mira Gibson

directed by Jason Bruffy
with Kelly Anne Burns, Julie Fitzpatrick*, Haskell King* and Thomas Lyons*

GREAT AUNTIE MIM! 
by Angela Hanks

directed by Kel Haney
with Robert Askins and Debbie Lee Jones*

POLAROIDS OF HORSES. MAINLY. 
by Christopher Sullivan

directed by Andrew Grosso
with Jeremy Beck and Nikole Beckwith

THE TROLLEY
by Michael Walek

directed by Jamie Richards*
with Edward Boroevich, Curran Connor and Scott Sowers*

* member of Ensemble Studio Theatre

What is the nature of the universe? Why are scientists so different, and yet so not-different-at-all? Why is Stephen Hawking giving the shiteye to that giant pile of pancakes? Very few of these questions will be answered satisfactorily this Sunday.

For the fourth year in a row, Youngblood and the EST/Sloan Project are getting together to present the YOUNGBLOOD SCIENCE BRUNCH. Five brand new short plays about science and scientists, which ponder the big questions of the universe. Or, in many cases, don't. Because, unlike scientists, playwrights are extremely distractible.

Join us for the kick off event of First Light 2011.

SHE SELLS SEASHELLS
by Meghan Deans

directed by Dylan McCullough
with Stephen Ellis and Kristen Harlow

NATURE AND THE ANIMAL
by Ryan Dowler

directed by Linsay Firman
with Andrew Dolan and Haskell King*

IN THE DEEP DARK
by Patrick Link

directed by Abigail Zealey Bess*
with Jason Liebman, Joel Rooks* and Lance Rubin

DOING YOUR BEST IS NOT THE BEST YOU CAN DO
by Erica Saleh

directed by Jamie Richards*
with Robert Askins and Denny Bess*

BUDS
by Emily Chadick Weiss

directed by Mike Donahue
with Steven Boyer and William Jackson Harper*

* member of Ensemble Studio Theatre

Revenge is best served cold.

Brunch, on the other hand, is best served hot. In a buffet. With new plays in front of it.

The playwrights of Youngblood are getting out all of their retributive impulses with THE REVENGE BRUNCH. Evil bosses, neglectful parents, haughty casting directors, best frenemies and even devious pets get an eye for an eye in this collection of brand new short plays.

CROW’S NEST
by Rachel Bonds

directed by Pirronne Yousefzadeh
with Jake Aron and Katie Schorr

MARIA; OR A LULLABYE FOR THE CAT THAT NEUTERED ME
by Ryan Dowler

directed by R.J. Tolan*
with Julie Fitzpatrick* and Shawn Randall

BRIDGET VS. LAW AND ORDER
by Darcy Fowler

directed by John Giampietro
with Jono Hustis, Florencia Lozano, Tom Lyons*, Heather Robb and Scott Sowers*

SCANDAL SKANK
by Mira Gibson

directed by Abigail Zealey Bess*
with Lucia Brizzi, Jenny Gomez, Allyson Morgan, Amy Staats* and Megan Tusing

IN TRANSIT
by Anna Kerrigan

directed by Tamara Fisch
with Julie Leedes* and Diana Ruppe*

* member of Ensemble Studio Theatre