EST held its first Marathon in 1977 and launched an industry-wide revival of the short play form and broke new ground by putting new and established writers together on one stage. Series C of the 36th Marathon of One-Act Plays includes new short plays by Zakiyyah Alexander, Edith Freni, Amy Fox*, Donald Marcus*, and Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder.
EST held its first Marathon in 1977 and launched an industry-wide revival of the short play form and broke new ground by putting new and established writers together on one stage. Series B of the 36th Marathon of One-Act Plays includes new short plays by Christina Gorman, Christopher Shinn, Julia Specht, Lloyd Suh*, & Leah Nanako Winkler*.
EST held its first Marathon in 1977 and launched an industry-wide revival of the short play form and broke new ground by putting new and established writers together on one stage. Series A of the 36th Marathon of One-Act Plays includes new short plays by France-Luce Benson*, Maggie Diaz Bofill*, Cary Gitter, Emily Chadick Weiss*, & David Zellnik*.
Created from interviews, testimony, court documents, and media accounts collected in the aftermath of the spill, SPILL follows the story of the 2010 explosion on board the oilrig Deepwater Horizon and the devastating impact of the 87-day spill on the coastal communities and marine life of Louisiana.
The Ensemble Studio Theatre/Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Science & Technology Project has led a pioneering nationwide effort to commission, develop, and present hundreds of new plays that question and broaden the view of science in the popular imagination. Each play’s life onstage begins with the First Light festival. Join us for this year’s discoveries.
A scathing new production from Youngblood, Ensemble Studio Theatre’s OBIE-winning company of young playwrights and home of the best new writers in NYC
Written and Performed by Brian Quijada
Directed by Chay Yew
Presented by the Ensemble Studio Theatre & The Radio Drama Network
Youngblood Unfiltered
A young Chinese actress in America invents a background of political oppression to get a part in a new play - but it could all be undone when her parents show up from China to claim their piece of the American Dream.
It’s January. 23 playwrights descend on an improbably gigantic beach house for their annual Writing Group Retreat by the Sea. New to the group, Jan walks in the door and finds herself where she least expected - right in the center of her own play.
Youngblood Brunches
Come celebrate this year's graduating Youngblood writers with five brand new plays about wish fulfillment by writers of Youngblood, along with pancakes, bacon and (young)bloody marys!
Pull out trusty local newspaper, your copy of the Bill of Rights, and make James Madison proud by joining us the first Sunday in May for five new plays celebrating the importance of freedom of the press by the writers of Youngblood, as well as pancakes, bacon and (young)bloody marys.
Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Huddled Masses Yearning to BRUNCH Free
Join us the first Sunday in April for five new plays about immigration by the writers of Youngblood, as well as pancakes, bacon and (young)bloody marys!
Pull out your Erlenmeyer flask, turn on your bunsen burner, reread your biography of Marie Curie, and join us the first Sunday in March for five new plays celebrating science by the writers of Youngblood, as well as pancakes, bacon and (young)bloody marys!
Join the playwrights of Youngblood for five short pieces tackling issues of women's health, public policy and family planning, inspired by Planned Parenthood and its 100 years of care, education, and activism.
Come in out of the cold and celebrate the new year with your EST family! Join us morning of New Year's Eve for five new plays by the writers of Youngblood, as well as pancakes, bacon and (young)bloody marys
Join us the first Sunday in December for five new plays about the holidays by the writers of Youngblood, as well as pancakes, bacon and (young)bloody marys!
Join us at EST next Sunday for five new plays about America by the writers of Youngblood, as well as pancakes, bacon and (young)bloody marys!
Youngblood's ASKING FOR TROUBLE
A ten minute play festival with 26 brand new plays over four separate nights of theatre. Only by the writers of EST/Youngblood.
A ten minute play festival with 26 brand new plays over four separate nights of theatre. Only by the writers of EST/Youngblood.
A ten minute play festival with 26 brand new plays over four separate nights of theatre. Only by the writers of EST/Youngblood.
A ten minute play festival with 26 brand new plays over four separate nights of theatre. Only by the writers of EST/Youngblood.