October 16 - November 13, 2022
Since it began in 1977, EST’s Marathon of One-Act Plays has presented fully produced plays by established and emerging writers alongside each other on our stage. Our 38th Marathon of One-Act Plays will celebrate work from artists who identify as Black, Indigenous & People of Color (BIPOC). Two EST Member Artists, director Colette Robert and playwright Mike Lew, are serving as Co-Artistic Directors, and have curated a lineup of 11 new short plays written by BIPOC playwrights.
This year's festival will feature ten plays to be presented across two series from October to November, with an additional play available for online streaming.
STILL... by Harron Atkins
INTRO TO by Vivian J.O. Barnes
PROSPECT AVE OR THE MISEDUCATION
OF JUNI RODRIGUEZ by Dominic Colón
LOS COMPLICADOS written by Cusi Cram
YOUNGER BATTLES THE POSSIBLE GHOST by Shannon Tyo
TR@K GRLS (PT1) by Bleu Beckford-Burrell*
BRASS KNUCKLES by Yussef El Guindi
PREPARED by Keiko Green
BREATH OF LIFE:
A CHOREOPLAY OF BLACK LOVE by Goldie E. Patrick
BLOOMS by a.k. payne
Streaming, in collaboration with Perseverance Theatre:
Yan Tután by Vera Starbard
directed by Xáalnook Erin Tripp
featuring Chloey Klawk Shaa Cavanaugh, Davina (Cole) Drones, Ernestine Hayes, Jared Olin, Alfie “ Shiggoap” Price, Jamiann S'eiltin, Andrew Tripp, Xáalnook Erin Tripp
An Alaska Native group faces a leadership crisis and must decide whether to continue their traditional practice at all.
Vera Starbard is a Tlingit and Dena'ina writer from Alaska. She was the resident writer at Perseverance Theatre through the Mellon Foundation National Playwright Residency Program, as well as a writer on the PBS KIDS animated children's program "Molly of Denali." She is currently editor of First Alaskans Magazine and writer on the ABC show "Alaska Daily."