This year’s EST/Sloan Mainstage Production is SPILL, written and directed by Leigh Fondakowski. Created from over 200 hours of interviews, SPILL uses the techniques Fondakowski pioneered with The Laramie Project (2000) to dramatize the story of what happened on board the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig.
Upcoming Memberfest, This Is What I Know
Dustin Chinn on interspecies conflict, charismatic megafauna, and HERSCHEL
On Thursday, February 23, this year’s EST/Sloan First Light Festival will feature the first reading of HERSCHEL by Dustin Chinn.
Stephen O. Andersen and Stuart Firestein at last night's reading of WORLD AVOIDED
Attendees at last night’s EST/Sloan First Light Festival reading of WORLD AVOIDED by Andrea Lepcio enjoyed a special treat....
Andrea Lepcio on Dangerous Chemicals, Personal Chemistry, Climate Change and WORLD AVOIDED
On Tuesday, February 7, this year’s EST/Sloan First Light Festival features the first reading of Andrea Lepcio’s new play, WORLD AVOIDED. The title captures in two words the future environmentalists hope their efforts can deliver: a future different from the one we are destined to arrive at if we don’t change our behavior.
An exclusive interview with Playwright Paul Cameron Hardy & R.J Tolan in MOPE
Upcoming Memberfest, Still Now
Susan Bernfield on Poppy Northcutt, Apollo 8, the swinging sixties, and SIZZLE SIZZLE FLY
On Tuesday, January 31, the 2017 EST/Sloan First Light Festival will feature the first reading of Susan Bernfield ’s sparkling new play SIZZLE SIZZLE FLY, a drama about Frances “Poppy” Northcutt, the first female engineer to work in NASA’s Mission Control.
An exclusive interview with RETREAT's playwright Amanda Keating & director Molly Clifford
Upcoming Memberfest, TOWN HALL
Upcoming Memberfest, Mention My Beauty
Upcoming Memberfest, BREATHING ASH
Neuroscientist Heather Berlin, biologist Stuart Firestein, science writer Jonathan Weiner, playwright Deb Laufer join science watchdog Ivan Oransky for October 25 EST/Sloan Artist Cultivation Event
Every year the highlight of the EST/Sloan Project submission season is the Fall Artist Cultivation Event. At this eagerly anticipated event, a panel of scientists, science writers and playwrights engages in a far-ranging and free-wheeling discussion with an audience of prospective playwrights about “what could make a great play about science?”
Leah Nanako Winkler Talks on Kentucky, Weddings, Collaboration, & Representation
Paul Cameron Hardy Hasn't Lived in California
Psychologist Ken Corbett, Biologist Stuart Firestein and Playwright Anna Ziegler discuss gender identity, the biology of sexual differences, and BOY in a post-performance talkback on March 31
On March 31, following the 7:00 PM performance of BOY, the acclaimed new play by Anna Ziegler, Ken Corbett, Stuart Firestein, and Anna Ziegler will gather for a lively discussion about the personal and social issues the play raises concerning gender identity, the biology of sexual differences, how psychologists treat – and how society views - children of ambiguous sexuality.
Sociomedical Scientist Rebecca Jordan-Young, Biologist Darcy Kelley, and Director Linsay Firman join Journalist Robin Henig on March 24 for a post-performance talkback about BOY
On March 24, following the 7:00 PM performance of BOY, the powerful new play by Anna Ziegler, Rebecca Jordan-Young, Darcy Kelley, Harold Weintraub, and Linsay Firman will join journalist and moderator Robin Henig for what promises to be a lively discussion about the issues the play raises concerning gender identity, the sexual development of children, and how the treatment of children of ambiguous sexuality has changed since the time of the play.
Mariah MacCarthy Really Wants a Cat
Anna Ziegler on the Blinding Power of Love, Gender Reassignment, Parenting, Betrayal, and BOY
On March 10 of this week, the world premiere of Anna Ziegler's new play, BOY, opens as a co-production betwween Keen Company and The Ensemble Studio Theatre through the EST/Sloan Project...