From a science lab in Siberia to the red-light district in 18th century Japan to a taxi in Manhattan to a police station in Kenya--Let the 35th Marathon of One Act Plays take you on a series of surprising adventures.

"Ensemble Studio Theater’s annual one-act-play marathon is always entertaining and rich in solid performances." - The New York Times, 2013

14 new plays by 15 playwrights will be presented in three separate evenings. 

From a science lab in Siberia to the red-light district in 18th century Japan to a taxi in Manhattan to a police station in Kenya--Let the 35th Marathon of One Act Plays take you on a series of surprising adventures.

"Ensemble Studio Theater’s annual one-act-play marathon is always entertaining and rich in solid performances." - The New York Times, 2013

14 new plays by 15 playwrights will be presented in three separate evenings. 

From a science lab in Siberia to the red-light district in 18th century Japan to a taxi in Manhattan to a police station in Kenya--Let the 35th Marathon of One Act Plays take you on a series of surprising adventures.

"Ensemble Studio Theater’s annual one-act-play marathon is always entertaining and rich in solid performances." - The New York Times, 2013

14 new plays by 15 playwrights will be presented in three separate evenings 

Mariah MacCarthy shines in this raunchy, hilarious and heartbreaking one-woman performance based on her own experience as a birth mother. 

In order to save Christmas for one little girl, Manhattan advertising executive Julia Kelly will have to travel to the one place she swore she would never, ever go: Queens.

When a new telescope becomes operational, the initial images it sees are called First Light. For 17 years, the EST/Sloan 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.

When a new telescope becomes operational, the initial images it sees are called First Light. For 17 years, the EST/Sloan 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.

135 writers, actors, and directors in 24 new plays - written last week! - by the members of EST/Youngblood.

135 writers, actors, and directors in 24 new plays - written last week! - by the members of EST/Youngblood.

135 writers, actors, and directors in 24 new plays - written last week! - by the members of EST/Youngblood.

135 writers, actors, and directors in 24 new plays - written last week! - by the members of EST/Youngblood.

Presided over by the Hindu god Ganesh, a pair of teenagers become unexpected heroes, an immigrant accountant struggles with visibility, and two stifled romantics begin to stumble toward each other during one strangely warm winter in Central Harlem. When January Feels Like Summer follows five colliding lives as a feeling of change hums in the air and the many flavors of desire saturate the streets and subways and bodegas of the city. These characters learn to do more than meet their obstacles head-on -- they discover how to transcend them.