The Ensemble Studio Theatre

The EST Director in Residence program provides a forum for emerging directors to be actively involved in the workings of the Ensemble Studio Theatre. This season we have four exceptionally talented Resident Directors. Please take a moment to get to [...]

EST/Youngblood presents Bunchback Mountain The Queer Brunch! Sunday February 5 @ 1pm five brand new short non-heteronormative plays, plus a brunch buffet of pancakes, eggs, bacon, pastries and fruit!  And our morally reprehensible, fiscally ludicrous OPEN BAR of mimosas and [...]

We’ve had to add one more performance of YEAR OF THE ROOSTER this SAT 2/4 @ 2pm, people just can’t get enough of the cockfight! Watch playwright Eric Dufault talk about the origins of the play: Click here for tickets! Year [...]

Eric Dufault reveals Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat as a source of inspiration for his EST/ Youngblood play YEAR OF THE ROOSTER.

Hats off to John Kern who won the 2012 Laurents Hatcher Award for his play MODERN TERRORISM, first heard at Youngblood‘s Bloodworks 2010!! The Laurents/Hatcher prize is given to an un-produced, full-length play of social relevance by an emerging American [...]

The Gratifications by Ryan Dowler runs this Friday & Saturday at 7pm in EST/Youngblood’s Unfiltered!

In Memory of Julie Simmons by Erica Saleh, directed by Tamara Fisch with Cathy Curtin*+, Dylan Moore+, Emma Galvin+ & Megan Tusing* Lighting Designer – Wilburn Bonnell, Costume Design – Erica Evans, Stage Manager – Jason Weixelman+ After the suicide of their best [...]

Part 2 of Risa Sarachan‘s BRILLIANT interview with the cast of Hand to God, which returns to EST in February! Use code EARLYBIRD for $35 tickets! Inconvenient Interviews with Risa: The Cast of Hand to God from Risa Sarachan on [...]

Watch Angela Hanks discuss her Unfiltered play Big Tex running through Saturday!

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