ASKING FOR TROUBLE 2008: more trouble than you can handle

Youngblood just turned FIFTEEN – and to celebrate a decade and a half of supporting the best young playwrights, we’ve invited them all back to the fold for our annual SPEED THEATRE CHALLENGE.

Forty-one Youngblooders past and present drew the names of a director and a cast of actors from a hat, and have ONE WEEK to write them a short play, which have (less than) ONE WEEK to rehearse before going up in Youngblood’s biggest short play festival ever.

Forty-one writers. Thirty-five directors. One hundred and twenty actors. Fifteen years of Youngblood. And only one ASKING FOR TROUBLE

Series A Performance Schedule:
Tues 10/21 @ 7pm
Fri 10/24 @ 9pm
Sat 10/25 @ 2pm

Written by: Zakiyyah Alexander, Lucy Alibar, Delaney Britt Brewer, Anna Moench, Qui Nguyen, Erica Saleh, Phil Schmiedl, Crystal Skillman*, Maggie Smith, Lloyd Suh*

Directed by: Isaac Butler, Shoshona Currier, Tamara Fisch, John Giampetro, Kel Haney, Kitt LaVoie, Jeff Lewonczyk, JV Mercanti, R.J. Tolan*

Featuring: Pepper Binkley, Havilah Brewster, Stefanie Bubnis, Raul Castillo, Paul Coffey, Alison Crane, Helen Farmer, Jenny Gomez, Delphi Harrington*, Mattie Hawinson, Dave Hurwitz, Fay Ann Lee, Polly Lee*, Erin Mallon, Sarah Matthews, Jared McGuire, Lori McNally, Bobby Moreno, Johnny Pruitt, Nathan Robinson, Marc Santa Maria, Ted Schneider, Claire Siebers, Caroline Tamas, Gordon Tashjian

Stage Managers: Eliza Jane Bowman and Michal Mendelson
EST OctoberFest Producer: Annie Trizna

* denotes member of EST

ASKING FOR TROUBLE 2008: more trouble than you can handle

Youngblood just turned FIFTEEN – and to celebrate a decade and a half of supporting the best young playwrights, we’ve invited them all back to the fold for our annual SPEED THEATRE CHALLENGE.

Forty-one Youngblooders past and present drew the names of a director and a cast of actors from a hat, and have ONE WEEK to write them a short play, which have (less than) ONE WEEK to rehearse before going up in Youngblood’s biggest short play festival ever.

Forty-one writers. Thirty-five directors. One hundred and twenty actors. Fifteen years of Youngblood. And only one ASKING FOR TROUBLE

Series D Performance Schedule:
Weds 10/22 @ 9pm
Thurs 10/23 @ 7pm
Sat 10/25 @ 9pm

Written by: Nikole Beckwith, Jihan Crowther, Ann Marie Healy*, Mrinalini Kamath, Jon Kern, Courtney Brooke Lauria, Erin Murtaugh, Sharyn Rothstein, Matt Schatz, Emily Chadick Weiss

Directed by: Amanda Charlton, Adam Fitzgerald, Barrie Gelles, Melissa Kievman, Laura Konson, Larissa Lury, Sarah Malkin, Colette Robert, Debbie Saivetz, Jordan Young

Featuring: Jessica Andres, Anna Aronson, Katie Barrett, Steven Boyer, Lucia Brizzi, Kelly Anne Burns, Sarah Hayes Donnell, Nancy Franklin*, Abigail Gampel*, Kelli Lynn Harrison, Mary Joy*, Nancy Lemenager, Jay Liebman, Maya MacDonald, Tara MacMullen, Stephen O’Reilly, Annie O’Sullivan*, Mary Quick, Delilah Rivera, Thom Rivera, Jamie Rose, Michael Rudko, Rachel Rusch, Tommy Schrider, Scott Sowers*, Amy Staats*, Candace Thompson, Jacquelyn Todie, Max Van Bel, Johanna Weller-Fahy, Janet Zarish*

Stage Managers: Eliza Jane Bowman and Michal Mendelson
EST OctoberFest Producer: Annie Trizna

* denotes member of EST

ASKING FOR TROUBLE 2008: more trouble than you can handle

Youngblood just turned FIFTEEN – and to celebrate a decade and a half of supporting the best young playwrights, we’ve invited them all back to the fold for our annual SPEED THEATRE CHALLENGE.

Forty-one Youngblooders past and present drew the names of a director and a cast of actors from a hat, and have ONE WEEK to write them a short play, which have (less than) ONE WEEK to rehearse before going up in Youngblood’s biggest short play festival ever.

Forty-one writers. Thirty-five directors. One hundred and twenty actors. Fifteen years of Youngblood. And only one ASKING FOR TROUBLE

Series B Performance Schedule:
Tues 10/21 @ 9pm
Fri 10/24 @ 7pm
Sat 10/25 @ 4pm

Written by: Jesse Cameron Alick, Emily Conbere, Joshua Conkel, Amy Fox*, Mira Gibson, Graeme Gillis*, Ross Maxwell, Michael Sendrow, Lucy Thurber, Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder

Directed by: Abigail Zealey Bess*, Evan Cabnet, Andrew Grosso, Kel Haney, Jamie Richards*, Erica Saleh, Marc Santa Maria, R.J. Tolan*, Birgitta Victorson, Kim Weild

Featuring: Polly Adams*, Jake Aron, Robert Askins, Alana Barrett, Kit Bihun, William Carden*, Chelsey Donn, Bjorn DuPaty, Stephen Ellis, Julie Fitzpatrick*, Sharon Freedman, Enzo Gentile, Kristen Harlow, Helen Highfield, Jenny Kirlin, Diana LaMar*, Courtney Lauria, Matt Lauria, Mordecai Lawner*, Josh Lefkowitz, Jodi Lin, Thomas Lyons*, Ellen Mareneck*, Jane Pfitsch, Shawn Randall, Justin Reinsilber, Teresa Stephenson, Caroline Strong, Naomi Warner, Chris Wight*

Stage Managers: Eliza Jane Bowman and Michal Mendelson
EST OctoberFest Producer: Annie Trizna

* denotes member of EST

ASKING FOR TROUBLE 2008: more trouble than you can handle

Youngblood just turned FIFTEEN – and to celebrate a decade and a half of supporting the best young playwrights, we’ve invited them all back to the fold for our annual SPEED THEATRE CHALLENGE.

Forty-one Youngblooders past and present drew the names of a director and a cast of actors from a hat, and have ONE WEEK to write them a short play, which have (less than) ONE WEEK to rehearse before going up in Youngblood’s biggest short play festival ever.

Forty-one writers. Thirty-five directors. One hundred and twenty actors. Fifteen years of Youngblood. And only one ASKING FOR TROUBLE

Series C Performance Schedule:
Weds 10/22 @ 7pm
Thurs 10/23 @ 9pm
Sat 10/25 @ 7pm

Written by: Robert Askins, Eliza Clark, Sharon Eberhardt, Sam Forman, Edith Freni, Amy Herzog, Michael Lew, Patrick Link, Daria Polatin, Jeremy Soule, Daniel Talbott

Directed by: Sherri Eden Barber, Michole Biancosino, Isaac Butler, Steve Fried, John Giampetro, Graeme Gilis*, Michael Goldfried, Alexa Polmer, Giovanna Sardelli, Tom Wojtunik

Featuring: Ali Ahn, Emily Bennett, Chris Ceraso*, Jackie Chung, Curran Connor, Kibibi Dillon, Dana Eskelson, Christine Farrell*, Michael Ferrell, Graeme Gillis*, Kristen Hansen, Birgit Huppuch, Debbie Lee Jones*, Julie Kline, Julie Leedes*, Erin McMonagle, Melanie Nicholls-King, Noelle Parker*, William Peden, Patricia Randell*, David Rispoli, Lance Rubin, Diana Ruppe*, Katie Schorr, Michael Smith-Rivera, Marguerite Stimpson, Ann Talman*, Cori Thomas*, Susan Willerman*, Dan Ziskie*

Stage Managers: Eliza Jane Bowman and Michal Mendelson
EST OctoberFest Producer: Annie Trizna

* denotes member of EST