join us Tuesday, January 26 at 8pm EST
38th Marathon Info Session
EST has just announced its 38th Marathon of One-Act Plays will feature works created by BIPOC artists. For any playwrights/composers interested in writing for the Marathon, Mike Lew and Colette Robert (Co-Artistic Directors of the Marathon) will answer questions regarding the overall vision for the event as well as the submission process and timeline.
This virtual event will be held on the Zoom platform and is free to attend, though registration is required.. Once registered, you will receive the event access link in your confirmation email - be sure and hold onto it!
About Mike & Colette:
Mike Lew’s plays include Teenage Dick (Donmar Warehouse, Ma-Yi at the Public, Artists Rep); Tiger Style! (Olney, Huntington, La Jolla Playhouse, Alliance); Bike America (Ma-Yi, Alliance); and microcrisis (Ma-Yi, InterAct, Next Act). He and Rehana Lew Mirza are joint Mellon Foundation Playwrights-in-Residence at Ma-Yi Theater, where they’re co-writing The Colonialism Trilogy and the book to the musical Bhangin’ It with composer/lyricist Sam Willmott (Richard Rodgers Award; Project Springboard and Rhinebeck Writers Retreat workshops). Mike is an EST member and Youngblood alum, Dramatists Guild Council member, Tony voter and New Dramatists resident. Honors: Lark Venturous and NYFA fellowships; Kleban, PEN, Lanford Wilson, Helen Merrill, Heideman, and Kendeda awards. Education: Juilliard, Yale.
Colette Robert is a director and playwright from Los Angeles, CA. Recent directing credits include STEW (Page 73; Drama League, Outer Critics Circle, Drama Desk, Antonyo and AUDELCO Nominations), Native Son (PlayMakers Rep), On the Exhale (Chester Theatre Company; Berkshire Theatre Critics Award: Best Solo Performance), Behind the Sheet (Ensemble Studio Theatre, NYTimes’ Critics Pick, AUDELCO and Outer Critics Circle Nominations) and Mary’s Wedding (Chester Theatre Company). As a playwright, her play The Harriet Holland Social Club presents the 84th Annual Star-Burst Cotillion in the Grand Ballroom of the Renaissance Hotel received a grant from New York City’s Women’s Film, TV, and Theatre Fund for a production in 2021 (co-produced by New Georges and The Movement Theatre Company). Colette is a member of Ensemble Studio Theatre, a New Georges affiliated artist, and an adjunct lecturer at Hunter College and NYU. She was previously an Audrey Resident and Jam Co-Leader with New Georges, a Van Lier Directing Fellow at The Public, and The Drama League's 2018 Beatrice Terry Director in Residence. Alumnus of the Mabou Mines Resident Artist Program, Lincoln Center Directors Lab and The Civilians R&D Group. M.A., RADA and King’s College, London. B.A., Yale University. www.coletterobert.com