Ensemble Studio Theatre/Alfred P. Sloan Foundation present

HAVE YOU MET JANE GOODALL AND HER MOTHER?

a new comedy by Michael Walek, directed by Linsay Firman*

The Tanzanian government allowed Jane Goodall to study chimpanzees in the wild under one condition - she must bring a chaperone. So, Jane invited her mother.

March 2025, Dates to be announced

Stay tuned for tickets!

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ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT & DIRECTOR

Michael Walek is a playwright based in New York City. His first play The Bookstore, will premiere at New Jersey Repertory Company this July. 

Linsay Firman is Director of Play Development at EST, and Director of the EST/Sloan Project. At EST, she has directed the world premiere of plays by Lucas Hnath and Anna Ziegler, as well as EST Marathon plays by Rachel Bonds, Garrett M. Brown, Darcy Fowler, and Jose Rivera. Other productions at The Hangar Theatre, Ma-Yi Theatre, Chester Theatre, Theatre Row and chashama. Linsay began working in new play development as the Associate Director of Soho Rep, where she was a founder and chair of Soho Rep's Writer/Director Lab. Alumna of the Women's Project Director's Lab, the New Dramatists’s Resident Director Program and multiple programs at the Lark. M.F.A. from CalArts.