From July 6 to 24, 2011, Ensemble Studio Theatre heads to the Hamptons, as part of Stony Brook Southampton's summer session. Premiering this season, Southampton Arts: A Summer of Theatre and Film features workshops in Playwriting, Musical Book, Screenwriting, Theatre Directing and Digital Film Production lead by professional artists at the top of their fields.

Ensemble Studio Theatre is the resident theater company of Southampton Arts. Member actors and directors complement the experience by applying their talent to a wide variety of workshops, electives, panel discussion, evening readings, and after-hour events in this month-long conference.

Participating theatre and film professionals this summer include Marsha Norman Jon Robin Baitz, Edward Albee, Christine Lazaridi, Mitchell Kriegman, Tony Walton, Joe Mantello, Austin Pendleton, John Erman, Tina Landau, Kathleen Marshall, Andrew Bienin, Mark Wing-Davey, Emily Mann, Adam Bock, Leslie Ayvazian, William Carden, Jules Feiffer, David Adjmi, and Paula Brancato.

Directed by Robert Reeves, Southampton Arts is a program of the Southampton Writers Conference, Stony Brook University in Southampton, NY.  For over 30 years, the Writers Conference has been a cultural and literary destination in the Hamptons arts community.

For more information please visit: stonybrook.edu/writers/taf