Recent events:

Sunday, April 6

Youngblood and the EST/Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Science & Technology Project present SHE BRUNCHDED ME WITH SCIENCE! (the Science Brunch). Four new plays about science and scientists!

A DECEPTIVELY SIMPLE THEORY OF EVERYTHING
by Amy Herzog
directed by Marlo Hunter
with Jason Butler Harner and Keith Reddin

SECOND OPINION
by Sharyn Rothstein
directed by Jordan Young
with JJ Kandel, Grant Shaud and Victor Slezak

THE GENES BELOW
by Emily Chadick Weiss
directed by Michael Goldfried
with Steve Boyer, Matthew Conlon, Polly Lee and Abigail Zealey Bess

UNTITLED ROSALIND FRANKLIN MUSICAL
by Jihan Crowther and Matt Schatz
directed by R.J. Tolan
with Julie Fitzpatrick and Ryan Karels

Plus our brunch buffet of pancakes, scrambled eggs, bacon, pastries and fruit and our MORALLY REPREHENSIBLE, FISCALLY INDEFENSIBLE OPEN BAR!

Sunday, April 6
doors open at 12:30pm for buffet (get their early, the bacon goes quick!)
show at 1pm

RESERVATIONS ESSENTIAL: 212.247.5982 x20

No seats (or food) guaranteed without a reservation; reservations held until 12:45pm.



ENSEMBLE STUDIO THEATRE
549 W. 52nd Street (bet. 10/11)
2nd Floor Mainstage Theater

 

In February, Youngblood has the run of the place, and we're making the most of it. Join us for our biggest month ever, with two brunches, two full-length workshops, an evening of seven new plays, plus standup comedy and the Youngblood writers performing their own material!

Sunday, March 2

Youngblood's BRUNCH MADNESS

Four new short plays about everybody's favorite brunch-time topic. No, not basketball. Mental illness!

New plays by:

Jesse Cameron ALICK
Robert ASKINS
Annie BAKER
Amy HERZOG

Plus a brunch buffet and OPEN BAR!

Doors open at 12:30pm
Show starts at 1pm

RESERVATIONS ESSENTIAL: 212-247-4982 x20

 

February 3 through March 1 - Youngblood's THICKER THAN WATER

Our signature collection of new one-acts, THICKER THAN WATER, returns with an evening of SEVEN new plays and musicals:

508 - by Amy Herzog
directed by Marlo Hunter
with Julie Fitzpatrick and Miguel Govea
Young ex-lovers confront a strange area code on their joint cell phone bill.

La Fête - by Daria Polatin
directed by R.J. Tolan
with Geneva Carr, Lucy DeVito and Grant Shaud
On a Christmas trip to Paris, sparks fly between a mother and daughter with the new stepdad caught in the crossfire.

For Candy - by Michael Sendrow
directed by Marlo Hunter
with David Gelles-Hurwitz and Grant Shaud
A dead letter forces a reckoning between a widower and his son.

Red Blue and Purple - by Justin Deabler
directed by Michael Goldfried
with Miguel Govea and Kelli Lynn Harrison
A small town boy made good confronts the friend he left behind.

It'll Soon be Here - by Delaney Britt Brewer
music by Eric Kuehnemann
directed by Abigail Zealey Bess
with Jenny Greer, Debbie Lee Jones and Lance Rubin
At the (Bill) Clinton inauguration, a one-hit wonder helps her daughter find romance.

Co-op - book by Courtney Brooke Lauria, music & lyrics by Matt Schatz
directed by Jordan Young
with Julie Fitzpatrick, Thomas Lyons and Steve Boyer
Unexpectedly, in an Oregon produce market, love blooms.

Both - by Emily Chadick Weiss
directed by Alexa Polmer
with Steve Boyer, David Gelles-Hurwitz, Jenny Greer, Lance Rubin and Maureen Sebastian
Sex, betrayal, heartbreak, sex -- the furious pace of freshman year.

TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW ON THEATERMANIA

Preview:
Sunday, February 3 at 3pm

Opening night:
Monday, February 4 at 7pm

Runs:
Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, February 7 - March 1 at 7pm

Extra performance:
Saturday, March 1 at 2pm

ENSEMBLE STUDIO THEATRE
549 W. 52nd Street (bet. 10/11)
2nd Floor Mainstage Theater

 

Youngblood's UNFILTERED workshops

Developmental studio workshops of two brand new Youngblood full lengths:

THE CURIOUS DISTANCE BETWEEN WHO I SHOULD BE FUCKING
AND WHO I LET FUCK ME
by Jihan Crowther
directed by May Adrales
Wednesday 2/20 at 7pm, Sunday 2/24 at 3pm and Tuesday 2/26 at 7pm


A BETTER BABYLON
by Michael Lew
directed by Linsay Firman
Monday 2/18 and Wednesday 2/27 at 7pm

Sunday, February 3 - The Youngblood COUPLES BRUNCH!

Details to come! Brand new short plays CO-WRITTEN by the playwrights of Youngblood:

Matt SCHATZ and Rob ASKINS
Amy HERZOG and Lucy ALIBAR
Delaney Britt BREWER and Steven LEVENSON

Sunday 2/3, 1pm
doors open at 12:30pm (come early for bacon!)

Reservations (essential!) call 212-247-4982 x20

 

Sunday, January 6 - The Youngblood Sunday Brunch!

It's a brand new year, and Youngblood is depressed.

It's that time again, when all our hopes and dreams of the old year are mothballed and we all resolve that somehow, this time, things will be better. We're all going to slim down, hook up, make it happen, pay no attention to that gnawing feeling in the pit of our stomach.

It's time to watch some new plays and drink and eat bacon.

New plays by:

Lucy ALIBAR
Annie BAKER
Steven LEVENSON
Michael LEW
Michael SENDROW

All that entertainment, plus our fabulous BRUNCH BUFFET of pancakes, eggs, bacon, pastries and fruit. And our morally reprehensible, fiscally indefensible OPEN BAR of mimosas and bloody marys! All for just $15!

Reservations - 212-247-4982 x20

RESERVATIONS ARE ESSENTIAL!

doors open at 12:30pm for buffet/bar (get there early, the bacon goes fast!)
show starts at 1pm

Ensemble Studio Theatre
549 West 52nd Street (10/11)
2nd Floor Mainstage

 

Sunday, December 2 - The Youngblood Sunday Brunch!

O Holy Brunch. O Little Brunch of Bethlehem. O Brunch, All Ye Faithful. The Brunch Noel. Joy to the Brunch.

Yep, it's the holidays again. And Youngblood's got something to say about it.

Five unique takes on the holidays, with five brand new short plays by the members of Youngblood. Plus some very special musical performances - including "A Very Merry Chekhov Christmas."

New plays by:

Jesse Cameron ALICK
Delaney Britt BREWER
Amy HERZOG
Courtney Brooke LAURIA
Daria POLATIN

All that entertainment, plus our fabulous BRUNCH BUFFET of pancakes, eggs, bacon, pastries and fruit. And our morally reprehensible, fiscally indefensible OPEN BAR of mimosas and bloody marys! All for just $15!

Reservations - 212-247-4982 x20

RESERVATIONS ARE ESSENTIAL!

doors open at 12:30pm for buffet/bar (get there early, the bacon goes fast!)
show starts at 1pm

Ensemble Studio Theatre
549 West 52nd Street (10/11)
2nd Floor Mainstage

 

Sunday, November 4 - The Youngblood Sunday Brunch!

The muckraking rabble rousers of Youngblood enter the political arena.

Determined to take political theater beyond red states and blue states, beyond liberal and conservative, beyond cheap, disrespectful W jokes.

There must be something we can all agree on.

OF COURSE THERE IS:

It's pancakes. And booze. And bacon. And theater.
And maybe, just maybe, it's all of them together.

THIS IS YOUR COUNTRY, AMERICA. AND THIS IS YOUR BRUNCH.

POLITICAL PLAY
by Annie Baker
directed by R.J. Tolan
featuring Julie Fitzpatrick and Ryan Karels

SHOE-IN
by Emily Chadick Weiss
directed by Marlo Hunter
featuring Polly Adams and Sarah-Violet Bliss

WHEN THE CLOWNS COME HOME TO ROOST
by Jihan Crowther
directed by Michael Lew
featuring Eric Feldman, Jay Liebman, Gregg Mozgala and Amy Staats

CHILDREN'S LETTERS TO BUSH
by Sharyn Rothstein
directed by Abigail Zealey Bess
featuring Adam Haar

RED, BLUE AND PURPLE
by Justin Deabler
directed by David Ruttura
featuring Kelli Lynn Harrison and Marc Santa Maria

Plus a very special musical performance by MATT SCHATZ!

And the public introduction of our four NEW YOUNGBLOOD MEMBERS!

All that entertainment, plus our fabulous BRUNCH BUFFET of pancakes, eggs, bacon, pastries and fruit. And our morally reprehensible, fiscally indefensible OPEN BAR of mimosas and bloody marys! All for just $15!

Reservations - 212-247-4982 x20

RESERVATIONS ARE ESSENTIAL!

doors open at 12:30pm for buffet/bar (get there early, the bacon goes fast!)
show starts at 1pm

Ensemble Studio Theatre
549 West 52nd Street (10/11)
2nd Floor Mainstage

 

Sunday, October 7 - The Youngblood Sunday Brunch!

A first ever - four brand new MUSICALS from the playwrights of Youngblood!

The mighty Youngblood Sunday Brunch is coming back strong for a brand new season, and this month we're singing about it. Libretto with a side of bacon, tenors swigging bloody marys, and more groundbreaking musical theater than you can shake a pancake at:

GOD SAVE US ALL
book and lyrics by Sharyn Rothstein
music by PJ Cacioppo
directed by Marlo Hunter
featuring: Mitchell Jarvis, Andrew Miramontes, Laura Beth Wells and Erin Wilson

IT'LL SOON BE HERE
book and lyrics by Delaney Britt Brewer
music by Eric Kuehnemann
directed by Robert Ross Parker
featuring: Cathy Curtin, Jenny Greer and Lance Rubin

THIS US
book and lyrics by Edith Freni
music by Michael Sendrow
directed by R.J. Tolan
featuring: Julie Lake and Steve Sanpietro

CO-OP! The Musical
book by Courtney Brooke Lauria
music and lyrics by Matt Schatz
directed by Jordan Young
featuring: Brad Bellamy, Steve Boyer and Julie Fitzpatrick

All four brand new musicals, plus our fabulous BRUNCH BUFFET of pancakes, eggs, bacon, pastries and fruit. And our morally reprehensible, fiscally indefensible OPEN BAR of mimosas and bloody marys! All for just $15!

Reservations - 212-247-4982 x20

RESERVATIONS ARE ESSENTIAL!

doors open at 12:30pm for buffet/bar (get there early, the bacon goes fast!)
show starts at 1pm

Ensemble Studio Theatre
549 West 52nd Street (10/11)
2nd Floor Mainstage

ASKING FOR TROUBLE 2007

Youngblood's SIXTH annual speed theater freakout returns!


Thursday, Friday and Saturday ONLY

September 6-8

All shows at 7pm

Reservations - 212-247-4982 x20

Ensemble Studio Theatre
549 West 52nd Street (10/11)
2nd Floor Mainstage

 

BLOODWORKS 2007

Every year, Youngblood presents a series of readings of brand new full-length plays, written by Youngblood members over the course of the season. This year, we have a bumper crop of Youngblood playwrights new and old.

We are proud to present BloodWorks 2007:

Weds. May 9 - Justin Deabler
Mon. May 14 - Emily Conbere
Weds. May 16 - Sharyn Rothstein
Mon. May 21 - Qui Nguyen
Weds. May 23 - Michael Sendrow
Weds. May 30 - Emily Chadick Weiss
Weds. June 13 - Delaney Britt Brewer
Thurs. June 14 - Courtney Brooke Lauria
Mon. June 18 - Matt Schatz
Weds. June 20 - Jihan Crowther

All the readings are free, and there are no reservations required.

All Readings:

7pm
The Landmark Tavern - 2nd floor
W. 46th Street at 11th Avenue

 

SUNDAY, June 3 - 1pm (doors at 12:30)

The Youngblood Sunday Brunch season finale:

A Selection of our favorite plays from this season's brunches, by the playwrights of Youngblood!

Plus a brunch buffet of pancakes, scrambled eggs, and the all-important bacon. This season, we are proud to introduce our fiscally irresponsible, morally reprehensible OPEN BAR

$15 includes the show, breakfast, and open bar!

Reservations ESSENTIAL:
(212) 247-4982 (x20)

Doors open at 12:30pm, make sure you get there early because once the bacon is gone, it's gone, folks. There's no bringing the bacon back.

Ensemble Studio Theatre - 2nd Floor Theatre

549 West 52nd Street

SUNDAY, May 6- 1pm (doors at 12:30)

Youngblood's Sunday Brunch celebrates Mother's Day with:

STOP! OR MY MOM WILL BRUNCH!

Four brand new short plays by the playwrights of Youngblood

 

Plus a brunch buffet of pancakes, scrambled eggs, and the all-important bacon. This season, we are proud to introduce our fiscally irresponsible, morally reprehensible OPEN BAR

$15 includes the show, breakfast, and open bar!

Reservations ESSENTIAL:
(212) 247-4982 (x20)

Doors open at 12:30pm, make sure you get there early because once the bacon is gone, it's gone, folks. There's no bringing the bacon back.

Ensemble Studio Theatre - 2nd Floor Theatre

549 West 52nd Street

 

SATURDAY, April 21 - 8pm

YOUNGBLOOD WON! Congrats to Emily Conbere and the whole Youngblood team! Also congrats to Ma-Yi and Youngblood's Mike Lew, who won the crowd choice award for Ma-Yi Writers Lab.

Partial Comfort Production's

BATTLE OF THE BARDS!

Come cheer for Youngblood as we take on the hottest young playwrights and theater companies in town in a knock-down-drag-out theatrical death match, in front of celebrity judges and you!

Our entry this year: ODYSSEUS
by Emily Conbere
directed by R.J. Tolan

Starring: Stacey Cervellino, Bekah Coulter, William Jackson Harper, Allison Jill Posner, Steven Sanpietro

The judges:

Sigourney Weaver
Josh Lucas
Adam Rapp
Robert Woodruff
Jim Simpson
David Cote

Buy tickets HERE!

* DOORS OPEN AT 6:30 PM
* 7- 8 PM ~ Free Samuel Adams Beer (and free Vodka, Wine and Food for all VIPs)
* 8-10 PM ~ THE BATTLE
*10:30 PM ~ Winners Selected

First 100 people in get a gift bag! (general admission)

$10 TICKETS get you: an hour of free beer, $5 drink specials all night
$50 TICKETS get you: access to VIP area, free Charbay Vodka, wine, food & a swanky giftbag
$75 TICKETS get you: all that you get with $50 ticket AND reserved seating
$100 TICKETS get you: all that you get with $50 ticket AND priority seating & sparkling wine from Jacob's Creek!

@ STUDIO MEZMOR (formerly "crobar") 530 West 28th Street (10th & 11th)

FEBRUARY 11 - MARCH 10, 2007

Youngblood returns to the EST Main Stage with NEGLECT and THICKER THAN WATER 2007:

NEGLECT

William Jackson Harper and Geany Masai (photo Carol Rosegg)

First up is our full-length, Sharyn Rothstein's NEGLECT, a brand new drama of heartbreaking dimensions. During a heat wave, in an inner-city Chicago neighborhood, an elderly woman opens her home to a young man next door. Together they try to escape the heat and their own loneliness, but an unexpected betrayal leaves each irreperably changed. A heartbreaking new play from a rising young writer, featuring two star-making performances from GEANY MASAI and WILLIAM JACKSON HARPER.

Read nytheatre.com's rave review of Neglect here. "Exceptional! Tightly constructed... a bleak landscape of raw and volatile emotions. A beautiful example of how a production breathes life into a play."

CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS

Directed by Catherine Ward
Starring William Jackson Harper and Geany Masai

Preview: Sunday 2/11, 7pm
Opens: Monday, 2/12, 7pm
Runs: Wednesdays and Saturdays at 7pm
From 2/21 through 3/10 (note: no performances between 2/12 and 2/21)

 

THICKER THAN WATER

ROB by Sam Forman, directed by Marlo Hunter. (l to r) Pepper Binkley, Paco Tolson, Lance Rubin, Justin Reinsilber, Julie Leedes. (photo Carol Rosegg)

Then, running in rep, the return of Youngblood's signature collection of new works, THICKER THAN WATER 2007. This year's THICKER is our biggest and best ever - featuring one-acts, shorts, and an original song cycle.

Backstage calls THICKER THAN WATER "Ambitious... Intriguing... a refreshing dip into the pool of emerging NYC writers!"

THE ROOSEVELT COUSINS, THOROUGHLY SAUCED by Michael Lew - A historical short about a young FDR and Eleanor Roosevelt at a polio clinic in Georgia. Drunk.
Directed by Moritz von Stuelpnagel

GROUP by Annie Baker - An aspiring writer tries to quit her writers' group. Neurosis ensues.
Directed by Alex Timbers

TRIAGE by Sharyn Rothstein - A man watches his wife choke to death in a hospital lobby while the American medical system points and laughs. A comedy!
Directed by R.J. Tolan

ROB by Sam Forman - Dumped for an obnoxiously attractive, compulsively masturbating actor, a young singer-songwriter desperately tries (and fails) to restart his life.
Directed by Marlo Hunter

AND THE BABY MAKES THREE by Courtney Brooke Lauria - A young wife, traumatized by miscarriage, gets advice on how to cope - from her home appliances.
Directed by Melissa Kievman

BIKE WRECK by Qui Nguyen - A rookie to the world of Chinese food delivery gets schooled on the rules of the game.
Directed by John Gould Rubin

THE JAMAL LULLABIES - A SONG CYCLE by Emily Conbere - A crew of high school girls eulogize the no-account drug dealer they loved, in song.
Directed by R.J. Tolan

Featuring an ensemble cast, including: Catherine Curtin, Jeffrey Nauman, Paco Tolson, Julie Leedes, Pepper Binkley, Lance Rubin, Justin Reinsilber, William Jackson Harper, Arthur Acuna, Gregg Mozgala, Ted Schneider, Bekah Coulter, Allison Jill Posner, Stacey Cervellino, Nicole Stefonek

CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS

Previews: Saturday 2/17 and Sunday 2/18, 7pm
Opens: Monday, 2/19, 7pm
Runs: Thursdays and Fridays at 7pm, Saturdays at 3pm
From 2/22 through 3/10

Ensemble Studio Theatre - 2nd Floor Theatre

549 West 52nd Street

BIKE WRECK by Qui Nguyen, directed by John Gould Rubin. (l to r) Justin Reinsilber, William Jackson Harper, Arthur Acuna. (photo Carol Rosegg)

 

AND THE BABY MAKES THREE by Courtney Brooke Lauria, directed by Melissa Kievman. (l to r) Ted Schneider, Julie Leedes. (photo Carol Rosegg)

 

THE ROOSEVELT COUSINS, THOROUGHLY SAUCED by Michael Lew, directed by Moritz von Stuelpnagel. (l to r) Pepper Binkley, Gregg Mozgala. (photo Carol Rosegg)

 

SUNDAY, March 4 - 1pm (doors at 12:30)

Youngblood's Sunday Brunch celebrates the beginning of MAAAAARRR'CH with our pirate-themed brunch:

CAP'N BRUNCH!

Four brand new short plays by

Michael LEW
Courtney Brooke LAURIA
Emily Chadick WEISS
Michael SENDROW

and a special musical performance from:
Matt SCHATZ!

Plus a brunch buffet of pancakes, scrambled eggs, and the all-important bacon. This season, we are proud to introduce our fiscally irresponsible, morally reprehensible OPEN BAR

$15 includes the show, breakfast, and open bar!

Reservations ESSENTIAL:
(212) 247-4982 (x20)

Doors open at 12:30pm, make sure you get there early because once the bacon is gone, it's gone, folks. There's no bringing the bacon back.

Ensemble Studio Theatre - 2nd Floor Theatre

549 West 52nd Street

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3rd - 1pm (doors at 12:30)

Youngblood's Sunday Brunch celebrates the holidays in our own, special way with:

Four brand new short plays by

Annie BAKER
Courtney Brooke LAURIA
Sharyn ROTHSTEIN
Matt SCHATZ

and a special musical performance from:
Sam FORMAN

Plus a brunch buffet of pancakes, scrambled eggs, and the all-important bacon. This season, we are proud to introduce our fiscally irresponsible, morally reprehensible OPEN BAR

$15 includes the show, breakfast, and open bar!

Reservations ESSENTIAL:
(212) 247-4982 (x20)

Doors open at 12:30pm, make sure you get there early because once the bacon is gone, it's gone, folks. There's no bringing the bacon back.

Ensemble Studio Theatre - 2nd Floor Theatre

549 West 52nd Street

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 5th - 1pm (doors at 12:30)

(not November 6, as the email says. that's our bad.)

Youngblood's Sunday Brunch makes its triumphant return with:

NAKED BRUNCH

if you go to the theatre and ask yourself:
WOULD THIS PLAY BE IMPROVED IF THE ACTORS GOT NAKED?

if you go to strip clubs and ponder:
COULD THIS NUDITY BENEFIT FROM HIGHER STAKES, STRONGER OBJECTIVES, AND A SIMPLE, CLEAR ONE-ACT STRUCTURE?

If you see plays with live nudity every day but wonder somewhere deep down:
MIGHT THIS BE BETTER WITH PANCAKES?

...then you should prepare to stop your grinnin'
and by all means get ready to drop your linen...

at the Youngblood NAKED BRUNCH

Three brand new short plays by

Kevin Christopher SNIPES
Emily CONBERE
Edith FRENI

and a special musical performance from:
Sam FORMAN

Plus a brunch buffet of pancakes, scrambled eggs, and the all-important bacon. This season, we are proud to introduce our fiscally irresponsible, morally reprehensible OPEN BAR

$15 includes the show, breakfast, and open bar!

Reservations ESSENTIAL:
(212) 247-4982 (x20)

Doors open at 12:30pm, make sure you get there early because once the bacon is gone, it's gone, folks. There's no bringing the bacon back.

Ensemble Studio Theatre - 2nd Floor Theatre

549 West 52nd Street

 

JUNE 2 through JULY 1 - at the Brick Theater's $ELLOUT FESIVAL

THE TRUE LIFE STORY OF [YOUR NAME HERE]: TOM RITCHFORD

"Youngblood opts into the $ELLOUT FESTIVAL in a truly unique way: they auctioned off the opportunity to have a one-act play written about the life of the winning bidder. The finished product, THE TRUE LIFE STORY OF [YOUR NAME HERE]: TOM RITCHFORD, is as entertaining and eclectic as its subject.

A hilariously surreal fantasia... TRUE LIFE STORY respectfully handles the events of Ritchford's life with total irreverence. The talented seven-person cast... all look like they're having a blast. Their teamwork and camaraderie onstage is terrific!"

- nytheatre.com - 6/6/06

Youngblood has sold their artistic vision, their playwriting, their very SOULS - to the highest bidder. Starting in early April, we ran an eBay auction. The winner of the auction, one Tom Ritchford, has been interviewed by a crack team of Youngblood playwrights, to have his TRUE LIFE STORY dramatized and performed with a professional cast in the $ELLOUT FESTIVAL this June at the Brick Theater in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

For more information - click here!

FOR TICKETS, visit THEATERMANIA

June 2 - Friday - 8:30pm
June 9 - Friday - 7:00 pm
June 16 - Friday - 8:15pm
June 17 - Saturday - 5:15pm
June 23 - Friday - 10:15pm
June 28 - Wednesday - 9:30pm
July 1 - Saturday - 2:00pm

ALL TICKETS JUST $10

WRITTEN BY: Qui Nguyen, Michael Lew, Courtney Brooke Lauria, Daria Polatin, Emily Conbere, Edith L. Freni, Sharyn Rothstein and Annie Baker

DIRECTED BY: R.J. Tolan

FEATURING: Lucia Brizzi, Helen Coxe, David Gelles-Hurwitz, Debbie Jaffe, Moira Lael MacDonald, Gregg Mozgala and Steven Sanpietro

 

 

SUNDAY, June 4 - Youngblood Sunday Brunch!

SEASON FINALE!!!

These playwrights are hard at work on YOUR breakfast. (l. to r.: Annie Baker, Kevin Christopher Snipes, Sharyn Rothstein)

Featuring breakfast buffet cooked by the multi-talented playwrights of Youngblood:, fresh pancakes, mimosas and Youngbloody Marys, plus brand new short plays. First drink included with admission.

Come see the final, heart-pounding, Series Finale episode 8 of:

SEXMENTO and GLORY DAYS AT JESUS HIGH

$10 only! - 1pm show, doors open for brunch at 12:30

RESERVATIONS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED!!

NO SEATS OR BACON GUARANTEED WITHOUT A RESERVATION!!

Call 212-247-4982 (x23 after hours)

Ensemble Studio Theatre - 2nd Floor Theatre

549 West 52nd Street

 

SUNDAY, APRIL 2 - Youngblood Sunday Brunch!

Featuring breakfast buffet cooked by the multi-talented playwrights of Youngblood:, fresh pancakes, mimosas and Youngbloody Marys, plus brand new short plays. First drink included with admission.

Come see episode 6 of:

SEXMENTO and GLORY DAYS AT JESUS HIGH

$10 only! - 1pm show, doors open for brunch at 12:30

RESERVATIONS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED!!

NO SEATS OR BACON GUARANTEED WITHOUT A RESERVATION!!

Call 212-247-4982 (x23 after hours)

Ensemble Studio Theatre - 2nd Floor Theatre

549 West 52nd Street

 

MARCH 23-25 - ASKING FOR TROUBLE 2006

The Asking for Trouble countdown is on:

10 playwrights
9 minutes per play
8 directors from the best theatres in town...
7 pm it all starts
6 train to Astor Place or the F and V trains to 2nd Ave
5 years of short-play madness and speed-theatre fury
4 th Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenues
3 performances only: Thurs-Sat, 3/23-25
2 dozen of the most fearless actors in New York

1 chance to see Youngblood at its brazen, panicked, mighty, mighty best...

They picked their actors and directors from a hat. They were randomly assigned a song to serve as their "inspiration." They had one week to write, and the cast had one week to rehearse. And now it all goes on - right in front of you.

THIS THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY

MARCH 23, 24 & 25 - 7pm

YOUNGBLOOD PRESENTS

ASKING FOR TROUBLE

AT THE KRAINE THEATRE
ON EAST 4TH STREET

New NINE Minute Plays By

Annie BAKER
Emily CONBERE
Courtney LAURIA
Michael LEW
Elizabeth MERIWETHER
Edward Lee MURRAY
Daria POLATIN
Sharyn ROTHSTEIN
Kevin Christopher SNIPES
Maggie SMITH

Directed By

Emily CONBERE
Marlo HUNTER
Michael LEW
Brian ROFF
Marc SANTA MARIA
Giovanna SARDELLI
Alex TIMBERS
Jordan YOUNG

Featuring

Jeff BIEHL
Sekiya BILLMAN
Pepper BINKLEY
Matthew CONLON
Winslow CORBETT
Julie FITZPATRICK
Graeme GILLIS
Lindy GOMEZ
Corey JOHNSON
JJ KANDEL
Ryan KARELS
Haskell KING
Julie LAKE
Julie LEEDES
Elizabeth MERIWETHER
Edward MURRAY
Jeffrey NAUMAN
Tara PERRY
Thom RIVERA
Diana RUPPE
Amy STAATS
Marguerite STIMPSON
Paco TOLSON
Gabra ZACKMAN

Thurs-Sat, March 23-25, 7 pm
Kraine Theatre, 85 East 4th Street @ 2nd Avenue
Subway: 6 to Astor Place; F, V to 2nd Avenue
Admission $10
Reservations 212.247.4982, x23

 

FRIDAY, MARCH 3 - PCP's BATTLE OF THE BARDS!

Come cheer for Youngblood as the hottest playwrights and companies in town go head-to-head in front of a celebrity panel! "FRESH PLAYS! FREE BOOZE! STARS OF STAGE AND SCREEN!" (Celebrity judges include: Sigourney Weaver, Christopher Durang, TONY's David Cote, and more!)

Just $10 for the Off-Off event of the year!

Tickets via TheaterMania

 

SUNDAY, MARCH 5 - THE YOUNGBLOOD OSCAR POOL!

Support Youngblood, and win cash prizes! More info...

 

SUNDAY, MARCH 5 - Youngblood Sunday Brunch!

These playwrights are hard at work on YOUR breakfast. (l. to r.: Annie Baker, Kevin Christopher Snipes, Sharyn Rothstein)

Featuring breakfast buffet cooked by the multi-talented playwrights of Youngblood:, fresh pancakes, mimosas and Youngbloody Marys, plus brand new short plays. First drink included with admission.

Come see episode 5 of:

SEXMENTO and GLORY DAYS AT JESUS HIGH

$10 only! - 1pm show, doors open for brunch at 12:30

RESERVATIONS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED!!

NO SEATS OR BACON GUARANTEED WITHOUT A RESERVATION!!

Call 212-247-4982 (x23 after hours)

Ensemble Studio Theatre - 2nd Floor Theatre

549 West 52nd Street

 

 

THICKER THAN WATER 2006

Youngblood's signature new play collection - featuring the New York premieres of three stunning new works.

JANUARY 25 - FEBRUARY 12

Henrietta Hermaline's Fall from Great Heights
by Maggie Smith
directed by Abigail Zealey Bess*
with Nicol Zanzarella-Giacalone*, Denny Bess* and Brendan McMahon

Brendan McMahon, Denny Bess and Nicol Zanzarella-Giacalone (photo: Carol Rosegg)

A socially backward, chronically allergic young secretary is swept into a world of romance, heartbreak and despair in Maggie Smith's lyrical fantasia. As her new flame introduces her to the world of the elite, the pigeons on her roof proclaim her the rightful Queen of the Bird People, and Henrietta is torn between the worlds of love and madness.

and

Hungry
by Amy Herzog
directed by Christine Farrell*

with Lucia Brizzi, Erin McMonagle and Rebecca Pace

Lucia Brizzi, Erin McMonagle and Rebecca Pace (photo: Carol Rosegg)

A blossoming anorexic, a brainy bombshell and the girl your parents warned you about. In the middle of the 90s, in the middle of New Jersey, three friends try to hold onto each other in Amy Herzog's heartbreaking study of a turbulent suburban adolescence.

 

FEBRUARY 1 - FEBRUARY 18

A Bitter Taste
by Kevin Christopher Snipes
directed by R.J. Tolan

with Paul Clark, Haskell King and Peter O'Connor

Peter O'Connor and Haskell King (photo: Carol Rosegg)

A mild-mannered college professor and a smooth-talking divorce attorney explore the underbelly of their lifelong friendship after their world is thrown off balance by a prostitute. Who happens to be underaged. And a boy. No assumption is safe in Kevin Christopher Snipes' unsettling take on men, sex and friendship.

 

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 5 - Youngblood Sunday Brunch!

These playwrights are hard at work on YOUR breakfast. (l. to r.: Annie Baker, Kevin Christopher Snipes, Sharyn Rothstein)

Featuring breakfast buffet cooked by the multi-talented playwrights of Youngblood:, fresh pancakes, mimosas and Youngbloody Marys, plus brand new short plays. First drink included with admission.

Come see episode 4 of:

SEXMENTO and GLORY DAYS AT JESUS HIGH

$10 only! - 1pm show, doors open for brunch at 12:30

RESERVATIONS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED!!

NO SEATS OR BACON GUARANTEED WITHOUT A RESERVATION!!

SUNDAY, JANUARY 8 - Youngblood Sunday Brunch!

Featuring breakfast buffet cooked by the multi-talented playwrights, fresh pancakes, mimosas and Youngbloody Marys, plus brand new short plays. First drink included with admission.

Come see episode 3 of:

SEXMENTO and GLORY DAYS AT JESUS HIGH

$10 only! - 1pm show, doors open for brunch at 12:30

Ensemble Studio Theatre - 6th Floor Theatre

549 West 52nd Street

 

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4 - Youngblood Sunday Brunch!

Featuring breakfast buffet cooked by the multi-talented playwrights, fresh pancakes, mimosas and Youngbloody Marys, plus brand new short plays. First drink included with admission.

Come see episode 2 of:

SEXMENTO - Magda's amnesia isn't getting any better, and her quest to figure out who she is - and who she slept with - threatens to drive away her new friends Dr. Levinson and Nurse Betsy. Now Magda must face her dark past with the mysterious Lawrence Reyes, and figure out why Vic and the Boys want their gun back.

Featuring: Diana Ruppe, Dawn Evans, Kim Donovan, Paco Tolson and JJ Kandel.

and

GLORY DAYS AT JESUS HIGH - The Very Special Christmas Episode! It's time for the Christmas Pageant at Bethlehem High, and Mary is determined to play Mary. But when Lillith's status as the New Girl is threatened by NEW New Girl Ebony St. Africa, some non-traditional casting leads to musical mayhem. Because at Jesus High, nothing says Christmas like racially inflammatory hi-jinks!

Featuring: Julie Leedes, Anna Stumpf, Steve Sanpietro, Gregg Mozgala, Kaaron Briscoe and Matt Conlon.

 

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19 - Youngblood BOWL-A-THON!

Sponsor your favorite playwright and help Youngblood produce world class theatre. For more information, check out our BOWL-A-THON page!

Leisure Time Lanes
Port Authority Bus Terminal
3 pm

 

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6 - Youngblood Sunday Brunch!

The first ever, soon-to-be monthly, Youngblood Sunday Brunch! Featuring breakfast buffet cooked by the multi-talented playwrights, fresh pancakes, mimosas and Youngbloody Marys, plus brand new short plays. First drink included with admission.

$10 only! - 1pm show, doors open for brunch at 12:30

The shows:

GLORY DAYS AT JESUS HIGH - Lillith is the new girl with the sinner's name. Mary is the good girl who's going to be Prom Queen, no matter who stands in her way. But strange things are afoot at evangelical Bethlehem High: when the new science teacher insists on peddling some pagan claptrap called "Evolution," Mary decides to put her holy foot down.

Featuring: Julie Leedes, Anna Stumpf, Steve Sanpietro, Kyle Masteller and Josh Haness

Directed by: Edward Lee Murray

Writers: Sharyn Rothstein (head writer), Kevin Snipes (co-writer, pilot), Edward Lee Murray, Michael Lew and Courtney Lauria

SEXMENTO - Magda doesn't remember who she is. Or what she does. Or why she has $3000 in her purse. All she has is a little black book, and her new friends Dr. Levinson and Nurse Betsy. Together, they have to figure out where Magda came from - and who she slept with along the way.

Featuring: Diana Ruppe, Will Harper, Dawn Evans, Emily Mostyn-Brown and Steve Sanpietro

Directed by: R.J. Tolan

Writers: Elizabeth Meriwether (head writer), Annie Baker (pilot), Graeme Gillis, Qui Nguyen, and Emily Conbere

 

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30 - OctoberFest!

Reading of Baby Girl - a new full-length play by Edith L. Freni.

Featuring: Chris Chalk, Michael Gladis, Sarah Hayon, Peter O'Connor, Sarah Schoenberg and John Summerour.

 

FRIDAY and SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7 & 8- OctoberFest!

Readings of new one-acts by the Youngblood playwrights, presented as part of EST's annual "Fall Harvest of New Works."

7:00pm and 8:30pm, Friday October 7
2:00pm and 3:30pm, Saturday October 8

 

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, - Book Release Party!

Celebrate the release of Thicker Than Water, a collection of Youngblood One-Acts, from Dramatists Play Service. Readings from the works, plus a wine and cheese reception!

 

From l. to r.: Welcome Back Buddy Combs by Ben Rosenthal; Charlie Blake's Boat by Graeme Gillis; D.C. by Daria Polatin; Waterborn by Edith L. Freni; all photos by Carol Rosegg, from Thicker Than Water 2004

6:30-7:30pm

The Drama Bookshop
250 W. 40th Street