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Recent events: ASKING FOR TROUBLE 2009
ASKING FOR TROUBLE is Youngblood's annual speed-theater freakout. TWENTY-ONE playwrights draw a director, a cast and a costume piece from a hat, and then have one week to write a script for that director and cast. Inspired by (and utilizing) that costume piece. To see a video by YB member Anna Kerrigan, dramatically interpreting this inspiration process, click HERE.
ASKING FOR TROUBLE will be performed in two series: SERIES A written by directed by featuring * member of Ensemble Studio Theatre SERIES B written by directed by featuring * member of Ensemble Studio Theatre Tickets - $10 per series ($18 if you see both in one night!) Reservations: (212) 247-4982 x105 Or email HERE. Ensemble Studio Theatre
Sunday, October 4:
The mighty YOUNGBLOOD SUNDAY BRUNCH returns for a new season! We're kicking it off with a very special episode - new plays about our neighborhood, our stomping grounds, our traditional haunts: 52nd Street. And to do it, we're collaborating with Hell's Kitchen's own, beloved 52nd Street Project!
The 52nd Street Project was founded by Ensemble Studio Theatre member Willie Reale in 1981, who reached out to the children of the neighborhood by creating theatrical endeavors specifically for them at EST. The Project has long since moved down the block as an independent not-for-profit organization, and continues to match the kids (age 9 to 18) of Hell's Kitchen with professional theater artists to create original theater. For the last couple years, Youngblood playwrights have been participating as guest artists at the 52nd Street Project. Now we've invited kids from the Project to come work with us! Each participating playwright met with one of the Project kids, and then wrote a new play specially for them to perform in: THE 52nd STREET BRUNCH! Five new plays about Hell's Kitchen from: Jon KERN original songs by: written for and featuring 52nd Street Project guest
artists: directed by: featuring: *denotes member of EST Five brand new plays, plus our brunch buffet of pancakes, eggs, bacon, fruit and pastries! All for just $15! NOTE: the 52nd Street Brunch is an ALL AGES event, so there's no bar this time around. Our morally reprehensible, fiscally indefinsible OPEN BAR will return in November! Sunday, October 4th COME EARLY - the food and seats go fast! RESERVATIONS REQUIRED: call (212) 247-4982 x107
BLOODWORKS 2009!
BLOODWORKS 2009! Featuring readings of brand new full-length plays by the members of Youngblood. All readings are at 7pm and are hosted by Dog Run Rep at @SEAPORT! - 210 Front Street Google Maps link - take the A/C to Broadway Nassau, 2/3/4/5/J/M/Z to Fulton St. Walk down Fulton Street to the South Street Seaport. Make a left just before the Gap and the BODIES exhibit. @SEAPORT! is on the left at Beekman Street. Weds May 6 - MIRA GIBSON Weds May 13 - DOROTHY FORTENBERRY Tues May 19 - SHARYN ROTHSTEIN Weds May 20 - MICHAEL LEW Tues May 26 - COURTNEY BROOKE LAURIA Weds May 27 - ERICA SALEH Tues June 2 - ANNA MOENCH Weds June 3 - JON KERN Tues June 16 - NIKOLE BECKWITH Weds June 17 - JESSE CAMERON ALICK Tues June 23 - PATRICK LINK Weds June 24 - JOSHUA CONKEL Tues June 30 - ELIZA CLARK Weds July 1 - ROBERT ASKINS
Sunday, May 3
For some reason, playwrights write a lot about losing. And loss. And losers. See what happens when they write about winning and the winners who do it. THE BRUNCHFAST OF CHAMPIONS! five brand new short plays about VICTORY by: Rob ASKINS Tickets just $15, for all five brand new short plays PLUS our brunch buffet of pancakes, scrambled eggs, bacon, pastries and fruit and our MORALLY REPREHENSIBLE, FISCALLY INDEFENSIBLE OPEN BAR!
Sunday, May 3 RESERVATIONS ESSENTIAL: 212.247.4982 x107 No seats (or food) guaranteed without a reservation; reservations held until 12:45pm. Sunday, April 5
**THE HOMETOWN BRUNCH IS
SOLD OUT** You've met the Youngblood playwrights, THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE BRUNCH five brand new short plays about the playwright's hometown by: Jesse Cameron ALICK
(Missoula, MT)
Tickets just $15, for all five brand new short plays PLUS our brunch buffet of pancakes, scrambled eggs, bacon, pastries and fruit and our MORALLY REPREHENSIBLE, FISCALLY INDEFENSIBLE OPEN BAR! Sunday, April 5 RESERVATIONS ESSENTIAL: 212.247.4982 x107 No seats (or food) guaranteed without a reservation; reservations held until 12:45pm.
Sunday, March 1
The stock market is in the tank. Gloom and doom is in the air. The "Great Recession" is upon us. Luckily, Youngblood has a stimulus package: BROTHER CAN YOU SPARE A BRUNCH five brand new short plays about the fiscal crisis by Robert ASKINS directed by: Isaac Butler, Nelson Eusebio, Linsay Firman, Kel Haney and Larissa Lury featuring: Anna Aronson, Denny Bess^, Kelly Anne Burns, Ronald Cohen, Dana Eskelson, Marcia Haufrecht^, Haskell King^, Florencia Lozano, Thomas Lyons^, James Murtaugh^, Bill Peden, Jane Pfitsch, Patricia Randell^, Amy Saats^, Chris Wight^, Beth Wittig, Daniel Ziskie^ ^denotes a member of Ensemble Studio Theatre Tickets just $15, for all five brand new short plays PLUS our brunch buffet of pancakes, scrambled eggs, bacon, pastries and fruit and our MORALLY REPREHENSIBLE, FISCALLY INDEFENSIBLE OPEN BAR! Sunday, March 1 RESERVATIONS ESSENTIAL: 212.247.4982 x107 AS OF 2/26/09 at 6pm, the brunch is SOLD OUT - please call to be added to the waiting list! No seats (or food) guaranteed without a reservation; reservations held until 12:45pm.
February 5 - March 7
youngblood's UNFILTERED STOCKTON by
Michael Lew Thu 2/5 7pm; Fri 2/6 7pm; Mon 2/9 7pm; Fri 2/13 7pm; Sat 2/14 7pm
NODDING OFF
by Emily Chadick Weiss Thu 2/12 7pm; Sat 2/14 2pm; Mon 2/16 7pm; Fri 2/20 7pm; Sat 2/21 7pm
PRINCES OF WACO
by Robert Askins Thu 2/19 7pm; Sat 2/21 2pm; Mon 2/23 7pm; Fri 2/27 7pm; Sat 2/28 7pm
LAKE WATER
by Delaney Britt Brewer Thu 3/5 7pm; Fri 3/6 7pm; Sat 2/28 7pm
FOR TICKETS TO ANY UNFILTERED SHOWS, PLEASE VISIT or call (212) 352-3101 ^ denotes a member of Ensemble Studio Theatre
Sunday, February 1:
Youngblood is tired of being the bridesmaid and never the bride. So we went out and got ourselves a wedding dress, and five brand new short plays are going to use it! Get ready for the Youngblood side of marriage. Brand new short plays about the long march down the aisle by: Joshua CONKEL directed by Nelson Eusebio, John Giampetro, Sarah Malkin and Alexa Polmer featuring Pepper Binkley, Christopher Bonewitz, Cathy Curtin*, Lucy Devito, Christine Farrell*, Cara Greene, Bob Jaffe, JJ Kandel*, Mordecai Lawner*, Annie O'Sullivan*, Patricia Randell*, Devere Rogers, Jessa Sherman, Scott Sowers* and Amy Staats* *denotes a member of Ensemble Studio Theatre Tickets just $15, for all five brand new short plays PLUS our brunch buffet of pancakes, scrambled eggs, bacon, pastries and fruit and our MORALLY REPREHENSIBLE, FISCALLY INDEFENSIBLE OPEN BAR! Sunday, February 1 RESERVATIONS ESSENTIAL: 212.247.4982 x107 No seats (or food) guaranteed without a reservation; reservations held until 12:45pm. Sunday, January 4:
For the second year in a row, Youngblood takes a running jump at the theme of SCIENCE, in collaboration with the EST/Alfred P. Sloan Foundation's FIRST LIGHT FESTIVAL! Brand new short plays by: Eliza CLARK and a new mini-musical by: Dorothy FORTENBERRY and YB alum Matt SCHATZ!
Tickets just $15, for all five brand new short plays PLUS our brunch buffet of pancakes, scrambled eggs, bacon, pastries and fruit and our MORALLY REPREHENSIBLE, FISCALLY INDEFENSIBLE OPEN BAR! Sunday, January 4 RESERVATIONS ESSENTIAL: 212.247.4982 x107 No seats (or food) guaranteed without a reservation; reservations held until 12:45pm.
Sunday, December 7:
The Youngblood Sunday Brunch takes on the holidays, and it all turns out more depressive than George Bailey, cuter than Zuzu and drunker than Clarence: IT'S A WONDERFUL BRUNCH! Brand new short plays about the holidays by: Rob ASKINS directed by: Isaac Butler, Tamara Fisch, Andrew Grosso, Kel Haney and R.J. Tolan* featuring: Anna Aronson, Rob Askins, Steve Boyer, Kelly Anne Burns, Geneva Carr*, Lucy DeVito, Dave Gelles-Hurwitz, Graeme Gillis*, Jenny Gomez, Mattie Hawkinson, Thomas Lyons*, Jared McGuire, Bobby Moreno, Amy Staats* and Ann Talman* *member of Ensemble Studio Theatre
Tickets just $15, for all five brand new short plays PLUS our brunch buffet of pancakes, scrambled eggs, bacon, pastries and fruit and our MORALLY REPREHENSIBLE, FISCALLY INDEFENSIBLE OPEN BAR! Sunday, December 7 RESERVATIONS ESSENTIAL: 212.247.5982 x107 No seats (or food) guaranteed without a reservation; reservations held until 12:45pm. Sunday, November 2 - ColumBRUNCH Ohio!
For the first time ever, the Youngblood Sunday Brunch is going on the road - for our political-themed Brunch performance we're climbing into vans and driving out to the battleground state of Ohio. Five brand new plays by the members of Youngblood and a breakfast buffet of pancakes, eggs, bacon, pastries and fruit. Come see what New York's sharpest young playwrights have to say about the state of our nation, two days before a historic election day. Check in on the Youngblog to keep up with the trip and the local coverage of the Brunch! COLUMBUS PERFORMING ARTS CENTER TICKETS ONLY $20 - includes Brunch Buffet! Performance 1pm on Sunday, November 2 RESERVATIONS/INFORMATION: call 614-448-3394
October 21-25 - Asking for Trouble 2008!
ASKING FOR TROUBLE 2008! 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. Tuesday, October 21 through Saturday, October 25. for tickets, call (212)
247-4982 x105 RESERVATIONS ARE ESSENTIAL! See below for a list of who is writing/directing/acting in each series! Tuesday, October 21: Wednesday, October 22: Thursday, October 23: Friday, October 24: Saturday, October 25:
* denotes member of EST Series A - 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
Series B: 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*
Series C: 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*
Series D: 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 Cartoon by Nikole Beckwith THE BIRTHDAY BRUNCH
This year is Youngblood's Sweet Fifteen. Our quinceanera.
Our crystal anniversary. And we're celebrating the only way we know
how: pancakes, bacon, bloody marys, and THEATER. Featuring (among others): Ali Ahn, Anna Aronson, Quincy Confoy, Julie
Leedes, Patricia Randell and Anne Talman Alexa Polmer, R.J. Tolan, Melissa Kievman and Moritz von Stuelpnagel Plus a special Youngblood Birthday Seranade by Lucy ALIBAR! AND our brunch buffet of pancakes, scrambled eggs, bacon, pastries and fruit and our MORALLY REPREHENSIBLE, FISCALLY INDEFENSIBLE OPEN BAR! Sunday, October 5 RESERVATIONS ESSENTIAL: 212.247.5982 x107 No seats (or food) guaranteed without a reservation; reservations held until 12:45pm.
Sunday, May 4
We don't know about you, but Youngblood is ready for SUMMER. It's the last Sunday Brunch before we go on summer vacation, and we're wrapping up the brunch season with FIVE new short plays about beach going, sun baking, bug slapping, barbecue grilling summertime. Or some oblique, neurotic, dysfunctional version thereof. HOT SUMMER INTERNS DON'T FEAR THE SHARK TWO WOMEN SITTING ON A BENCH TALKING ABOUT HOW FRIGGIN
HOT IT IS HUCK AND SACKETT IN THE SUMMER SUN CONTROLLED BURN And MUSICAL PERFORMANCES from Matt Schatz and Lucy Alibar! Plus our brunch buffet of pancakes, scrambled eggs, bacon, pastries and fruit and our MORALLY REPREHENSIBLE, FISCALLY INDEFENSIBLE OPEN BAR! Sunday, April 6 RESERVATIONS ESSENTIAL: 212.247.5982 x20 No seats (or food) guaranteed without a reservation; reservations held until 12:45pm.
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 SECOND OPINION THE GENES BELOW UNTITLED ROSALIND FRANKLIN MUSICAL Plus our brunch buffet of pancakes, scrambled eggs, bacon, pastries and fruit and our MORALLY REPREHENSIBLE, FISCALLY INDEFENSIBLE OPEN BAR! Sunday, April 6 RESERVATIONS ESSENTIAL: 212.247.5982 x20 No seats (or food) guaranteed without a reservation; reservations held until 12:45pm.
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
Four new short plays about everybody's favorite brunch-time topic. No, not basketball. Mental illness! New plays by: Jesse Cameron ALICK Plus a brunch buffet and OPEN BAR! Doors open at 12:30pm 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 La Fête - by Daria Polatin For Candy - by Michael Sendrow Red Blue and Purple - by Justin Deabler It'll Soon be Here - by Delaney Britt
Brewer Co-op - book by Courtney Brooke Lauria,
music & lyrics by Matt Schatz Both - by Emily Chadick Weiss TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW ON THEATERMANIA Preview: Opening night: Runs: Extra performance: ENSEMBLE STUDIO THEATRE
Developmental studio workshops of two brand new Youngblood full lengths: THE CURIOUS DISTANCE BETWEEN WHO I SHOULD
BE FUCKING
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 Sunday 2/3, 1pm 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 Reservations - 212-247-4982 x20 RESERVATIONS ARE ESSENTIAL! doors open at 12:30pm for buffet/bar (get there early,
the bacon goes fast!) Ensemble Studio Theatre
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 Reservations - 212-247-4982 x20 RESERVATIONS ARE ESSENTIAL! doors open at 12:30pm for buffet/bar (get there early,
the bacon goes fast!) Ensemble Studio Theatre
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. THIS IS YOUR COUNTRY, AMERICA. AND THIS IS YOUR BRUNCH. POLITICAL PLAY SHOE-IN WHEN THE CLOWNS COME HOME TO ROOST CHILDREN'S LETTERS TO BUSH RED, BLUE AND PURPLE 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!) Ensemble Studio Theatre
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 IT'LL SOON BE HERE THIS US CO-OP! The Musical 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!) Ensemble Studio Theatre ASKING FOR TROUBLE 2007 Youngblood's SIXTH annual speed theater freakout returns!
September 6-8 All shows at 7pm Reservations - 212-247-4982 x20 Ensemble Studio Theatre
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