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youngblood goes after Wall Street with
two new plays in studio productions
SILVER TO A TRADING AGENT by Sharyn
Rothstein
directed by Giovanna Sardelli+
featuring Steven Boyer*, Bill Cwikowski*+, Lucy DeVito*+, Richmond
Hoxie*+, Ilene Kristen*+ and Patricia Randell*+
Catherine Murdoch, head of wealth management at one of the world's
largest banks, has just been passed over for CEO in favor of charm-spewing
Bill Enoch. Catherine must choose whether to follow orders
and play fast and loose with her clients' money, or challenge her
new boss head on. Wall Street, the economic meltdown, and
the role of women in finance collide in a fast-paced look at the
dirty choices that got us where we are today.
PERFORMANCES: February 10, 11, 12, 18 &
19 at 7pm on the Sixth Floor
and
microcrisis by Michael Lew
directed by Ralph Peña
featuring Jackie Chung*+, Graeme Gillis+, Jocelyn Kuritsky, Socorro
Santiago*+, Godfrey Simmons* and Michael Louis Wells*+
A raucous comedy about the world's next financial crisis.
You've heard of "microcredit"? The Nobel Peace Prize-winning
concept of providing Third World entrepreneurs with small charitable
loans to help alleviate global poverty? microcrisis looks
at what happens when a scheming investment banker exploits microcredit,
lumps it into complex financial instruments, and ravages the global
economy once again - and it all turns out hilarious.
PERFORMANCES: February 17, 20, 21, 25 &
26 at 7pm on the Sixth Floor
production stage manager: Eliza Jane Bowman
assistant stage manager: Flannery Spring-Robinson
furniture/props: Renee Williams
lights: Geoffrey Dunbar+
costumes: Mark Richard Caswell
sound: Christopher Rummel
season producer: Annie Trizna
TICKETS: $10, click HERE
Ensemble Studio Theatre
549 W 52nd St, NYC (between 10th & 11th Aves)
+ denotes EST Member
* appears courtesy of Actors' Equity Association.
MICROCRISIS and SILVER TO A TRADING AGENT are Equity-Approved showcases.

The DUMPED BRUNCH!
Breaking up is hard to do, and the playwrights of
Youngblood are out to prove it. Just in time for Valentine's
Day, five brand new short plays about dumping and getting dumped.
STOP WRITING THIS SCENE IN YOUR HEAD
by Delaney Britt Brewer
directed by Abigail Zealey Bess*
with Robert Askins, Melissa Chambers and Richard Saudek
THE SALE by Meghan Deans
directed by Linsay Firman
with Paul Coffey and Kristen Harlow
FUCK A TURK by Mira Gibson
directed by John Giampetro
with Nikole Beckwith, Cathy Curtin* and Mike Smith Rivera
SUGAR PLUM FAIR by Michael Walek
directed by Tamara Fisch
with John Connor Brooke, Anthony Johnston and more!
PITY PARTY by Emily Chadick Weiss
directed by Kel Haney
with Geneva Carr*, Katie Kreisler and more!
plus the heartbreakingest Youngblood song ever from
ERIC MARCH!
* denotes member of EST
Sunday, February 7
doors open at 12:30pm for brunch buffet
curtain at 1pm
$18
for reservations, call 212-247-4982 x105
from Youngblood on the EST Mainstage:
by Robert Askins
directed by Dylan McCullough
with Evan Enderle, Christine Farrell*+, Scott Sowers*+
and Megan Tusing
In darkest Texas, an old man teaches a fatherless
boy how to drink, fight and steal by a code. But when they love
the same girl, that brings killing and dying into the picture.
A fierce, viciously funny journey into a bloody and
forgotten West - from one of Youngblood's most exciting young playwrights.
Thursdays through Saturdays at 7pm
* member of Actors Equity
+ member of Ensemble Studio Theatre

Six hot-off-the-presses new plays full to bursting
with people doing very bad things to each other. Violently. On stage.
Live and in your face.
Rough and ready new plays from:
Robert Askins
Lucy Boyle
Joshua Conkel
Meghan Deans
Jon Kern
Erica Saleh
directed by:
Wes Grantom, Kel Haney, Heidi Handelsman, Lila Neugebauer,
R.J. Tolan+ and Jordan Young
with:
Robert Askins, Jessica Barr, Edward Boroevich, Joachim
Boyle, Lucia Brizzi, Jackie Chung+, Paul Coffey, Julie Fitzpatrick+,
Jenny Gomez, Jon Hoche, David Hurwitz, Ryan Karels, Jason Liebman,
Tim McGeever, Bobby Moreno, Allyson Morgan, Jacob Murphy, Jane Pfitsch,
Katie Schorr, Claire Siebers, Amy Staats+, Temar Underwood and Michael
Louis Wells+
Sunday, January 3
doors open at 12:30pm for brunch buffet
curtain at 1pm
$18
for reservations, call 212-247-4982 x107
Concert readings of FIVE brand new Holiday musicals
written by:
Nikole Beckwith
Jon Kern
Patrick Link
Eric March
Anna Moench
plus songs by special alumni guests Daria Polatin
and Matt Schatz!
The Youngblood playwrights have taken five beloved
holiday tales and turned them inside out - with music! The Nativity,
the Gift of the Magi, the first Hannukah, The Little Matchstick
Girl, Home Alone - all the timeless classics are there, though you
may only barely recognize them.
We'll have holiday cookies and eggnog (the full Brunch
will return in January)
Show starts at 1pm
Ensemble Studio Theatre
2nd Floor
549 West 52nd Street (bet. 10/11)
Reservations required! (212) 247-4982 x107
Youngblood's BOWL-A-THON is back and better than ever
- and this time we're raising money to fix up EST's sixth floor
theater for UNFILTERED. To sponsor a playwright, drop us a line
using the "contact us" link below.
More details at The
Youngblog!

The Youngblood playwrights rise to their greatest
challenge yet: writing short plays that might actually turn you
on. Come see how well they performed.
Five new short plays about the naughty by:
Robert ASKINS
Joshua CONKEL
Mira GIBSON
Anna KERRIGAN
Kyoung PARK
VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED! Please only attend the
erotic brunch if you can handle a little sex with your pancakes.
Five brand new plays, plus our brunch buffet of pancakes,
eggs, bacon, fruit and pastries! And the triumphant return of our
morally reprehensible, fiscally indefensible OPEN BAR of mimosas,
bloody marys and a brand new erotic cocktail.
All for just $18!
Sunday, November 1st
doors open at 12:30pm for buffet and seating
show starts at 1pm
COME EARLY - the food and seats go fast!
RESERVATIONS REQUIRED:
call (212) 247-4982 x107
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