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--> There are many, many reasons to love Youngblood’s ASKING FOR TROUBLE, which opens tonight at EST at 7pm, but for me it co...

Part Seven: On Saying Goodbye The Final Chapter - a short story - in which the 13-year-old me imagines what it will be like to be the ...

I have been to playwriting utopia and it is The Kennedy Center! The things I was given include train rides (a business class seat), a hotel ...

Summer is Youngblood's off-season, the time where we prepare mentally and physically for the season ahead. As a dedicated athlete wil...

Last night Nora Ephron passed away. I don't know about other  female comedic writers out there, but I have felt really sad about this. I...

Can you hear that? It's not the sound of thunder. It's the clamoring sound of the regret you will feel if you miss the FINAL NIGHT O...

Five years ago, two guys I went to high school with and another guy kidnapped a fourth guy and drove him to a pizza place, where he escap...

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13 7pm  2nd Fl of The Ensemble Studio Theatre My Bloodworks Reading: GOOD DANCER is the story of a wealthy disabled ...

I’ve only taken out one personal ad in my life. It happened before I was old enough to drink. “SWM (19) seeking Anne Frank t...

When I was 12 Pete Jenesen power bombed me through a table. It was terrifying and exhilarating. That's not as gay as it sounds. Couc...

It takes a village. As a freelance tutor, babysitter, etc, most of the advice I receive - and the codes I tend to live by - involve distan...

The very first  reading of a new play by Leah Nanako Winkler MONDAY JUNE 4TH AT 9 PM @ ENSEMBLE STUDIO THEATRE 549 West 52nd St...

I’ve made a list of all the wonderful moments I'll never forget from Youngblood: the laughter that comes from reading someone's ...

Bloodworks!  The shining spring-scented end at the long tunnel of winter!  The culmination of a year of toil!  The sweet icing of victory on...

It's not very hard to come up with an idea for a play. 1. You need to be a person of about my age who spent a lot of time in front ...