Past events

youngblood's annual reading series

brand new full-length plays by the members of youngblood

ATTENTION - venue for Bloodworks readings has changed.  For details, please see below!

Mon 6/6
IRT Theater
154 Christopher Street (at Washington)
Buzzer 3B
6:30pm - Christopher Sullivan
8:30pm - Meghan Deans


Tue 6/7
Ensemble Studio Theatre
549 W. 52nd Street
2nd Floor
6:30pm - Erica Saleh
8:30pm - Mira Gibson


Mon 6/13
NYU
Goldberg Theatre
721 Broadway, 7th Floor
6:30pm - Emily Chadick Weiss
8:30pm - Alex Borinsky


Tue 6/14
Ensemble Studio Theatre
549 W. 52nd Street
2nd Floor
6:30pm - Anna Kerrigan
8:30pm - Joshua Conkel


Wed 6/22
Ensemble Studio Theatre
549 W. 52nd Street
2nd Floor
8:30pm - Patrick Link/Eric March


Mon 6/27
NYU
Goldberg Theatre
721 Broadway, 7th Floor
6:30pm - Sharyn Rothstein
8:30pm - Michael Lew


Tue 6/28
NYU
Goldberg Theatre
721 Broadway, 7th Floor
7pm - Ryan Dowler


Wed 6/29
Algonquin Seaport Theatre

2nd Floor - all the way towards the Brooklyn Bridge (directions here)

Pier 17

South Street Seaport
8:30pm - Darcy Fowler

For SuperBrunch Sunday: the SPORTS BRUNCH.
Because sports is what playwrights know best.

You were probably going to lay down a base layer of alcohol before the big game anyway.  So why not join Youngblood for pancakes, bacon, and five brand new plays a about sports?

Football (twice!), baseball, skiing and even competitive eating all get the Youngblood treatment.  One playwright even admitted having to go to wikipedia to figure out how one is supposed to play sports at all. 

QUARTERBACK CONTROVERSY

by Meghan Deans
directed by Jason Bruffy
with Dylan Dawson and Scott Sowers*

 

MEN OF GREAT APPETITE
 by Eric Dufault

directed by Abigail Zealey Bess*
with Robert Askins, Chris Ceraso*, Julie Leedes* and Shawn Randall

 

AMERICA'S PASTIME
 a new musical by Eric March
directed by Tom Wojtunik
with Jeremy Beck, Jackie Chung* and Jon Hoche

AWESOME BEAR
  by Anna Moench
directed by Morgan Gould
with Eddie Boroevich, Claire Gresham and Clare McNulty

I FUCKING LOVE WINNING
 by Christopher Sullivan
directed by Moritz von Stuelpnagel*
with Jake Aron, Shane Patrick Kearns, Jared McGuire and Lance Rubin
 

 

* member of Ensemble Studio Theatre

Five brand new plays, plus our fabulous BRUNCH BUFFET of pancakes, eggs, bacon, pastries and our fiscally irresposible open bar - all for just $18!

Reservations are ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL!
just reply to this email
or call (212) 247-4982 x105

Sunday, February 6
doors open at 12:30pm for the buffet (food goes fast so get there early!)
show starts at 1pm


PLEASE NOTE: We usually have a waiting list, so any reservation not picked up by 10 minutes before curtain time can NOT be guaranteed.

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

January 13 - February 5

UNFILTERED 2011

studio productions of three brand new full-length plays

Sweet Forgotten Flavor
by Patrick Link
directed by RJ Tolan*
 
A wealthy lawyer commissions a talented but penniless painter to do a portrait, but during their first painting session a careless confession releases an unstoppable spring of sin, scandal and sensuality.
 

with Kristin Griffith*+, Richmond Hoxie*+, Haskell King*+, Diana Ruppe*+

and Michael Louis Wells*+

Thu 1/13 at 7pm, Fri 1/14 at 7pm, Sat 1/15 at 7pm, Fri 1/21 at 7pm, Sat 1/22 at 7pm

In Quietness

by Anna Moench

directed by Birgitta Victorson

A former CEO follows her born-again husband to a Southern Baptist seminary and enrolls as a student at the Homemaking House, a place where marital bliss means never having to say thank you for cleaning the toilet. 

with Katie Atcheson, Eric Feldman*, Julie Fitzpatrick*+, William Jackson Harper*+

and Clare McNulty

Wed 1/19 at 7pm, Thu 1/20 at 7pm, Mon 1/24 at 8pm, Fri 1/28 at 7pm, Sat 1/29 at 7pm

The Sluts of Sutton Drive

by Joshua Conkel

directed by Lila Neugebauer 

A working mother enrolls in a strip aerobics class only to realize she hates men. It's when she becomes addicted to drinking cleaning products that her life really begins to unravel.

with Denny Bess*+, Graeme Gillis*, Megan Hill+, Justin Noble and Amy Staats*+

Thu 1/27 at 7pm, Sat 1/29 at 2pm, Thu 2/3 at 7pm, Fri 2/4 at 7pm, Sat 2/5 at 7pm

 

Scenic Design: Maiko Chii · Sound Design: Hillary CharnasLighting Design: Cat Tate Starmer 
Costume Design: Danielle Schembre and Erica Evans
Props Design: Renee Williams · Production Stage Manager: Mark Karafin+ 

Stage Managers: Kelly Ruth Cole+ and Lisa McGinn+

Production Manager: Joshua Scherr · Technical Director: Michael Hetzer 

* denotes EST Member

+ appears courtesy of Actors' Equity Association · Unfiltered 2011 is an Equity-Approved Showcase

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Tickets: $20 general admission · $15 students/seniors

Click here or call 866-811-4111 to order now!

Questions?  Contact:
 boxoffice@ensemblestudiotheatre.org 
or 212-247-4982

Brunch of the Living Dead.

If you think the weather outside is FRIGHTFUL...

What better way to spend the very first Sunday of the New Year than cowering under your seat, clutching your bloody mary in abject terror. Welcome [creaking door noises] to the BRUNCH OF THE LIVING DEAD...

Six (it's a bonus pack!) brand new short plays in the horror/thriller/slasher genre. Laughs, chills, thrills, creepy voices, a new musical -- we've got it all. Kick baby New Year right in the diaper with the YOUNGBLOOD SUNDAY BRUNCH.

SKIING WITH JESUS

by Lydia Brunner

directed by Lila Neugebauer

with Lucia Brizzi, Darcy Fowler and Nedra McClyde

PASS IT ON

by Joshua Conkel

directed by John Giampietro

with Loren Brown*, Molly Carden and Maya MacDonald

THE HORROR

by Darcy Fowler

directed by Moritz von Stuelpnagel*

with Geneva Carr*, Frank Harts and Seth Kirschner

BYE BYE VERONICA

by Patrick Link

directed by Jason Bruffy

with Dylan Dawson, Julie Leedes* and Shawn Randall

MURDERTOWN

a new musical by Eric March

directed by Abigail Zealey Bess*

with Robert Askins, William Jackson Harper* and Bobby Moreno

THE INNOCENT

by Erica Saleh

directed by Kel Haney

with Jackie Chung*, Jared McGuire and Megan Tusing

* member of Ensemble Studio Theatre

Five brand new plays, plus our fabulous BRUNCH BUFFET of pancakes, eggs, bacon, pastries and our fiscally irresposible open bar - all for just $18! Special holiday beverages may be had!

Reservations are ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL!

boxoffice@ensemblestudiotheatre.org

or call (212) 247-4982 x105

Sunday, January 2

doors open at 12:30pm for the buffet (food goes fast so get there early!)

show starts at 1pm

PLEASE NOTE: We usually have a waiting list, so any reservation not picked up by 10 minutes before curtain time can NOT be guaranteed.

Ensemble Studio Theatre

2nd Floor

549 West 52nd Street (bet. 10/11)

Sunday, November 7

Youngblood and the 52nd Street Project.
Together again.
Talking about the future.
Eating pancakes.

Last year our Brunch season kicked off in collaboration with the wonderful folks at the 52nd Street Project, a not-for-profit organization that matches the kids (age 9 to 18) of Hell's Kitchen with professional theater artists to create original theater.

We loved it so much we had to do it again.  Five of our writers met with five of their kids and wrote brand new plays for those kids to star in - all about the future.

GOO by Joshua Conkel

featuring Maximo Jimenez

directed by Robert Ross Parker

with Graeme Gillis*, Natalie Kim, Amy Staats* and RJ Tolan*

THE VERY FIRST MISSION OF GHOSTFIGHTERS LOCAL 607

 by Meghan Deans

featuring Tino Paduani

directed by Abigail Zealey Bess*

with Frank Harts and Nitya Vidyasagar

MIDNIGHT IN THE ALLEY OF ONE DREAM by Mira Gibson

featuring Samantha Caldona

directed by Kel Haney

with Kibibi Dillon, Jenny Gomez, Shawn Randall and Megan Tusing

PIZZA WITH FRIENDS by Anna Kerrigan

featuring Viviana Vazquez

directed by Dylan McCullough

with Jake Aron and Evan Joiner

CRYSTAL BALL by Erica Saleh

featuring Doris Alcantara

directed by Morgan Gould

with Cindy Cheung*

and all five plays include original songs by Eric March! 

* member of Ensemble Studio Theatre

Five brand new plays, plus our fabulous BRUNCH BUFFET of pancakes, eggs, bacon, pastries - all for just $18!  NOTE - this is a family-friendly, all ages show, so there will be no alcohol this time around.  Our fiscally irresponsible, morally reprehensible open bar will return in December

Reservations are ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL!
call (212) 247-4982 x107 or reply to this email

Sunday, November 7

doors open at 12:30pm for the buffet (food goes fast so get there early!)

show starts at 1pm

REMEMBER SUNDAY IS THE NEW YORK MARATHON. 

Plan your transportation accordingly.

PLEASE NOTE: We usually have a waiting list, so any reservation not picked up by 10 minutes before curtain time can NOT be guaranteed.

Ensemble Studio Theatre

2nd Floor

549 West 52nd Street (bet. 10/11)

BLOODWORKS 2010

Youngblood's end-of-season full-length play reading series

Monday, June 21 - 7pm

THE GREAT AMERICAN DELI MUSICAL PART 1
by Eric March
directed by Kel Haney
with Jessie Barr, Paul Coffey, Emilio Delgado, Stephen Ellis, Liam Rhodes, John Sheehy, Mike Still

Dreams in musicals are DREAMS.  Mama Rose wants to get up, out and into showbiz.  J. Pierpont Finch wants to climb from the mailroom to the boardroom.  Eliza Doolittle wants to have a eunuch draw her a lavender bath.  Big, important stuff.


But what if your dream is straightforward?  And easy to obtain?  What if you just want to make a really good sandwich?


That's the question at the heart of THE GREAT AMERICAN DELI MUSICAL PART 1.  What do we do when our dreams are kind of stupid, and not all that unreasonable?  Also, how do you kill a cyborg wolf?

Wednesday, June 23 - 7pm

WHERE DREAMS COME TRUE
by Erica Saleh
directed by Kel Haney
with Cathy Curtin*, Polly Lee*, Julie Leedes* and Paco Tolson*

Emma and Julie used to be best friends.  Then Emma moved to New York and got boring, and Julie moved to Orlando and got crazy.  Tonight they reunite.  With a bag of weed, a couple of guns, and some unwanted guests...

Thursday, June 24 - 7pm

HEARTBREAK/INDIA
written and directed by Kyoung H. Park
with Samrat Chakrabarti, Natalia Miranda Guzman, Lanna Joffrey, Hana Moon, Matt Hurley, Chris Larkin and Bobby Moreno

The story of a high-ranking UN diplomat who falls in love with his Korean/Chilean/American intern.  As their love for power and politics intensifies, the diplomat decides to leave his Korean/Chilean/American wife, and a new UN framework for world faith is put into jeopardy.

Monday 6/28 - 7pm - JON KERN

Wednesday 6/30 - 7pm - ROBERT ASKINS

All readings are at:

Schaeberle Studio Theatre

Pace University

41 Park Row, NYC

2/3 to Park Place
4/5/6 to Brooklyn Bridge/City Hall
A/C to Broadway-Nassau
R/W to City Hall

For a map click here.

* member of Ensemble Studio Theatre

Thursday, June 17 - 6pm (note early curtain)



DESERT ISLAND DAYS
by Emily Chadick Weiss
directed by Kel Haney
with Robert Askins, Steven Boyer, Ryan Karels, Polly Lee* and Maureen Sebastian

A play about the dangers of having sex with the people stranded on the desert island with you.

Tuesday, June 15 - 7pm

SWEET FORGOTTEN FLAVOR
by Patrick Link
directed by Kel Haney
with Haskell King*, James Murtaugh*, Diana Ruppe* and Janet Zarish*

Sweet Forgotten Flavor is about a portrait painter.  He's a man of little means, but exceptional talent.  A wealthy lawyer commissions our painter to do a portrait, but during their first painting session a careless proposal releases an unstoppable spring of sin, scandal and sensuality.







Friday 6/11 - 7pm - MEGHAN DEANS

INTERNET FAMOUS
by Meghan Deans 
directed by Ashley Kelly-Tata
with Teddy Cañez, Kate Hamill, Kristen Harlow, Polly Lee* and Audrey Lynn Weston

Mariah Kay is famous on the Internet, but Mariah Kay is not famous anywhere else. Online, she has fans, minions: people devoted to the fiction she writes based on The Crashlands, a minor cable television series with a huge cult following. In real life, she's not entirely sure what she's got, aside from relationship problems and a lot of prescription meds. As fans gather at CrashCon -- the biggest Crashlands fan convention in the world -- Mariah befriends a younger fan, whose earnest devotion to the show's fandom forces Mariah to reconcile with the gap between her online and her offline personas.

Wednesday 6/9 - 7:30pm - ANNA KERRIGAN

THE TALLS

by Anna Kerrigan

directed by Peter Cook

with Curzon Dobell, Kristin Griffiths*, Matt Harrington, Gayle Rankin and Joanna Simmons

The Clarkes are an unusually tall, Catholic family living in the Oakland Hills of California in the spring of 1970. Things get chaotic when Sister Connie, Mrs. Clarke's lifelong best friend, well-loved local nun, and probable lesbian gets hit by a bus on her way to the movies. Over a twenty four hour period the Clarke children run their household under the questionable supervision of Russell James, the young campaign manager assisting Mr. Clarke as he runs for City Comptroller. 

The Talls contains: sibling-on-sibling violence, confusing sexual situations, drugs, Catholicism etc. There's something in there for the whole family.

Monday, June 7 - 7pm - Michael Walek

 





HUNGRY CHILDREN
by Michael Walek
 directed by Snehal Desai
with Pepper Binkley, Evan Enderle, Anthony Johnston and Mike Smith-Rivera

Tim, Bill, Julianne and Adam have been friends for twenty years. A look at their relationship in their twenties and forties.

Wednesday - June 2 - 7pm - Mira Gibson

 









CULT OF VULTURES 
by Mira Gibson

directed by Kate Pines

with Haskell King*, Bill Peden, Grant Shaud* and Teresa Stephenson

When a scientist loses his fiancé in an accident, it triggers a scientific obsession with fate. Unconcerned with a paramount deadline that bears down on him from his University, he finds a support group to help him through his loss. But when the group reveals an uncommon interest in his science, what began as a meaningful place to grieve quickly twists into a dangerous cult that tailors his science to suit their dark agenda. Can he stop the cult that uses the very science he taught them?

* member of Ensemble Studio Theatre