I am delighted to pass on the news that Ensemble Studio Theatre has been ranked the #1 theatre in New York for developing new plays by emerging playwrights, according to a recent survey of hundreds of playwrights from across the country, published in the new treatise taking the theatre world by storm, Outrageous Fortune: The Life and Times of the New American Play by New Dramatists Artistic Director Todd London.
I am a proud member of EST: proud that they produced Louis Slotin Sonata back in 2001, and proud to have known and worked with Curt Dempster.
The fancy pants houses in Manhattan can flog their Broadway and Regional Big House credits, but the playwrights in this country know where the new work really gets done in NYC.
For more about Outrageous Fortune, visit www.tdf.org. This is the book I have been telling you about. The authors will making a talking tour stop in Seattle on March 1 at the Center House Theatre sponsored by TPS. All of Seattle’s theatre professionals need to come and stand with Northwest playwrights in support of locally grown new work. Or, conversely, come tell us why you think that’s a bad idea. So stay tuned. More details soon.
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