THE 35TH

MARATHON OF

ONE-ACT PLAYS

May 13th - June 27th, 2015

549 West 52nd Street

New York, NY 10019

Presorted First-Class Mail U.S. Postage

PAID New York, NYPermit No. 940

58 Medicine Lodge Memorial Hospital

710 North Walnut Street

Medicine Lodge, KS 67104

Chiara Atik France-Luce BensonJulia ChoDarcy Fowler

Amy FoxEmma GoidelAngela HanksMariah MacCarthy

Martyna MajokDaniel ReitzMatt SchatzWill Snider

Caridad SvichLeah Nanako WinklerAnna Ziegler

The 35th Marathon of One-Act Plays

For tickets: visit estnyc.org or call 866-811-4111

- General Admission: $18 - Student/Senior: $15 - 2-series Marathon Pass: $30 - 3-series Marathon Pass: $45

Ensemble Studio Theatre 549 W. 42nd Street New York, NY 10019

SERIES A: SERIES B: SERIES C: May 13th - June 6th May 28th - June 20th June 13th - June 27th

J oin in discovering new plays and voices both fresh and famil iar: the 35th Marathon of One-Act Plays! From a

science lab in Siberia to the red-light district in 18th-century Japan, from a taxi in Manhattan to a police station in Kenya, the 14 playwrights in this year’s Marathon will take you on a series of surprising adventures. This diverse and eclectic mix of plays-including a musical, a dance piece, and a nod to Kabuki-combines traditional and experimental forms in ways that are moving, entertaining, challenging, and fun. A healthy mix of familiar veterans, newly recognized writers, and brand new voices join us to celebrate our 35th Marathon. We hope you will too.

Devil MusicJohn, Who’ s Here From Cambridge

52nd to Bowery to Cobble Hill, in Brooklyn

Double Suicide at Ueno Park!Cora and Dave

I Battled Lenny Ross

Good AfternoonThe Hour of All Things

Silver Men

The Science of Stars and Fathers and Daughters

We Can All Agree To Pretend This Never Happened

The Big Man

The TalkUntil She Claws Her Way Out

by Angela Hanks; director TBAby Martyna Majok;

directed by Nick Leavensby Chiara Atik; directed by Adrienne Campbell-Holt

by Leah Nanako Winkler; directed by John Giampietro*

by Julia Cho; directed by Marcia Jean Kurtz*

by Anna Ziegler* & Matt Schatz*;

directed by Daniella Topol*

by Daniel Reitz*; director TBAby Caridad Svich*; directed by William Carden*

by Will Snider; directed by Matt Penn*

by Amy Fox*; directed by Matt Dickson*

by France-Luce Benson*; directed by Elizabeth Van Dyke*

by Mariah MacCarthy; directed by Sidney Erik Wright

by Darcy Fowler*; directed by Linsay Firman*by Emma Goidel ; director Abigail Zealey Bess*

Devil Music will close its doors

An ex-Internet reputation specialist who’s lost his own reputation pays a visit to a new

Who painted the barn pink and why are men walking around

An American aid worker

in a matter days. Geraldine and J.J., longtime employees of the store, discuss body modification, Billy Ocean, and their relationship until they have to call it quits.

Overworked, under-qualified, and broke, Jess takes on yet another job to make ends meet as a personal caregiver for a graduate student named John. John has cerebral palsy. John is beautiful. And John is here from Cambridge.

Trapped in a cab on a Saturday night, two frenemies are forced to come to terms with their feelings.

Two courtesans in 18th-century Japan are set free from the red-light district once a year to see the cherry blossoms at Ueno Park. As the seasons pass, the best friends make a dangerous pact.

the biggest threat to their marriage: their happily married best friends.

A not-so-young couple confronts A new musical about the toughest interview of Mike Wallace’s career.

neighbor. Over tea, cookies and bourbon, they discover they share a similarly sordid past.

A play in portraits that confronts the soul of America. A story of love, country and bad shopping.

with nickels in their boots? A family grapples with memories and mystery in the aftermath of a father’s death.

Astronomy, disappointment, and Neil Diamond in a rowboat on a summer night are part of a father/daughter tradition spanning decades.

When two gung-ho researchers decide to fake results in their Siberian lab, a series of misunderstandings take over the lives of the whole research team.

negotiates with Kenyan police for the release of his truck, but gets more than he expected in this menacing thriller about political power.

When a recently widowed woman wakes her adult daughter in the middle of the night to ask a very personal question, what ensues is a Caribbean-American take on an after school special about exploring one’s sexuality gone horribly wrong.

In Elissa’s head, she and Max will always be dancing. And no matter what anyone said, she broke her own rib.

- Artistic Director: William Carden* - Executive Director: Paul A. Slee

- Indicates Ensemble Member Artist *

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