Celebrating 25 Years of the EST/Sloan Project with Two Mainstage Productions

Franklinland

Written by Lloyd Suh
Directed by Chika Ike

The story of growing up as the only son of Benjamin Franklin: the greatest scientific mind in the world, inventor of the lightning rod and the urinary catheter and the glass harmonica and bifocal glasses and, oh yeah, in his spare time the United States of America.

October 9 - November 3, 2024
Tickets on sale in August

Have You Met Jane Goodall and Her Mother?

A New Comedy by Michael Walek
Directed by Linsay Firman

The Tanzanian government allowed Jane Goodall to study chimpanzees in the wild under one condition - she must bring a chaperone. So, Jane invited her mother.

March 2025
Dates to be Announced

In addition to these two exciting productions, our season will be full of programming from the writers of Youngblood, the EST/Sloan Project, and EST’s Member Artist collective. As always, for every play on our mainstage, there are dozens more in development behind the scenes by scores of incredibly talented artists. Throughout the season there will be a wealth of free readings and workshops of work by artists both familiar and new.

Join us this season in Hell’s Kitchen to see what’s next in the American Theatre.

Help Us Build a Foundation for our Future

This month we launched our Future Fund for EST - a multi-year campaign to help build stability for the years ahead. We need to strengthen the foundation of the work we do, to reach a place where EST is doing more than just getting by.

Be one of the first to contribute to that foundation! Thanks to a donation from our Board Chair, we have a 1:1 match now through 6/30 and we're already halfway to our end-of-the-season goal. Make a gift today and join us in kicking off EST’s future!

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