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Youngblood is Ensemble Studio Theatre's OBIE-winning collective of early-career playwrights based in the New York City metro area. Accepted writers become members for a minimum of three years, attending weekly meetings and taking part in monthly (or more frequent) performances, readings and retreats. Applications, which open each February, require a 25-page writing sample, a statement on why the applicant considers themselves early-career, a resume and a full-length play.
NYC-metro playwrights primarily under 31 (early-career explanation accepted if older); 25-page sample, full-length play, resume, letter.
OBIE-winning collective in its 32nd year; 2025-26 cohort announced Nov 2025. Contact youngblood@estnyc.org.
Cameron Lavi-Jones, frontman of alt rock band KING YOUNGBLOOD, will perform pop-up acoustic shows across 35 college campuses to advocate for youth voter registration and turnout in the midterm election.
Cyril Neville will hit the road with Omari Neville & The Fuel and Seattle band King Youngblood on The Soul Junction Tour.
Ensemble Studio Theatre’s Youngblood program has announced ten new members for its 2025–2026 season.
Ensemble Studio Theatre announced the new members of its Youngblood program, a collective of emerging playwrights under 30.
Ensemble Studio Theatre’s Youngblood program has announced new members for the 2023-2024 season: jose sebastian alberdi, Libby Carr, Hanna Novak, Audley Puglisi, Eliana Theologides Rodriguez, Marissa Joyce Stamps, Graham Techler and May Treuhaft-Ali.
Howard Bomar was a man who slipped through everybody’s fingers.
Ensemble Studio Theatre’s Youngblood program has announced new members for the 2022-2023 season: Lyndsey Bourne, K'yana Faulkner-Smith, Renae Jarrett, kl, Charlie Oh, Holly Settoon, Danny Tejera, and Susan Yassky.
Love and revolution are at the center of the world premiere of acclaimed Shay Youngblood’s play, Square Blues, about three generations of a southern Black family who share a passion for activism, art, and following your heart.
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