Thicker Than Blood 2008, at Ensemble Studio

Youngblood and Ensemble Studio Theatre will present Thicker Than Water 2008, the ninth collection of new plays by members of Youngblood.

The festival of new plays runs at the Ensemble Studio Theatre from 3 Feb - 1 Mar 2008. This year�s Youngblood series presents one-act plays and musicals all having their world premiere.

Thicker Than Water 2008 is Youngblood's signature production on the E.S.T. mainstage, collecting the best of the group�s work into an eclectic evening of theater.

The nine short theatre pieces are:


508: written by Amy Herzog. directed by Marlo Hunter
Featuring Julie Fitzpatrick and Miguel Govea
Synopsis: Young ex-lovers confront a strange area code on their joint cell phone bill.


La Fete: written by Daria Polatin, directed by R.J. Tolan
Featuring Geneva Carr, Lucy DeVito and Grant Shaud
Synopsis: On Christmas in Paris, a mother and daughter tear into each other with the new stepdad caught in the crossfire.


For Candy: written by Michael Sendrow, directed by Marlo Hunter
Featuring David Gelles-Hurwitz and Grant Shaud
Synopsis: A dead letter forces a reckoning between a widower and his son.


It'll Soon Be Here - a musical: written Delaney Britt Brewer, with music by Eric Kuehnemann, directed by Abigail Zealey Bess
Featuring Debbie Lee Jones, Jenny Greer and Lance Rubin
Synopsis: Love at the (Bill) Clinton inaugural: a one-hit wonder helps her daughter find romance.


Red Blue and Purple: written by Justin Deabler, director Michael Goldfried
Featuring Kelli Lynn Harrison and Miguel Govea
Synopsis: A smalltown boy made good faces the friend he left behind.


Co-Op The Musical: written by Courtney Lauria and Matt Schatz, with music & lyrics by Matt Schatz, directed by Jordan Young
Featuring Julie Fitzpatrick and Steve Boyer
Synopsis: Unexpectedly, in an Oregon produce market, love blooms.


Both: written by Emily Chadick Weiss, directed by Alexa Polmer
Featuring Steve Boyer, David Gelles-Hurwitz, Jenny Greer, Lance Rubin and Maureen Sebastian
Synopsis: Sex, betrayal, heartbreak, sex: the furious pace of freshman year at a northwestern university.


Thicker Than Water 2008 features set design by Maiko Chii, lighting design by Evan Purcell, costume design by Danielle Schembre and sound design by David Lawson.

Youngblood is Ensemble Studio Theatre�s company of emerging professional playwrights under 30. Founded in 1993, Youngblood is designed to cultivate and launch the next generation of plays and playwrights. Past and present members include Christopher Shinn, John Belluso, Elizabeth Meriwether and Amy Fox, whose film �Heights,� starring Glenn Close and Isabella Rossellini, originated as a Thicker Than Water production. A Thicker Than Water collection, including Heights, was published last year by Dramatists Play Service.