Gilroy, McCarthy, Seldes, Etc. Set for E.S.T.'s Project 35

Ensemble Studio Theatre will present Project 35, a festival celebrating the Ensemble Studio Theatre's 35th Anniversary season.  To commemorate this milestone, E.S.T. will produce concert readings of 35 new plays in 35 days by 35 E.S.T. members and guest artists. Performances will begin  Friday, November 10th, and continue, for 35 days, until December 18th.

Featured will be plays by Romulus Linney (two Obie Awards), Jose Rivera (two Academy Award nominations – The Motorcycle Diaries, Marisol), Keith Reddin (It's the Rage), Frank D. Gilroy (Pulitzer Prize, NY Drama Critics' Circle Award – The Subject Was Roses, Obie Award – Who Will Save the Plowboy), Amy Fox (Heights, Breakfast and Bed), Arthur Giron (Edith Stein), Marti Evans Charles, Anton Dudley (Getting Home, Slag Heap), Edward Allan Baker (Rosemary with Ginger), Shirley Lauro (Tony Award and Drama Desk nominations -- Open Admissions, A Piece of My Heart), Bill Bozzone, Linda Faigao-Hall, Ann Marie Healy, J. Holtham,  Paul Mullin, and Michael Louis Wells.

Other notable artists participating include Andrew McCarthy (The Joy Luck Club, Pretty in Pink, St. Elmo's Fire), Leigh Silverman (Well), Marian Seldes (Tony Award – A Delicate Balance, Deathtrap, Dinner at Eight), Laurence Luckinbill ("Star Trek V," Cocktail), and Leslie Lyles (Mona Lisa Smile).

These concert readings will take place at the Ensemble Studio Theatre's 2nd Floor Mainstage theatre (549 West 52nd Street, between 10th and 11th Avenues) with a ticket price of $10 (general admission seating).  For reservations and more information, please call 212-352-3101 or go to www.theatermania.com

A complete schedule follows:

Romulus Linney, MASTERBUILDER JOHNSON, 11/10 at 8pm
Adam Forgash, BICOASTAL, 11/11 at 3pm
Jose Rivera, MASSACRE (SING TO YOUR CHILDREN), 11/11 at 8pm
James DeMarse, EXISTING PRIVELEGE, 11/12 at 3pm
Kevin Christopher Snipes, THE CHIMES, 11/13 at 8pm
Keith Reddin, THE MISSIONARY POSITION, 11/15 at 8pm
Amy Fox, ONE THING I LIKE TO SAY IS, 11/16 at 8pm
Laurence Luckinbill, HEMINGWAY, 11/17 at 7pm
Arthur Giron, THE COFFEE TREES, 11/18 at 3pm
Conrad Bromberg, MAY DAY, 11/18 @ 8pm
Chris Ceraso, HOME FIRES BURNING,  11/19 at 3pm
Julie Leedes, FANNY, 11/20 at 8pm
Marti Evans Charles, TBD, 11/27 at 8pm
Annie Baker, THREE KNOCKS, 11/29 at 8pm
James Ryan, ESCAPE VELOCITY, 11/30 at 8pm
Jeanne Dorsey, FOOTPRINTS IN THE SNOW, 12/1 at 8pm
Bill Bozzone, YUMEE AND JACK, 12/2 at 8pm
Susan Haar, TILTED HOUSE, 12/3 at 8pm
Anton Dudley, BOB, 12/4 at 8pm
Paul Mullin, THE SEQUENCE, 12/6 at 8pm
Judy Tate, FAST BLOOD, 12/7 at 8pm
Edward Allan Baker, FREE GIFT INSIDE, 12/8 at 8pm
Linda Faigao-Hall, DYING IN BOULDER, 12/9 at 3pm
Michael Louis Wells, MY BEFORE & AFTER, 12/9 at 8pm
Shirley Lauro, ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT, 12/10 at 3pm
Amy Staats, CAT.HER.IN.E., 12/10 at 8pm
Edith Freni, OWNERS, 12/11 at 8pm
Cori Thomas, PA'S HAT: LIBERIAN LEGACY, 12/13 at 8pm
Leslie Lyles, NATURAL SELECTION, 12/14 at 8pm
Ann Marie Healy, THE BIG GIRLS, 12/15 at 8pm
Lloyd Suh, THE GARDEN VARIETY, 12/16 at 3pm
Frank D. Gilroy, THE LAKE,  12/16 at 8pm
J. Holtham, CREATIVE WRITING, 12/17 at 3pm
Graeme Gillis,  FLORA GARDNER, 12/18 at 8pm