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Show Dates: November 5th & 6th
 

The Early Bird Special is a festival of one act plays that all share the same two features:  at least one actor age 50+ and an old-timey leather suitcase.  But the plays couldn’t be more unique and diverse!  Join us for this fundraising event that will have audiences “following the suitcase” from one play to the next.

Each act runs approximately 50 minutes with a single intermission.

For more information email info@estlosangeles.org

Buy Tickets Below!

  • WINTERFEST 2026 FESTIVAL PASS
    WINTERFEST 2026 FESTIVAL PASS
    Sat, Feb 28
    Feb 28, 2026, 7:00 PM – Mar 22, 2026, 11:00 PM
    Los Angeles, 3269 Casitas Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90039, USA
    2 Options: 1. Your tax-deductible donation of $150 gets you a full festival pass to as many Winterfest 2026 you choose to attend ! Your Festival Pass will be waiting for you at the box office.
  • Extermination Written by Donnie Jarman, Initiated by Christopher Reiling
    Extermination Written by Donnie Jarman, Initiated by Christopher Reiling
    Mar 20, 2026, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
    Los Angeles, 3269 Casitas Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90039, USA
    Graham the shut in, Stan the Exterminator, two men at the point of no return engaged in a battle for their very souls. Content warning: murder, violence, depression
  • Symbiotic Written by Baylee Shlichtman, Initiated by Jennie Webb
    Symbiotic Written by Baylee Shlichtman, Initiated by Jennie Webb
    Mar 21, 2026, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
    Los Angeles, 3269 Casitas Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90039, USA
    Marichka, an aquarist at the Jellyfish Museum in Kyiv, begins to form an unlikely connection with a veteran of the Russo-Ukrainian war while trying to keep the memory of her friend alive. Content warning: death, war, strong language
  • PLAYWRIGHTS UNIT "PICK" - Reckoning in Mombasa, by Steve Burleigh
    PLAYWRIGHTS UNIT "PICK" - Reckoning in Mombasa, by Steve Burleigh
    Mar 21, 2026, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
    Los Angeles, 3269 Casitas Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90039, USA
    An international arms merchant is confronted by a Sudanese rebel leader in his Mobassa villa.
  • Shorts Program #2
    Shorts Program #2
    Sun, Mar 22
    Los Angeles
    Mar 22, 2026, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
    Los Angeles, 3269 Casitas Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90039, USA
    The Battle at 6th and San PedroWritten and initiated by Nicholas Cormier III Taylor's Backpack Written and initiated by Elin Hampton Front of House Written by Aïda Mashaka Croal, Initiated by Tracey A. Leigh Jesus, Maury and Joseph Written and initiated by Keith Szarabajka
  • Complicity Written by Paul Frellick, Initiated by Tony Foster
    Complicity Written by Paul Frellick, Initiated by Tony Foster
    Mar 22, 2026, 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM
    Los Angeles, 3269 Casitas Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90039, USA
    An intergenerational futuristic dystopian comic drama.
  • Spoiled Written by Ken Narasaki, Initiated by David Johann Kim
    Spoiled Written by Ken Narasaki, Initiated by David Johann Kim
    Mar 22, 2026, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM
    Los Angeles, 3269 Casitas Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90039, USA
    In a darkly comedic struggle between a second-generation Japanese American mother and son, we see the mother's trauma from the concentration camp and the legacy it’s wrought.
  • Sunday Best (Monthly every third Thursday)
    Sunday Best (Monthly every third Thursday)
    Multiple Dates
    Sun, Apr 19
    Apr 19, 2026, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
    Los Angeles, 3269 Casitas Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90039, USA
    Sunday Best is a monthly opportunity for EST/LA members and non-members to collaborate on new work and make connections. $10 suggested donation. Doors open at 9:30am for bagels and coffee.
  • The Secret History of the Mahulley Monster (or the Cryptid Play) Written by Chelsea Sutton, Initiated by Mara Klein
    The Secret History of the Mahulley Monster (or the Cryptid Play) Written by Chelsea Sutton, Initiated by Mara Klein
    Mar 16, 2026, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
    Los Angeles, 3269 Casitas Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90039, USA
    Dr. Kam Vandermeer is presenting her research on the mysterious Mahulley Monster at the Midland Paranormal Convention when C-List paranormal TV personality Peter McGillis starts poking holes in her story – but their bickering gradually unearths something stranger than either could have imagined.
  • A Prayer Ain't Nothin' But Written and initiated by Joe Luis Cedillo
    A Prayer Ain't Nothin' But Written and initiated by Joe Luis Cedillo
    Mar 15, 2026, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
    Los Angeles, 3269 Casitas Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90039, USA
    A man wars with two street preachers, leading to fellowship.
  • Journey to Alice Written by Aja Houston, Initiated by Makeda Declet
    Journey to Alice Written by Aja Houston, Initiated by Makeda Declet
    Mar 14, 2026, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
    Los Angeles, 3269 Casitas Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90039, USA
    While flying cross country to a wedding, Lynè, unmoored by divorce has encounters with the unexpected and inexplicable, such as the cutting spirit of Alice, her dead grandmother come to reveal Lynè's dark inheritance.
  • NEW WEST PLAYWRIGHTS "PICK" - Changeling by Aubrey Clyburn
    NEW WEST PLAYWRIGHTS "PICK" - Changeling by Aubrey Clyburn
    Mar 14, 2026, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
    Los Angeles, 3269 Casitas Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90039, USA
    A headstrong faerie trapped in the body of a quirky seven-year-old must save her homeland while navigating first grade.
  • What "All Cops Are Bastards" Means to Me Written by Jonas Oppenheim, Initiated by Angela Bullock
    What "All Cops Are Bastards" Means to Me Written by Jonas Oppenheim, Initiated by Angela Bullock
    Mar 13, 2026, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
    Los Angeles, 3269 Casitas Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90039, USA
    A dark satire about policing, copaganda, and the prison-industrial complex. Content warning: Allusions to police violence and racism
  • DevLAb@Winterfest: This Place Stinks, by Jacob Surovsky
    DevLAb@Winterfest: This Place Stinks, by Jacob Surovsky
    Mar 08, 2026, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
    Los Angeles, 3269 Casitas Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90039, USA
    A highly theatrical and disarmingly funny retelling of Noah’s Ark, where Noah chooses to destroy his family in order to save the world.
  • The Captain Written by Kate McMorran, Initiated by Makeda Declet
    The Captain Written by Kate McMorran, Initiated by Makeda Declet
    Mar 08, 2026, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
    Los Angeles, 3269 Casitas Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90039, USA
    On the eve of her 30th birthday, Liz hatches a plan to reclaim her sexuality by hiring a Jack Sparrow impersonator.
  • IGNITE PROJECT  "PICK"- Play On, by Andrew Grace
    IGNITE PROJECT  "PICK"- Play On, by Andrew Grace
    Mar 07, 2026, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
    Los Angeles, 3269 Casitas Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90039, USA
    A lonely tech journalist seeks to reconnect with his childhood friends by investigating how the video games they grew up loving fractured their lives.
  • Two Dreamers Go On a Walk Written by Sol Lagos, Initiated by Aditi Pradhan
    Two Dreamers Go On a Walk Written by Sol Lagos, Initiated by Aditi Pradhan
    Mar 07, 2026, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM
    Los Angeles, 3269 Casitas Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90039, USA
    Two Dreamers go on a walk to discover: can Dreamers choose their future or must they repeat a predetermined violent cycle?
  • Women, Birds, Stars Written and initiated by Jennie Webb
    Women, Birds, Stars Written and initiated by Jennie Webb
    Mar 06, 2026, 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM
    Los Angeles, 3269 Casitas Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90039, USA
    A play about being present amidst chaos, and what it means to be gone, in which four women of a certain age take refuge together when their habitat is threatened.

DRIFTWOOD HOUSE by Nick Ullett, Director – Elin Hampton

Ray Xifo - Morris

Barbera Ann Howard – Isobel

 

DIAMOND FIRES by Steve Dierkes, Director – Keith Szarabajka

Robert Gossett – Chet

Ian Patrick Williams – Russ

Mateo Mpinduzi-Mott – Remy

 

PACKING IT IN by Lisa Bishop, Director – Robert Burgos

Dey Young - Diane

Peter Gregory - Paul

 

COFFEE POT TREE written and directed by Jacqueline Wright

Peggy Dobreer – Susie

Tina Preston - Jane

 

SOMETHING BORROWED by Anne Flanagan, Director – Kazu Takeda

William Charlton – Hal

Sarah Brooke – Ellen

Tonya Cornelisse – Trina

Poonam Basu – Casey

Goran Ivanovski - Brice

 

CHRISTMAS ON EUROPA by Kenny Hargrove, Director – Tom Lazarus

Caitlin Gallogly - Athena 2

Stephanie Keefer – Jake

Michelle McGregor – Marlena

Stevie Stern - Amelia

 

15 DEAD SOULS written and directed by Leilani Squire

Hannah Marie Lloyd - Doris

Patrick John Hurley - James

 

SO ODD TO HEAR A LARK THIS TIME OF YEAR by Michael Kaplan, Director – William Charlton

William Duffy - Jeffers

Stephanie Brait - Amy

Important Information
 

COVID-19 Guidelines:

Every audience member will be required to be fully vaccinated. We consider you fully vaccinated two weeks after you get a second dose of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine or two weeks after you get a single does of the Janssen/Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine.

Additionally, every audience member will be required to wear a mask. If you do not have a mask upon arriving, a mask will be provided for you.

CONTACT US

3269 Casitas Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90039

323-372-7733

 

OUR SPONSORS:

California Arts Council


Department of Cultural Affairs/
City of Los Angeles

Los Angeles County Arts Commission

Hollywood Foreign Press Association

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