Now in its second year, EST/LA’s DevLAb is designed to take a script from its current draft to a draft that is ready for a full production. Selected from plays presented in Winterfest 2025, each project will follow its own unique process according to the needs of the play, the playwright and the company.
2025/2026 PLAYWRIGHTS
Makeda Declet
We Pump Your Gas in Jersey
Ken Levine
Welcome Home
DeLane McDuffie
Catdaddy Mulekick and the Long Sleep
Laura Stribling
Mad Carsons Last Stop Bar and Grill
Jacob Surovsky
This Place Stinks
ABOUT THE PLAYS
We Pump Your Gas in Jersey, by Makeda Declet
When New Jersey finds itself the last state with a mandate against self-service gas stations, four people at a NJ/NY border station question the meaning of radical non-resistance.
Welcome Home, by Ken Levine
A young couple invite previous owners to the home they just bought to help in making a major life decision.
Catdaddy Mulekick and the Long Sleep, by DeLane McDuffie
An 1800s folk hero and his grizzly bear friend wake up in 2025, seeking some major payback and to save humanity from its worship of an autocratic tech mogul, and itself.
This Place Stinks, by Jacob Surovsky
A highly theatrical retelling of Noah's Ark, warts and all.
Mad Carsons Last Stop Bar and Grill, by Laura Stribling
Elizabeth's car breaks down after fleeing from her life in Los Angeles. She winds up in a small town the furtherest stop from nowhere, near a prison and forever. She brushes up against the family dynamics of the place - which dates back to the 1800's and carries all the history with it.