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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.

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Each act runs approximately 50 minutes with a single intermission.

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For more information email info@estlosangeles.org

Buy Tickets Below!

  • One Acts Festival PROGRAM B (Performance 1)
    One Acts Festival PROGRAM B (Performance 1)
    Fri, Nov 13
    Ensemble Studio Theatre Los Angeles
    Nov 13, 2026, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
    Ensemble Studio Theatre Los Angeles, 3269 Casitas Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90039, USA
    A tantalizing array of short plays by EST/LA writers.
  • One Acts Festival PROGRAM C (Performance 1)
    One Acts Festival PROGRAM C (Performance 1)
    Sat, Nov 14
    Ensemble Studio Theatre Los Angeles
    Nov 14, 2026, 8:00 PM – 10:30 PM
    Ensemble Studio Theatre Los Angeles, 3269 Casitas Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90039, USA
    A tantalizing array of short plays by EST/LA writers.
  • Sunday Best (Monthly every third Thursday)
    Sunday Best (Monthly every third Thursday)
    Multiple Dates
    Sun, Nov 15
    Nov 15, 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.
  • One Acts Festival PROGRAM B (Performance 2)
    One Acts Festival PROGRAM B (Performance 2)
    Sun, Nov 15
    Ensemble Studio Theatre Los Angeles
    Nov 15, 2026, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
    Ensemble Studio Theatre Los Angeles, 3269 Casitas Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90039, USA
    A tantalizing array of short plays by EST/LA writers.
  • One Acts Festival PROGRAM C (Performance 2)
    One Acts Festival PROGRAM C (Performance 2)
    Sun, Nov 15
    Ensemble Studio Theatre Los Angeles
    Nov 15, 2026, 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM
    Ensemble Studio Theatre Los Angeles, 3269 Casitas Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90039, USA
    A tantalizing array of short plays by EST/LA writers.
  • One Acts Festival PROGRAM D (Performance 1)
    One Acts Festival PROGRAM D (Performance 1)
    Fri, Nov 20
    Ensemble Studio Theatre Los Angeles
    Nov 20, 2026, 8:00 PM – 10:30 PM
    Ensemble Studio Theatre Los Angeles, 3269 Casitas Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90039, USA
    A tantalizing array of short plays by EST/LA writers.
  • One Acts Festival PROGRAM E (Performance 1)
    One Acts Festival PROGRAM E (Performance 1)
    Sat, Nov 21
    Ensemble Studio Theatre Los Angeles
    Nov 21, 2026, 8:00 PM – 10:30 PM
    Ensemble Studio Theatre Los Angeles, 3269 Casitas Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90039, USA
    A tantalizing array of short plays by EST/LA writers.
  • One Acts Festival PROGRAM D (Performance 2)
    One Acts Festival PROGRAM D (Performance 2)
    Sun, Nov 22
    Ensemble Studio Theatre Los Angeles
    Nov 22, 2026, 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM
    Ensemble Studio Theatre Los Angeles, 3269 Casitas Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90039, USA
    A tantalizing array of short plays by EST/LA writers.
  • One Acts Festival PROGRAM E (Performance 2)
    One Acts Festival PROGRAM E (Performance 2)
    Sun, Nov 22
    Ensemble Studio Theatre Los Angeles
    Nov 22, 2026, 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM
    Ensemble Studio Theatre Los Angeles, 3269 Casitas Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90039, USA
    A tantalizing array of short plays by EST/LA writers.
  • One Acts Festival PROGRAM A (Performance 2)
    One Acts Festival PROGRAM A (Performance 2)
    Sun, Nov 08
    Ensemble Studio Theatre Los Angeles
    Nov 08, 2026, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
    Ensemble Studio Theatre Los Angeles, 3269 Casitas Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90039, USA
    A tantalizing array of short plays by EST/LA writers.
  • One Acts Festival PROGRAM A (Performance 1)
    One Acts Festival PROGRAM A (Performance 1)
    Sat, Nov 07
    Ensemble Studio Theatre Los Angeles
    Nov 07, 2026, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
    Ensemble Studio Theatre Los Angeles, 3269 Casitas Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90039, USA
    A tantalizing array of short plays by EST/LA writers.
  • One Acts Festival Pass
    One Acts Festival Pass
    Sat, Nov 07
    Ensemble Studio Theatre Los Angeles
    Nov 07, 2026, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM
    Ensemble Studio Theatre Los Angeles, 3269 Casitas Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90039, USA
    See Programs A-E for one price!
  • Playwrights Unit - Reading of "Foliage" by Donnie Jarman
    Playwrights Unit - Reading of "Foliage" by Donnie Jarman
    Thu, Oct 08
    Ensemble Studio Theatre Los Angeles
    Oct 08, 2026, 7:30 PM – 11:00 PM
    Ensemble Studio Theatre Los Angeles, 3269 Casitas Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90039, USA
    When three siblings get together with their significant others for a weekend getaway, old wounds and past resentments bubble to the surface as they struggle to come to terms with one another and the recent death of both parents.
  • Produced Playwrights Panel
    Produced Playwrights Panel
    Thu, Sep 17
    Ensemble Studio Theatre Los Angeles
    Sep 17, 2026, 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM
    Ensemble Studio Theatre Los Angeles, 3269 Casitas Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90039, USA
    In the last six months, seven Playwrights of EST/LA’s Playwrights Unit have had their plays produced here in Los Angeles.
  • The Ignite Project Cohort #8 First Flame
    The Ignite Project Cohort #8 First Flame
    Sun, Jun 07
    Ensemble Studio Theatre Los Angeles
    Jun 07, 2026, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
    Ensemble Studio Theatre Los Angeles, 3269 Casitas Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90039, USA
    Excerpts of hot new plays in development by The Ignite Project Cohort #8. Tickets are Pay What You Choose.
  • Monologue Lab with Cat Davidson
    Monologue Lab with Cat Davidson
    Mon, May 25
    May 25, 2026, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
    Los Angeles, 3269 Casitas Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90039, USA
    Enter Code EARLYBIRD by 5/10/26 for a discounted rate!
  • Playwrights Unit - Reading of Good Citizens, by Joe Luis Cedillo
    Playwrights Unit - Reading of Good Citizens, by Joe Luis Cedillo
    May 14, 2026, 7:30 PM – 11:00 PM
    Los Angeles, 3269 Casitas Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90039, USA
    It’s 1934 and New Deal America feels some hope for the first time since the Depression, but life is still dire on the San Francisco Waterfront. Against overwhelming odds, dock workers take on the industrial might of San Francisco’s wealthy elite for fair wages to form a Union.
  • Playwrights Unit - Reading of K-Town Town 20, by David Johann Kim
    Playwrights Unit - Reading of K-Town Town 20, by David Johann Kim
    May 07, 2026, 7:30 PM – 10:30 PM
    Los Angeles, 3269 Casitas Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90039, USA
    Come hear a draft of the the third play in David Johann Kim's K-Town Trilogy.

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.

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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.

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CONTACT US

3269 Casitas Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90039

323-372-7733

 

OUR SPONSORS:

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California Arts Council​


Department of Cultural Affairs/
City of Los Angeles

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Los Angeles County Arts Commission

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Hollywood Foreign Press Association

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