Ensemble Studio Theatre (EST) and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation have revealed their 2025-2026 Science and Technology Project New Play Commissions, as well as this year’s Regional Development and Production Grants for Lantern Theater Company, Media Art Xploration, Miners Alley Playhouse, Phoenix Theatre Cultural Centre, and Seattle Rep.

Commissioned playwrights include Lily Akerman (Room 407), Milo Cramer (IO), Annalisa Dias (I Believe in the Night), Cori Diaz (i dream of feminist science), Nelson Diaz-Marcano (A Parguera Story), Michael Feldman (Otter Delight), Amanda Keating (RADIO / QUIET), Fernando Buzhar Segall (The Great Vaccine Revolt of 1904!), Ethan Venzon (Haute Plate), and Marcus Yi (Paper Son).

The Regional Development and Production Grants recipients include Making Waves by Dr. Heather Beasley, with Miners Alley Playhouse; FISSION by Cindy Lou Johnson, with Seattle Rep; The Rocket Men by Crystal Skillman, with Phoenix Theatre Cultural Centre; Franklinland by Lloyd Suh, with Lantern Theater Company; and Have a Great Night! by Peter Mills Weiss and Julia Mounsey, with Media Art Xploration.

Since 1998, the Science & Technology Project has developed over 300 plays that challenge and broaden the view of science in the popular imagination. Applications for the next round of commissions will be open September 15-November 5. A virtual panel discussion will be held September 30 for those interested in applying.

Visit EnsembleStudioTheatre.org for more information.