This Place Stinks

Jacob Surovsky is a playwright, game designer, and puppeteer born and raised in sunny San Diego. He almost completed a minor in playwriting at USC, and now he’s a proud EST/LA company member and alumni of EST/LA’s New West Playwrights. He strives to write plays that explore Jewish identity with a unique blend of theatrical maximalism, poetic language, and disarming humor. His 10-minute play Campus Safety was recently presented at the 2025 Festival of New Jewish Plays. Other career highlights include puppeteering at the historic Bob Baker Marionette Theater in LA, designing puzzles and levels for the Webby award-winning video game Escape Academy, and sharing his new plays at EST/LA including Mira and the Whale (Winterfest 2023), Think of the Children! (Winterfest 2024), and This Place Stinks (Winterfest 2025).  Favorite animal: giraffe. Favorite color: yellow. Thanks!