Esopus hosted a packed event at legendary New York City arts space The Kitchen in late October 2006. The program, focused on creative collaboration, featured a panel discussion with cinematographer Ellen Kuras, production designer Thérèse DePrez, and critic Amy Taubin; a reading by playwright Christopher Durang and actress Alma Cuervo of Medea: A Parody (written by Durang and the late playwright Wendy Wasserstein); and an audio-visual collaboration between actress Jennifer Jason Leigh, poet Vincent Katz, and artist Alex Katz. The evening ended with a set of music by Wrens Charles Bissell and Kevin Whelan (and, for one song, 3 audience members).