In 2016 Ethan was honored to be chosen as one of only 8 teenagers in Ireland to work with Roddy Doyle's writing group "Fighting Words", in collaboration with The Abbey Theatre, Dublin. Each teenager had the opportunity to work with professional writing mentors to create a short piece which was then staged by professional actors and Directors at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin. Ethan was then invited back for a second year in 2017 and his new piece was read in March 2018.