Welcome to the 5×5 Love Festival! These are five romantic comedies of no more than five pages each videotaped and released in February 2021 to celebrate Valentine’s Day! A Dave With Destiny by Ken Preuss Dave and Destiny meet in an online seminar and struggle to discover why they both recognize each other. Are they…
BAL BRIEFINGS are discussions with personalities and influencers from the theatre world and beyond, hosted by Break A Leg Productions Artistic Director Teri Black. For our debut episode, Break A Leg is pleased to speak with playwright Lauren Gunderson, who was the most performed American playwright of both 2017 and 2019, and is known for…
Break A Leg mourns the passing of our beloved company member Don Juhlin. For more than ten years, Don performed in numerous BAL readings including The Retirement Plan by Robin Pond, The Good Doctor by Neil Simon, Farm Hall by David C. Cassidy, And The Sun Stood Still by Dava Sobel, Senior Moments by Frederick Stropell, Oxygen by Carl Djerassi & Roald Hoffmann, An…
We are so saddened by the loss of our beloved colleague Miller Lide. In 2014, Miller won the Midtown International Theatre Festival Supporting Actors Award for BAL’s production of Farm Hall directed by Gerald vanHeerden. Miller began his career at age 7 in Columbia, SC playing one of Santa’s elves. Decades later he appeared on Broadway in Ivanov…
This Senseless Killing by John Wolfson Directed by Valerie Adami-Juhlin Saturday, Feb 22, 2020 at 2pm, The Theater Lab 357 West 36th Street 3rd Floor, New York Featuring: Bruce Barton*, Colin Dwyer, Caroline Ferenczi*, Timothy Paul Jobe, Mat Labotka*, Steven Makropoulos, Mark Peters*, Robert Tekavec *Member of Actors’ Equity Association About the playwright: John Wolfson is Curator…
Gore Vidal’s The Best Man Directed by Elowyn Castle Monday, November 4, 2019 at 7:00pm The Actors’ Temple, 339 W 47th St, New York The audience loved it! “The reading was a gem–your director and cast pulled off a sterling performance despite cramped scheduling and limited resources. Vidal’s dialogue really came alive. And despite the…
The Sherlock Entreaty by Charmaine Spencer Directed by Valerie Adami-Juhlin Tuesday, September 24, 2019, 7:00pm The Playroom Theater, 151 W 46th St 8th Floor, New York, NY 10036 Featuring: Teri Black*, Steven Peacock Jacoby*, Timothy Paul Jobe, Mat Labotka*, Donna Lee Michaels*, Kyonne Smith and Robert Tekavec *Member of Actors’ Equity Association About the play:…
Einstein’s Wife by David C. Cassidy Presented at IBM Headquarters in Westchester County, New York with a talkback by the playwright Directed by Kim T. Sharp Featuring: Jason Asher as Albert Einstein Teri Black* as Pauline Einstein Colin Dwyer as Milos Maric/ Prof.Weber Eva Richards* as Mileva Maric Sara Taylor* as Helene Kaufler/Elsa Lowenstein Einstein;…
Einstein’s Wife by David C. Cassidy. May 29, 2019, at The Playroom Theatre Directed by Kim T. Sharp Featuring: Bruce Barton*, Teri Black*, Mat Labotka*, Eva Richards* and Sara Taylor* *Members of Actors’ Equity Association. Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the confirmation of Einstein’s general relativity theory. Synopsis: In the late 1800s Mileva Marić, a…
ONE ACT SLAM Break A Leg was proud to feature five new plays as part of our first ever “One Act Slam”, a competition in which our audience voted for their favorite! … AND THE WINNER IS: A MUCH BETTER DEAL by Stephan Feldman! Saturday, March 23, 2019/Episcopal Actors’ Guild Directed by Valerie Adami-Juhlin Featuring:…