THE HALF-LIFE OF MARIE CURIE By Lauren Gunderson Directed by Kim T. Sharp Featuring Teri Black* & Susan Richard* *Member of Actors Equity Association Saturday, June 4, 2022 Break A Leg was thrilled to revive our enhanced staged reading of this marvelous play at the Unity Center of NYC! Check out photos below (click to…
“The Art of Science” Reading Series Presented: The Half-Life of Marie Curie by Lauren Gunderson Held Sunday April 10, 2022 at the Marriott Marquis in Times Square, as part of the annual meeting of the American Physical Society. BAL gives a huge thank you to everyone who attended our Art of Science reading of…
THE LOVE FESTIVAL 2022! This February we bring back a favorited video series celebrating Valentine’s Day! Each week we will release one filmed play creatively shot that explores the most universal and mystical human experience: LOVE. THE LINEUP: AGE OLD QUESTION by Alan Magill Timeless love blooms until they find out each other’s ages and…
Thanks to everyone who came out for the 2021 One Act Slam! This is our yearly one act play competition featuring fully staged readings of new works, in which the audiences votes for your favorite! The Slam was presented on October 25, 2021 at the Unity Center of NYC and was made possible in part by a generous donation from Ocean First…
Break A Leg Productions is proud to work with playwrights digitally in order to help develop their plays. After selecting submissions that coincide with our mission, BAL conducts both online and in person table readings and feedback sessions in order to help playwrights meet their script’s goals. /se-krits”/ by Rob Willoughby Over the course of…
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…
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…
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:…
Unexplored Territory: Three New Plays Saturday, November 18, 2017 Bloomingdale Library, 150 West 100th Street, Manhattan The Kiss by Mark Harvey Levine The Game by Natalie Bates Genesis by Thomas Pierce Directed by Valerie Adami-Juhlin With: Elizabeth Elson*, Steven Peacock Jacoby*, Mark Peters*, Susan Richard*, Wendy Scott*, Kelsey Senteio and Nancy Sincori*. *Member, Actors’ Equity Association…
The Brother By John Hancock and Dorothy Tristan, based on the book by New York Times Reporter Sam Roberts May 31, 2017 The New York Public Library, Mid-Manhattan Branch Directed by Elowyn Castle With: Richard Litt, Bruce Barton, Colin Dwyer, Keith Herron, Michael Edmund, Teri Black, Elisa London, Michael Basile, Kevin Hauver, John Quilty, Wendy…