Dan Hedaya and Ari Butler Join THE LEGEND OF BOBBY STONE Reading, 7/1

Dan Hedaya and Ari Butler round out the cast of Ben Andron's new comedy "The Legend of Bobby Stone and the Good Feeling Hat," the first of three new plays producer Aaron Grant plans to present this summer as part of a new developmental reading series. Directed by Peter Scolari, "The Legend of Bobby Stone" also features Harris Doran, Andrew Keenan-Bolger, Julia Mattison, Christy Carlson Romano, Sam Seder, Keala Settle, and Max von Essen. The reading takes place in midtown on Monday July 1, at 2pm.

In "The Legend of Bobby Stone" Butler plays a young television gossip reporter determined to interview notorious celebrity Bobby Stone, who will be played by Hedaya.

This reading (and all readings in the series) is open to the public. RSVP by e-mailing SummerReadings@theatrical.ag Due to limited capacity, there will be no admittance without written confirmation.

Produced by Aaron Grant Theatrical, the series is cast entirely by Daryl Eisenberg Casting.

"The approach to each show is different," says Grant, who opened Aaron Grant Theatrical, Inc. in January. "I want this to be an annual series, a new play incubator, where artists can hear their work out loud and discover what works and what doesn't work. You can only develop a show in a vacuum for so long. Theatre needs an audience.".

The other shows in the series are Erik Shapiro 's comedy "You're Really Not Helping," directed by Jeremy Scott Blaustein, which will be seen onMonday July 29, and Alex Rubin's dark romance "First Love," directed by Andy Sandberg, which will be seen on Monday August 19.