Works by Duffy, Kraar & McCabe Set for 2015 'First Breath' Reading Series Next Week

The Harold Clurman Playwrights Division, a program of the Stella Adler Studio of Acting, has announced the line-up of the 2015 First Breath New Play Reading Series. New works by Mike Duffy, Adam Kraar and Dan McCabe will be featured during the week of March 23, 2015 in readings that are free and open to the public.

Playwrights Duffy, Kraar and McCabe were all finalists among two hundred writers who submitted full-length plays for consideration in the studio's annual merit-based search for a playwright-in-residence.

The Playwrights Division was created to support emerging playwrights. Said Artistic Director Tom Oppenheim, "Through the Playwrights Division we have been inspired by so many talented, emerging playwrights. In accordance with Stella's deep regard for the playwright, the studio is proud to support gifted writers like Adam Kraar, Mike Duffy and Dan McCabe. The plays read in First Breath are in process and will continue to be developed. It's our honor to hear them read in the studio."

Details on First Breath New Play Reading Series follow:

Monday, March 23, 2015 at 7pm

The Magic Kingdom by Dan McCabe

Wednesday, March 25, 2015 at 7pm

Pirate Town, Hearts and Minds by Adam Kraar

Thursday, March 26, 2015 at 7pm

Love & Mistrust by Mike Duffy

The Studio of Acting is located at 31 West 27th Street, New York, NY 10001.

THE HAROLD CLURMAN LABORATORY THEATER COMPANY is the Stella Adler Studio of Acting's/Art of Acting Studio's professional theater company. The Lab aims to produce socially relevant theater committed to the standards and ideals set out by Stella Adler, Harold Clurman and the Group Theater. The mission of the Lab is to provide the community, through theater and discussion, with a place of exploration and experimentation of what it means be a human being. Select production history: Mercy Killers by Michael Milligan (Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2013, Fringe First Award), Lebensraum by Israel Horovitz (off-Broadway, Ovation-Nominated in Los Angeles), Long Way Go Down by Zayd Dohrn (West Coast premiere, Ovation Award Nominee), Our Town by Thornton Wilder, What Shall I Give My Children? by Don K. Williams (world premiere).