Merit Theater and Film Group's New Works Reading Series, presented at 13th Street Repertory Company in NYC, provides a forum for up-and-coming playwrights, composers, and lyricists to develop their craft.
Each reading is followed by a Q & A. All readings and development work-shops are free for the playwright. |
The series has presented more than 175 readings from which 35 productions were offered along with 16 development work-shops.
Two playwrights received residencies in NYC as a result of the Reading Series. The readings are directed by directors and performed by members of the 13th Street Repertory Company. |
Many plays in the reading series come from the New Works of Merit Playwriting Contest and its more than a dozen New York Theatre Experience's anthologies: Plays and Playwrights.
These anthologies represent the best new plays reviewed since 2000 by nytheatre.com, one of our country's most prestigious theatre websites. |