Horse Trade's THE DRAFTS Reading Series Kicks Off Today

This July Horse Trade Theater Group will bring back the acclaimed work of their play development group, The Drafts, staging 8 play readings in 4 weeks! Each Tuesday, the first 25 pages of two new plays will be read for an audience, who will vote for their favorite of the night. The two plays that accumulate the most votes at the end of the Summer run, will have a chance to be read in full and compete against each other in August. The winning script will be produced by Horse Trade as part of their 2015 season.

Come see new original works and help give these artists the opportunity to break through!

TONIGHT, July 8 at 6:30pm In Passing by Pascale Seigneurie Love and Sex between Prime Numbers by Jack Feldstein Directed by Ilaria Amadasi

Tuesday, July 15 at 6:30pm Honoured Man Out By Alexander Wolff Source Code: Candide by Danielle Dresden Directed Keila Fontánez- La Salle

Tuesday, July 22 at 6:30pm The Emperor of North America by Thomas Hischak The Quilted Heart by Gary Corbett Davis Directed by Gadi Rubin

Tuesday, July 29 at 6:30pm I'm Not an Allegory (these are people i know) by Libby Emmons It's All in the Punch by Robert Anthony Directed by Helena Farhi

The Drafts play readings will be held at UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place between 1st Avenue and Avenue A) at 6:30 PM (Doors at 6). Suggested Donation: $3.

THE DRAFTS are the resident acting ensemble of Horse Trade Theater Group supporting the work of its artistic community. Committed to new play development, The Drafts monthly reading series has featured over 100 original scripts and inspired several full productions.

The Drafts reading series has featured notable emerging playwrights Pia Wilson (The Public's EWG), Michael McGuire, Kelley Girod, Paul David Young, Megan Mostyn-Brown (LAByrinth), Terence Patrick Hughes, Augusto Federico Amador (The Public's EWG), Ziella Bryars, and Micheline Auger. The Drafts have been cast members of Lines, Donnie and the Monsters, punkrock/lovesong, and Song for a Future Generation (The Management), all shows produced or presented by Horse Trade Theater Group.

HORSE TRADE THEATER GROUP is a self-sustaining theater development group; with a focus on new work, it has produced a massive quantity of stimulating downtown theater. Horse Trade's Resident Artist Program offers a home to a select group of Independent Theater artists, pooling together a great deal of talent and energy. It is also the home of FRIGID New York - the first and only festival of its kind in New York City.

For more information, visit www.horseTRADE.info.