Today?s playwrights have a chance to give their works a test run through Center Stage?s First Look series.

“First Look debuted in 2001 and was originally called ?Off Center? ? an opportunity to look at works of a different flavor than what was presented on the main stage,” said Otis Ramsey-Zoe, literary manager for Center Stage. “Today we have shifted the commitment to new play development, working more with writers and cultivating an audience that is interested in new works.”