SOUTH PORTLAND — Mad Horse Theatre Company will open its second year of the By Local reading series at 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 20-23.

In the course of its first year, By Local presented six original plays by six local playwrights. Theaters are now producing several of these plays including Monica Wood’s “Papermaker” at Portland Stage Company and Callie Kimball’s “Alligator Road” at Mad Horse Theatre.

“We were absolutely thrilled by the turnout and support that BY LOCAL received in its first year,” said Brent Askari, Mad Horse company member and BY LOCAL co-organizer. “And we are excited to present six more plays to local theatergoers.”

All performances will be at the Hutchins School, 24 Mosher St.

“Digby’s Home” by Brent Askari will run Nov. 20-22, and “Humpin’ Glory Bay” by Karmo Sanders will run Nov. 21-23.

Admission is pay what you can at the door, with a suggested donation of $10. For more information, go to www.madhorse.com, check out the Mad Horse Facebook page, or call 207-747-4148.

“Digby’s Home” is a comedy that concerns a Digby Preston, a prop comic who comes back to his small New England town after his first national television appearance, hoping to finally gain the validation that he felt he never received growing up. Things don’t quite work out as planned.

“Humpin’ Glory Bay” is a comedy that concerns a quirky bride and groom who desperately try to pull off a shotgun wedding on a small island on the coast of Maine.