My mother, Martha Nell Hardy, was an actress, educator and producer, with a lifelong passion for the theatre. For twenty years now I’ve been producing the annual Essential Theatre Festival, and that’s one of the ways in which I’ve tried to honor her memory. Last year the Martha Nell Hardy Memorial Fund was established by […]
Join Essential Theatre at 7pm on Thursday, April 12, 2018 in Angora Hall at the Clarkston Community Center if you’re interested in finding out more about this project, networking, and exploring opportunities to get involved. RSVP here. Download Apr 12 Meeting Flyer Download Arabic flyer About the Project: Essential Theatre is beginning Phase 1 of […]
Avery Sharpe is an actor and recently a playwright from Atlanta, GA. After studying Acting and Spanish at Kennesaw State University, he has performed at a variety of stages across Atlanta. Some of his recent credits include: Pearl Cleage’s Tell Me My Dream (Alliance Theatre), A Bucket of Blessings (Alliance Theatre), and Marcus; Or the […]
Rachel Graf Evans (left) is a writer and theatre artist most interested in silenced and forgotten stories. Her Atlanta playwriting credits include: SUIT YOURSELF (Georgia Lawyers for the Arts’ Courtroom Drama CLE Showcase @ Actor’s Expres); INCH BY INCH (Synchronicity Theatre’s Stripped Bare development program); PEACH COBBLER (The Weird Sisters’ Dangerous Women); THE RIGHT KIND […]
At noon this Saturday, Makeshift Circus Collective‘s Sara Gregory will lead a workshop entitled Mindful Story Gathering: Seeking to address social barriers from beginning to end of community based art making processes. This workshop will focus on ways to approach the information gathering process of community based art making. MakeShift is an Atlanta based collective that calls […]
The Essential Theatre is taking appointments for their 2018 General Auditions, to be held from 6:15 to 10 p.m. on Monday, March 19. Auditioners are asked to prepare two contrasting monologs that do not last more than a total of 4 minutes. To make appointments, call 404-558-4523 or e-mail pmhardy@aol.com. The auditions will be held in the Jugglers’ Room on the […]
And the winners are… Essential Theatre announces the winners of the 2018 Essential Theatre Playwriting Award February 2018 – Essential Theatre is proud to announce there are two winners of the 2018 Essential Theatre Playwriting Award: Rachel Graf Evans’ Built to Float and Avery Sharpe’s Woke. Built to Float and Woke will both receive a […]
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The Mystery of Love and Sex, written by Bathsheba Doran and directed by Amber Bradshaw, has its Southeastern Premiere February 1st, 2018 – February 18th, 2018 at Out Front Theatre. Don’t miss it! Deep in the American South, Charlotte and Jonny have been best friends since they were nine. She’s Jewish, he’s Christian, he’s […]