What’s Essential in December 2014?
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THIS WEDNESDAY, December 10, join “Celebrity Chefs” Peter Hardy and Matthew Myers, along with the rest of the Essential Theatre, at Uncle Maddio’s Pizza (Toco Hills) from 5-9pm.
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Bill Gibson
Most recently seen on Essential’s stage: CHRIST AMERICA, part of the 2013 Bare Essentials Play Reading Series
Q: When did you first start writing plays?
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Daryl Fazio
Although producing new plays is the primary focus of Essential’s work to support Georgia playwrights, play readings are also a vital part of the play development process,
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Valetta Anderson
LEAVING LIMBO, which we premiered in 2006, was an excellent example of how you can learn about a script from your audiences. Night after night,
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Fleck, Wurl, McQueen & Co
“no restrictions as to style, length or subject matter” you say?
As a matter of fact, yes: although traditionally our Award winners have been full-length plays (running an hour or more in performance),
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Topher Payne
You know him for his recent prolific writings: the Lakebottoms (Proper and Prime), Angry Fags, Swell Party and more, to include his 2012 Essential premiere,
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Bill Gibson
Bill’s play, WARTS, was the winner of the 2002 Essential Theatre Playwriting Award.
WARTS was set in 1950s Philadelphia (the boyhood home of writer Bill Gibson),
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Theroun Patterson
Just this past summer, Theroun’s THAT UGANDA PLAY was co-winner of the Essential Theatre Playwriting Award and was produced in our Festival. Inspired by an interview between Rachel Maddow and David Bahati,
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Lauren Gunderson
Lauren was our first award winner in 2001 with PARTS THEY CALL DEEP. She won again in 2004 for BACKGROUND, and she is currently based out of California and boasts a very successful playwriting career.