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Georgia Playwright Celebration 2014 | The Essential Theatre Festival

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – ATLANTA, GA –  MAY 27, 2014

Since the beginning of the festival in 1999, The Essential Theatre has committed to producing at least one new play a year by a Georgia playwright. Essential began its annual Essential Theatre Playwriting Competition in 2001, strengthening its ties to local writers by establishing  the only competition exclusively dedicated to playwrights in the state of Georgia. The award for this competition? Production of the play in that year’s Festival and a cash stipend. Now in its 14th year, TheEssential Theatre Playwriting Award co-recipients are Karla Jennings and Theroun Patterson.  

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LESS THAN TWO WEEKS LEFT IN OUR POWER2GIVE CAMPAIGN

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THE ESSENTIAL THEATRE NEEDS YOUR HELP

IF YOU BELIEVE IN OUR WORK TO SUPPORT, DEVELOP AND PRODUCE NEW PLAYS BY GEORGIA PLAYWRIGHTS, READ ON!

Since 1999 the Essential Theatre Play Festival has been bringing new plays by Georgia writers to Atlanta audiences, and over the years we’ve become recognized as an important part of the Atlanta cultural scene.  We’ve been fortunate to have some of the best professional theatre artists in the area work on our productions, usually for small fees that were only a fraction of what they could earn elsewhere.  This summer we’ll be producing the World Premieres of THAT UGANDA PLAY by Theroun D’Arcy Patterson and RAVENS AND SEAGULLS by Karla Jennings.  

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Daryl Fazio Featured Playwright in Florida Rep’s First Annual PlayLab Festival

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The first weekend in May, Florida Rep held their first ever PlayLab Festival, “an intensive festival that showcases New Plays and New Voices in the American Theatre, and gives playwrights a safe environment to workshop their plays.” Out of approximately 100 plays considered for the festival, only four were chosen to be read. One of these was Daryl Fazio’s Split in Three, which Essential audiences may remember from the 2012 Bare Essentials series. Congratulations, Daryl!

A major goal of the PlayLab Festival, as with Essential’s own Bare Essentials Reading Series, is to give playwrights a chance to hear their words read aloud and receive feedback from cast and audience alike.

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New Home for This Summer’s Essential Theatre Festival

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Essential Theatre Festival Moves to West End For Another Summer of World Premieres by Georgia Playwrights

Atlanta, April 2014 – Essential Theatre continues its tradition of premiering the best new work by Georgia playwrights for Atlanta audiences with this summer’s Essential Theatre Play Festival, taking place July 18 through August 17 in its new home at the West End Performing Arts Center, located at 945 Ralph David Abernathy Boulevard.

Essential will be presenting the World Premieres of this year’s playwriting award co-winners, That Uganda Play by Theroun D’Arcy Patterson, and Ravens and Seagulls by Karla Jennings,

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