Meet the Playwright: Matthew Hoffman
Monday night’s Bare Essentials Play Reading is The Manuscript by Matthew Hoffman. Read on to learn a little more about the playwright and the play we’ll be seeing Monday night!
You’re Invited!
Join Essential Theatre on May 7 for a Celebration of Georgia Playwrights!
Meet the newest addition to the Essential Theatre legacy, John Mabey, and celebrate Essential’s – and Georgia’s –
2022 General Auditions
Now through May 6, submit your video submissions for our General Auditions!
Submit your video audition to [email protected] by May 6, 2022. Auditions should consist of two contrasting monologues with a total length of no more than four minutes.
We’ve got a winner!
We’re thrilled to announce that A Complicated Hope by John Mabey is the winner of the 2022 Essential Theatre Playwriting Award.
First given out in 2001,
Have you got a play to share?
The deadline for the 2023 Essential Theatre Playwriting Award competition is April 23, 2022.
Now in its 24rd year, this is the only contest exclusively dedicated to the work of Georgia playwrights.
Meet the Playwright: John Mabey
John Mabey is the 2022 Essential Theatre Playwriting Award winner with his play A Complicated Hope. Read on to find out more about John and the play we’ll be premiering this summer!
Join Essential Theatre at Decatur Legacy Park!
We’re excited to be presenting our first playwriting class showcase of 2022 as part of Decatur Legacy Park’s Community Day on February 27 – come join us!
The showcase starts at 4,
Georgia Playwrights Retake the Stage:
Essential Theatre resumes in-person events this fall
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE –
October 2021 – Essential Theatre is back live this fall, bringing their 2021 Playwriting Award winning plays, Calming the Man by Anthony Lamarr White and Raising the Dead by Erin Considine,
Fall Introduction to Playwriting Registration Open!
Registration is now open for Essential Theatre’s fall Intro to Playwriting course through the West End Performing Arts Center! This fall’s course will be all online, All Ages, and meet once a week on Tuesdays at 4:00 starting September 14.
Essential Theatre receives grant support from Georgia Council for the Arts
ATLANTA – July 2021
Essential Theatre, Inc has been awarded two grants by Georgia Council for the Arts (GCA), a division of the Georgia Department of Economic Development,
