Opening this weekend: How to Survive Being Human by Lee Nowell – TWO WEEKENDS ONLY!


Running Nov 13th-15th and Nov 20th-22nd at The Big House on Ponce (368 Ponce De Leon Ave NE Atlanta, GA 30308), How to Survive Being Human” by Lee Nowell is Ex Somnium’s latest production. Featuring an entire cast of Essential veterans in addition to the playwright: Blaire Hillman, Jeffrey Zwartjes and Bobby Labartino.

Purchase tickets online at 
 http://htsbh.bpt.me
and use code THEA5OFF to get $5 off

     “Your mind will tell you that you’re alone. But separation is an illusion. Ask a scientist. Read a book. We’re all made of carbon.

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40 Days of Essential Playwrights: 39 – Letitia Sweitzer

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2008 Essential Theatre Playwriting Award Winner:
Letitia Sweitzer!

The 2008 Playwriting Award Winner was Letitia Sweitzer, with WEST OF EDEN. This play grew from a one-act (which won the 2005 Georgia Theatre Conference’s One-Act Competition) to the full-length work produced by Essential.

We’re proud to have supported Letitia’s work. Won’t you support ours? 39 days to go: https://power2give.org/go/p/8445

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40 Days of Essential Playwrights kicks off TODAY with Topher Payne!

Today, to spice up the final 40 days of our fall power2give campaign, we’re kicking off a new series of Facebook and website posts:

“40 Days of Essential Playwrights”

Join us every morning at 10am for our next post celebrating a fun fact about one of the fantastic playwrights whose work we have produced over the past — can you believe it? — 27 years!

To kick off the countdown:

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Prolific playwright and Atlanta personality, Topher Payne!

Among his many other, wildly popular accomplishments, Topher acted in our first prize winning play (Lauren Gunderson’s PARTS THEY CALL DEEP) and has gone on to appear in four other Essential productions.

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FINAL WEEK!

HAPPENING NOW: Our fall power2give fundraising campaign!

Help give Georgia playwrights a voice by donating today! Every donation is matched dollar-for-dollar by funds from the City of Atlanta, so your gift goes twice as far! Click here to find out more and hear our Artistic Director, Peter Hardy, share his thoughts about giving Georgia playwrights a voice and tell you more about the work your donation will support.

 

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