The 2016 Essential Festival power2give is now live!
Now through May 25, your dollars will go twice as far when you make a donation through our power2give campaign.
All donations are 100% tax-deductible, so give today!
Now through May 25, your dollars will go twice as far when you make a donation through our power2give campaign.
All donations are 100% tax-deductible, so give today!
JOIN ESSENTIAL THEATRE AND FRIENDS ON FEBRUARY 29 AT RED BRICK BREWERY FOR OUR 2016 FESTIVAL ANNOUNCEMENT EVENT!
Meet the co-winners of the 2016 Essential Theatre Playwriting Award and the directors of their WORLD PREMIERE PRODUCTIONS.
by Jennifer Kimball
2015 Festival Highlights.pdf
Our seventeenth Festival, the fourth all-Georgia Festival, our second year partnering with the West End Performing Arts Center and with Eyedrum Art &
OLD SHIP OF ZION play opening press release
Atlanta, July 2015 – Join us for the professional world premiere of The Old Ship of Zion,
Festival Passes are now on sale!
The performance schedule is still under development, but you can get your Festival Pass today to be sure you don’t miss out!
We’re proud to announce that, in our first year of participating in the Suzi Bass Awards, Essential Theatre has its first nomination: Karla Jennings’ Ravens & Seagulls for Best World Premiere Production!
by Jennifer Kimball
What a summer it has been! This was our sixteenth Festival, and our third all-Georgia Festival. A revamped Festival layout featuring two world premieres and six readings.
Gerry Bartholomai, of Chamblee, GA, is the author of tonight’s Bare Essentials offering, Miss Adelia’s Garden. Miss Adelia’s Garden is a poignant drama about the friendship between a young gay man and two elderly southern women.