The deadline for the 2024 Essential Theatre Playwriting Award competition is April 23, 2023.
The only competition exclusively dedicated to the work of Georgia playwrights, the winning play will receive both a full production and a $750 cash prize.
Join Essential Theatre on April 29 for a Celebration of Georgia Playwrights!
Meet the newest addition to the Essential Theatre legacy, Matt Hoffman, and celebrate Essential’s – and Georgia’s –
Now through March 28, submit your video submissions for our General Auditions!
Submit your video audition to [email protected] by March 28, 2023. Auditions should consist of two contrasting monologues with a total length of no more than four minutes.
We’re proud to announce that Matthew Hoffman has won the 2023 Essential Theatre Playwriting Award for his play The Manuscript!
The Manuscript is a powerful and complex drama about two women,
Jim Farmer | Jan 30, 2023
Twenty-nine Georgia nonprofit organizations have received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) for fiscal year 2023, including several in Atlanta.
That’s a wrap!
The 2022 Essential Theatre Play Festival has come to a close. Thanks to everyone who came out to support and enjoy this summer’s shows!
“It was great to be back in the theatre to see provocative and engaging new work.
Since our festival’s close less than a month ago, Artistic Director Peter Hardy, who does so much to lift up other playwrights’ work, has been jet-setting around the country to receive awards and productions of his own work:
On September 9 he attended the world premiere of his play Kissing Jennifer in the Moonlight as part of the Pittsburgh New Works Festival,
This isn’t just any survey.
Essential Theatre has been selected by arts research firm WolfBrown because of our unique Georgia focus, the quality of our work and our longevity in the Atlanta theatre community,
On September 18, Essential Theatre, Legacy Park Decatur and the Decatur Arts Alliance hosted a meal as part of Equitable Dinners Atlanta‘s ambitious 5000 people at 500 tables event marking the 116th anniversary of the 1906 Atlanta Race Massacre.
The August 22 Bare Essentials Play Reading is Shark Week by Anneka Rose. Read on to learn a little more about the playwright and the play we’ll be seeing Wednesday night!
