Press Releases
And the winners are…
Essential Theatre announces the co-winners of the 2016 Essential Theatre Playwriting Award
2016 Award Winners press release
February 2016 – Essential Theatre is proud to announce the co-winners of the 2016 Essential Theatre Playwriting Award: Karen Wurl’s Dispossessed and Derek Dixon’s When Things Are Lost.
THE OLD SHIP OF ZION, written by Natalia Naman: PROFESSIONAL WORLD PREMIERE
OLD SHIP OF ZION play opening press release
Atlanta, July 2015 – Join us for the professional world premiere of The Old Ship of Zion,
The 17th Annual Essential Theatre Festival Opens July 24
2015 Essential Theatre Play Festival Press Release JULY
Atlanta, July 2015 – The 17th Annual Essential Theatre Festival kicks off July 24 at the West End Performing Arts Center,
2015 Festival Lineup Announced!
2015 Essential Play Festival Lineup downloadable press kit
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,
And the winner is…
2015 Essential Playwriting Contest Winner downloadable press kit
Essential Theatre is proud to announce the winner of the 2015 Essential Theatre Playwriting Contest: Joshua Mikel’s Lillian Likes It.
RAVENS & SEAGULLS |The Essential Theatre Festival
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE- ATLANTA, GA
RAVENS & SEAGULLS, written by Karla Jennings, one of the co-winners of the 2014 The Essential Theatre Playwriting Award, focuses on three women who face the final days of their ailing sister’s life.
That Uganda Play | The Essential Theatre Festival 2014
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE- ATLANTA, GA-
That Uganda Play, written by Theroun Patterson, one of the co-winners of the 2014 The Essential Theatre Playwriting Award, is an epic story that moves from America to Africa and back again,
Georgia Playwright Celebration 2014 | The Essential Theatre Festival
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.
New Home for This Summer’s Essential Theatre Festival
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,
