Showcasing Georgia’s Best Playwrights
2023
Essential Theatre
Play Festival
August 11 – September 3
at 7Stages Theater in Little Five Points
Featuring the world premiere productions of the 2023 Essential Theatre Playwriting Award winner, The Manuscript by Matt Hoffman, and 2020 Co-Winner The Wishing Place by Beverly Austin, and presenting Hush Harbor Lab’s workshop reading of Yanni Stone and the Honey Pot Trap by Anterior Leverett, Carolyn Cook’s new play Walk With Me: Loving Steps on the Dementia Journey produced in partnership with Anne McSweeney and CEU Creations, and the Bare Essentials Play Reading Series.
It’s our busiest lineup yet! You won’t want to miss it.
2023 Festival Plays
The Manuscript
World Premiere opens Friday, August 11, 2023 A compelling psychological drama about what we owe…
The Wishing Place
World Premiere opens Friday, August 18, 2023 A poetic drama about two families in 1960s…
Hush Harbor Lab: Yanni Stone and the Honeypot Trap by Anterior Leverett
One night only: August 24, 2023 at 7:30pm A comedy following writer Lena and her…
Walk With Me: Loving Steps on the Dementia Journey
written and performed by Carolyn Cook Two nights only: August 30 and 31, 2023 at…
Bare Essentials Play Reading Series
Join us on August 14, 22 and 29 for developmental readings of four new plays….
10 Minute Play Bootcamp Showcase
Join us at 2pm on Saturday August 12 as Essential’s 10-Minute Play Bootcamp dramatically concludes…
2023 Funders and Supporters
