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, by Matthew Hoffman

The Manuscript

World Premiere opens Friday, August 11, 2023 A compelling psychological drama about what we owe…

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