Bare Essentials Play Reading Series
Thanks to support from Georgia Humanities, all readings in the Bare Essentials series are free and open to the public. Be sure to stay after for exciting conversation with the director,
Georgia Playwright
Slaying Holofernes
World premiere opens Friday, July 26, 2019
This passionate and provocative drama spans four centuries as it tells the tales of two remarkable young women: Amanda, struggling for justice and recognition in the offices of modern-day Atlanta,
Babyshower for the Antichrist
A horror comedy about a small group of incompetent devil-worshippers who are preparing for the birth of the Dark Lord when an newcomer arrives, thinking she’s been invited to an old friend’s baby shower. Girl talk and plans for the “Hell Feast” lead to secrets coming out and a struggle for power,
Qualities of Starlight
The World Premiere of a twisted family comedy about a successful young astronomer who brings his wife home to the north Georgia mountains and the simple country household in which he grew up and where his parents are now addicted to crystal meth.
Sally and Glen at the Palace
A comic drama about the growing friendship between two very different college students working together in the lobby of a 1970s movie theatre in a southern university town. Written by artistic director Peter Hardy.
A Thousand Circlets
A classic new American drama which tells the story of a prominent African-American family that has reached the pinnacle of their professional success, poised to achieve their greatest triumph –
Swimming with Jellyfish
Swimming with Jellyfish, written by Katie Grant Shalin and directed by Bill Murphey, is poignant and loving as a family tries to figure out how to traverse new paths in life.
Stray Dogs
Stray Dogs,written by Matthew Myers and directed by Peter Hardy, is a comedy-romance about cops and criminals – sort of like Quentin Tarentino only much sweeter.
Mysterious Connections
Mysterious Connections, written by Peter Hardy and directed by Ellen McQueen, is a fantasy based around two women who grow close and eventually find themselves able to enter each other’s dreams.
Essential Theatre Presents: a bunch of different ways i’d like to die
Two nights only! August 16 & 17, 2018 at 8pm
Written and performed by Tim McDonough, a bunch of different ways i’d like to die is an entertainment about death,
