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The magical realist tale of two sisters, trying not to drown in the haunted legacy of their troubled family.

by Rachel Graf Evans directed by Peter Hardy
World Premiere opens Friday,

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By Avery Sharpe
Directed by Ellen McQueen
World Premiere opens Friday, August 3, 2018. 

Woke follows two friends from different backgrounds who are trying to navigate the already rocky transition from high school to college.

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 Working Title Playwrights and the Essential Theatre
are proud to present
the 2017 Bare Essentials Reading Series
All readings are free and open to the public.

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Two nights only! August 17 and 18, 2017 at 8pm

Dan Triandiflou stars in a one-man performance as director John Cassavetes, the Godfather of American independent films.

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By G. M. Lupo
Directed by Peter Hardy
ANOTHER MOTHER press kit with photos
World premiere opens August 4, 2017

Winner of the 2017 Essential Theatre Playwriting Award,

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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, cast and playwright!

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Click here for an interview with Derek Dixon

If someone you loved went missing, how far would you go to find them? A man goes on a dream quest to figure out what happened to his best friend,

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downloadable press kit
Dispossed Dramaturgy Board
Click here for an interview with Karen Wurl

August 6 Talkback following DISPOSSESSED
DISPOSSESSED is a romantic comic-fantasy,

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Click here for video trailer.

A warm, touching play about the members of a small African-American church, struggling to keep its doors open and adapt to changing times. 

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