Essential Theatre's mission is to challenge Georgia audiences and to support Georgia artists by encouraging the creation of new dramatic literature and giving local actors, directors and designers the chance to work on exciting new plays.
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- 1998
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The Essential Theatre is proud to announce that the winner of the 2010 Essential Theatre Playwriting Award competition is Gabriel Dean’s Qualities of Starlight, a modern southern family comedy. ...
Bring a can or unopened bag of dog or cat food to Essential Theatre's production's of ICE GLEN, FOOD FOR FISH or JIM CROW & THE RHYTHM DARLINGS this weekend and save $5 off the adult ticket price...
ICE GLEN by Joan AckermannBeautifully written, masterfully delicate direction by Ellen McQueen, precise, delightful and surprising performances all round...
The Essential Theatre JIM CROW & THE RHYTHM DARLINGS: "Grade: A Marvelously intense … director Betty Hart has orchestrated a beautifully realized ensemble. The final confrontation is edge-of-seat tense, edge-of-reason cruel. A literary counterpart to a hot jam session, wi
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“Beautifully written, masterfully delicate direction by Ellen McQueen, precise, delightful and surprising performances all round. Go see it.”
Joanna Daniel
“I concur with Joanna. ICE GLEN is both one of the best scripts and best overall productions I've seen in the nine years I've been in Atlanta, and Ellen's directi...on is flawlessly nuanced. A true "must-see."
Evan Guilford-Blake
“It’s one of the best shows in Atlanta this year!”
Leonard Pallats
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Joanna Daniel
“I concur with Joanna. ICE GLEN is both one of the best scripts and best overall productions I've seen in the nine years I've been in Atlanta, and Ellen's directi...on is flawlessly nuanced. A true "must-see."
Evan Guilford-Blake
“It’s one of the best shows in Atlanta this year!”
Leonard Pallats
Read More
“Beautifully written, masterfully delicate direction by Ellen McQueen, precise, delightful and surprising performances all round. Go see it.” Joanna Daniel “I concur with Joanna. ICE ...
WMLB Voice of the Arts' Larry Larson interviews playwright Vynnie Meli & director Betty Hart And, In Print“Directed by Betty Hart, Jim Crow & The Rhythm Darlings truly captures the love of jazz … the dialogue is quick paced and smart, the issues are diverse, and the acting is powerful. N...
“Following its tradition of introducing Atlanta to some of the edgier plays around, Essential Theatre opened its annual summer festival with FOOD FOR FISH, a lively take on Chekhov’s THREE SISTERS by rising playwright Adam Szymkowicz … One smart play …dark, droll dialogue … it’s a wild, stran...
Two things have been running through my head like a song, since I've been working on this play, ICE GLEN...
Jim Crow and The Rhythm Darlings What do you get when you combine a forties all-girl black jazz band with one Jewish member, and stir it up with a tour through the Jim Crow South? You get a recipe for disaster, but more importantly discovery. It's 1943.....
The influence of Facebook in marketing the theatre continues to growth indicatinges how social media continues to enhance and re-define the way arts organizations reach out to audiences.When we reach a fan base of 1,000, Facebook provides a series of advanced tools and analytics that will enhance...
JC Reilly, one of the Georgia Poetry Society members who will be participating in a poetry reading at 7pm on Saturday July 25th prior to the 8pm "Ice Glen" performance. JC would like to offer this poem for your consideration...
We are proud to announce that the Essential Theatre performance of Vynnie Meli's "Jim Crow and the Rhythm Darlings" is to be presented during the National Black Arts Festival. For more information about National Black Arts Festival Around Town, click here.
