2011 The Essential Theatre Offers Three New Plays, 6/30-7/31
Each year, the Essential Theatre Festival offers a repertory of new plays running in rotation. From the first festival 13 years ago, the Essential Theatre has been committed to producing at least one new play a year by a Georgia playwright, and in 2001 and began the annual Essential Theatre Playwriting Award, the only such competition exclusively dedicated to Georgia playwrights.
A Thousand Circletsby Theron D'Arcy Patterson, directed by Betty Hart
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 - only to face the threat of having it all torn down by the illness of the father and the passions of the past. Winner of the 2011 Essential Theatre Playwriting Award, the only prize exclusively dedicated to the work of Georgia writers.
Great Falls
by Lee Blessing, directed by Ellen McQueen
A girl and her step-father take a road trip, going on a journey that takes them across the map of America and deep into their own troubled hearts. By one of America's best playwrights, author of Eleemosynary, A Walk In the Woods and Going To St. Ives.
by Melanie Marnich, directed by Peter Hardy
Winner of the 2008 Mickey Kaplan Play Prize, it's a magical romantic comedy about a woman who travels to Italy looking for help with her terrible insomnia. In trying to find a way to fall asleep, she learns how to become truly awake. By one of the award-winning writers of the TV series Big Love.
Date & Time
June 30th ~ July 31, 2011
Essential Theatre @ Actors Express
887 W. Marietta St.
Atlanta, GA 30318
Tickets
General Admission Online ~ $18-$23 Advance online purchase saves $2; Previews $10 and a limited number of rush tickets may be available each night for $13.
http://EssentialTheatre.com or call 866-811-4111
For more information about Essential Theatre, visit http://www.EssentialTheatre.com
About Essential Theatre
The Essential Theatre is a non-profit 501(c)3 professional, theatre company is dedicated to nurturing new work by Georgia playwrights and giving Atlanta audiences the opportunity to enjoy exciting world and regional premieres.
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