Essential Theatre – Giving Georgia Playwrights a voice!

Giving Georgia Playwrights a Voice.

The longest-running theatre company exclusively dedicated to supporting Georgia playwrights.

Create

Submit a play to our annual playwriting competition

Experience

Watch a play, listen to a table read, and more

Learn

Attend classes and workshops

Support

Volunteer or Donate

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Text reading "Announcing teh 2025 Southern Fried Bake-Off Playwrights" on an orange starburst background with seven playwrights' headshots, logos for Essential Theatre and 7Stages, and a QR code to get tickets.

Playwright Lineup for the 2025 Southern Fried Bake-Off

Congratulations to Tre Whitley, Odelia San Diego, Beverly Sylvester, Abe Johnson, Keely L. Herrick, Topher…

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Crispopher Bouquet, an anthromoporphized bucket of fried chicken, smiles at the viewer, at the center of an orange-to-yellow colored starburst surrounded by text reading: Southern Fried Bake-Off: Back for Seconds, January 3-4, 2025, Essential Theatre, 7Stages

Southern Fried Bake-Off – Back For Seconds!

The Southern Fried Bake-Off returns January 3 and 4, 2025 to start your year off…

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Celebrating 25 Years

2024 marks the 25th Anniversary of the Essential Theatre Play Festival, and it has been…

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Supporters

The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta

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