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That Uganda Play, written by Theroun Patterson, one of the co-winners of the 2014 The Essential Theatre Playwriting Award, is an epic story that moves from America to Africa and back again, imagining the ghosts of war, political corruption and personal betrayal that might lie behind the recent anti-Gay legislation in the nation of Uganda.  Previously, Theroun won the Essential Award back in 2011 for his family drama A Thousand Circlets, which was a big hit in that year’s Essential Theatre Festival.

Since the beginning of the festival in 1999, The Essential Theatre has committed to producing at least one new play a year by a Georgia playwright. Essential began its annual Essential Theatre Playwriting Competition in 2001, strengthening its ties to local writers by establishing  the only competition exclusively dedicated to playwrights in the state of Georgia. That competition results in a sixteen year tradition aptly named The Essential Theatre Festival, a rotating repertory of the recipients’ work as fully realized productions

WHO: The Essential Theatre

WHAT: That Uganda Play |The Essential Theatre Festival 2014

WHERE: West End Performing Arts Center, 945 Ralph David Abernathy Blvd, Atlanta GA

WHEN: July 17, 18, 19, 25, 30, 31. August 2, 3, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 16

VITALS:

Website:http://www.EssentialTheatre.com

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Venue:http://fultonarts.org/index.php/events-and-exhibitions/performance-venues/west-end-performing-arts-center-black-box-theatre

PRESS:

Creative Loafing 2011http://clatl.com/atlanta/atlanta-actor-turns-award-winning-playwright-with-a-thousand-circlets/Content?oid=3430353

Encore Atlanta 2011http://encoreatlanta.com/artsscene/artsbits/2011/from-the-stage-to-the-page.html#.U4wGkovn-00

The mission of The Essential Theatre is to nurture and produce exciting and challenging new work by Georgia playwrights and expand the theatre experience of audiences by presenting world and regional premieres not previously seen in the Atlanta area. Going forward, Essential  aims to give Georgia playwrights an ever-stronger voice across the country and in the world, and in doing so, continuing to enrich the community of artists and audience members at home. Essential Theatre is a 501(c) 3 non-profit.

PRESS CONTACT:
Deisha Oliver­Millar, Bang! Arts
Miles Jenson, Bang! Arts
Direct: (404­) 663­-3833

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