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Kudos for Essential Theatre Playwriting Award Winners Karla Jennings and Lauren Gunderson
The Essential Theatre wants to congratulate Atlanta playwright Karla Jennings on winning the Pillars Playwriting Prize for her script “The Smiles.” This award is sponsored by the Creative Writing Program in the Department of English, Speech and Journalism at Georgia College and State University. Karla will receive an honorarium of $2,000.00 and her play will be produced at the College.
The Essential Theatre chose Karla’s play “Images In Smoke” for production in 2000, making it the second winner of our annual competition for Georgia playwrights (though we weren’t officially calling it the Essential Theatre Playwriting Award yet). That production was named by Creative Loafing’s Curt Holman as being one of the fifteen best shows of that year.
2009 Essential Theatre New Play Festival
Sunday, July 5
7:00pm Food For Fish
Monday, July 6
8:00pm Food For Fish
Tuesday, July 7
Wednesday, July 8
Thursday, July 9
Friday, July 10
8:00pm Ice Glen
Saturday, July 11
8:00pm Food For Fish
Sunday, July 12
7:00pm Ice
Monday, July 13
Tuesday, July 14
Wednesday, July 15
8:00pm Jim Crow and the Rhythm Darlings
Thursday, July 16
8:00pm Jim Crow and the Rhythm Darlings
Friday, July 17
8:00pm Food For Fish
Saturday,
Audition Announcement
The Essential Theatre will be holding their general auditions for 2009 on Monday, March 9, from 6:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. These will be for the three productions in their 2009 Power Plays Festival, to be presented in repertory from July 5 – August 2 in the Actor’s Express space. We are looking for Non-Union performers; all roles will be stipend-paid.
The three plays being presented will be:
ICE GLEN by Joan Ackermann, a romantic period drama about a poet who does not want her work published, and the editor who tries to persuade her otherwise.
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2009 Power Plays Festival Lineup
The 2009 Essential Theatre Power Plays includes our Playwriting Award Winner, JIM CROW AND THE RHYTHM DARLINGS by Vinnie Meli, as well as ICE GLEN by Joan Ackermann. She’s a playwright who’s been produced around the country for some years now – Horizon did her play THE BATTING CAGE a few years back. This one’s a romantic drama, set in 1919, about a reclusive poetess who does not want her poems published, and the editor to tries to persuade her otherwise. That may sound rather dry and dusty, but it’s immensely charming, touching and very funny.
- “Beautifully written…a story of nature and change.”
READING: Plagued, A Love Story by Vynnie Meli
Plagued A Love Story
Book and lyrics by Vynnie Meli [2009 Essential Theatre Playwriting Award Winner]
Music by Casey Filiaci
Directed by Susan Reid
Cinderella celebrates her 20th anniversary to a man who isn’t always so charming. And Cinderella’s daughter, Dust Bunny, takes on an even greater challenge: the Bubonic Plague. Dust Bunny has to say goodbye to the handsome chronicler, and any chance of finding a cure, when her Queen Grandmother forces her to marry a rich old Prince. Fairy Godmother comes out of retirement in sunny south Florida to convince Dust Bunny she doesn’t have to wait for someone else to turn her life into a fairy tale.
Artistic Director Peter Hardy lectures at Emory’s Brave New Works program
On Feburary 5, Essential Theatre’s Artistic Director Peter Hardy took part in a panel discussion on new play development, along with celebrated national authors Thomas Gibbons and Joseph Skibell. This was for a theatre class at Emory University and was connected to Brave New Works, a new play development program that is presented by Theatre Emory every two years, bringing in playwrights from around the country.
Essential Theatre Welcomes Your Support
Essential Theatre is very proud of its reputation for presenting high quality productions of new works including a world premiere by a Georgia Playwright. We employ a diverse group of participants and cater to a diverse audience.
To help us further promote our mission and grow our company, Essential Theatre is actively seeking four to six new board members. Although not required, Essential Theatre hopes to find persons who fall into one or more of the following categories: An entrepreneur who has successfully started and run a small business. A person with management experience in a large corporation that may be interested in charitable giving and/or corporate sponsorship.
