Join Essential Theatre on April 29 for a Celebration of Georgia Playwrights!

Meet the newest addition to the Essential Theatre legacy, Matt Hoffman, and celebrate Essential’s – and Georgia’s – rich theatre tradition and the community in which our playwrights grow and thrive.

At our Celebration of Georgia Playwrights Event, you’ll get to:

Mix and mingle with folks who, like you, are proud of the literary and dramatic heritage of the place we call home. 

Meet the 2023 Essential Theatre Playwriting Award winner, Matt Hoffman, and hear about his show, which we’ll be premiering at the 2023 Essential Theatre Play Festival this summer.

Celebrate 2020 Essential Theatre Playwriting Award Co-Winner Beverly Austin once again, whose play The Wishing Place will at long last be seeing its world premiere production as part of the 2023 Essential Theatre Play Festival.

Be first in line to get tickets to the 2023 Essential Theatre Play Festival!

Celebrating 24 years of the Essential Theatre Festival, during which we’ve produced or presented 43 new works by 34 different Georgia playwrights, with readings of 50 more.

*Please note: this event is free to attend. Food and beverage orders are the responsibility of the party placing the order. As always, remember to tip your hard-working servers generously and well!