The longest-running theatre company exclusively dedicated to supporting Georgia playwrights celebrated 25 years this summer with a packed festival of shows that audiences called “stunning,” “comical and poignant,” “powerful,” and “nothing short of spectacular.”

In a retrospective article in ArtsATL, Luke Evans wrote, “Founding Artistic Director Peter Hardy’s goal to support Georgia playwrights from conception to full production has resulted in some of the best works of the last quarter century.”

Atlanta Magazine says, “Essential Theatre has launched the careers of some of the nation’s most important contemporary writers.”

And Creative Loafing quips that Essential is “Essential in more ways than one”