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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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Essential Theatre is the longest-running theatre exclusively dedicated to supporting the work of Georgia playwrights. Our mission is to nurture and produce new works by Georgia playwrights and to enrich our audience’s experience by actively engaging them in the process.

Since the first Essential Play Festival in 1999, we’ve premiered or presented 48 new works by 39 different Georgia playwrights, many of which have gone on to publication and future productions around the country. Our vision is a thriving, dynamic American theatre community in which Georgia playwrights are a recognized and celebrated part.

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