3 Bare Essentials readings await fest audiences
The 2016 Essential Theatre Play Festival runs through Aug. 28 and includes three free play readings in its Bare Essentials series. Check them out.
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This week's best bets: July 24
Say it with musicals. Go north of town for “Mary Poppins” at Aurora Theatre or south for Serenbe’s “Oklahoma!” Tell us where you go and what you like.
Read MoreThis week's best bets: July 17
Wow! Where to begin? Must-sees in our book include “One Man, Two Guvnors” at Ga Shakes and “That Uganda Play” in the Essential festival. Openings include “Mary Poppins” at Aurora, “Right On” at Horizon and, on Monday, the Weird Sisters “Late: A Cowboy Song.” Just ahead: Serenbe’s “Oklahoma!” and Essential’s “Ravens & Seagulls.” Saddle up, playgoers.
Read MoreThis weekend's best bets: July 10
Go funny, freaky or free this weekend. Your choices include “One Man, Two Guvnors” at Georgia Shakespeare, “The Rocky Horror Show” at Actor’s Express and the Alliance Theatre’s teen-powered Collision Project. Plus more.
Read MoreWeekend's best bets: July 3
Even Oz (at Serenbe Playhouse) is closed this weekend. You can go with Seuss and/or prepare for the rest of July, which features more to do than one person’s calendar can allow.
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Essentially Georgia
This year’s Essential Theatre Play Festival begins July 7 with its reading series. The two fully staged productions — Theroun Patterson’s “That Uganda Play” and Karla Jennings’ “Ravens & Seagulls” begin July 18 and 24, respectively.
Read MoreEssential fest moves to West End Performing Arts Center
This summer’s Essential Theatre Play Festival will fully stage two world premieres instead of three, increase its play readings from three to six, and move to the West End Performing Arts Center.
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This weekend's best bets: July 11
It’s a big weekend for openings: “Every Tongue Confess” at Horizon Theatre, the Essential Theatre Play Festival and True Colors’ “Shakin’ the Rafters.” What are your picks? (And don’t forget the “Lesbians” at Weird Sisters, and the gods and mortals of “Metamorphoses” at Georgia Shakespeare.)
Read MoreEssential new-play fest returns July 12
Essential Theatre’s 2013 New Play Festival begins July 12 and features three world premieres by Georgia writers.
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