This weekend's best bets: Aug. 8

What to see? Choose one, or all three, of Essential Theatre’s world premieres in their final performances; an epic, American and/or French, respectively, at Serenbe Playhouse and/or Aurora Theatre in Lawrenceville; jazz in the great outdoors at Callanwolde; or a sexy foray into love, philosophy and science with Weird Sisters Theatre Project’s Georgia premiere of “Emilie: La Marquise du Châtelet Defends Her Life Tonight.”

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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.)

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This weekend's best bets: July 3

If the weather keeps you inside this weekend, or you tire of all the snap, crackle and pop of fireworks, we recommend the hilariously quirky “5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche” by Weird Sisters Theatre Project, anything at Serenbe Playhouse and the gorgeous “Metamorphoses” at Georgia Shakespeare … but that’s just a start.

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