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Evelyn in Purgatory
byTopher Payne, director Betty Hart
Five public school teachers are caught in the limbo of the disciplinary “Rubber Room”, waiting for their cases to be heard and their fates decided. Poignant and funny, it’s like The Breakfast Club for teachers, as they share secrets with each other and begin to look into their own hearts. Winner of the 2012 Essential Theatre Playwriting Award.
byTopher Payne, director Betty Hart
Five public school teachers are caught in the limbo of the disciplinary “Rubber Room”, waiting for their cases to be heard and their fates decided. Poignant and funny, it’s like The Breakfast Club for teachers, as they share secrets with each other and begin to look into their own hearts. Winner of the 2012 Essential Theatre Playwriting Award.
What
if Shakespeare had conceived the melancholy Dane as a costumed crime
fighter? The worlds of comic books and the Bard of Avon come together
in this hilarious mash-up, a tale of murder and revenge, poetry and
BAM! SOCK! POW!
The Local
director Ellen McQueen
director Ellen McQueen
A collaborative theatre project about the City of Atlanta, by the
writers of Atlanta, developed and directed by the award-winning
director of Ice Glen and Sally and Glen at the Palace.
A similar project is happening in Tampa, Florida, and Essential
Theatre has plans to reach out to theatres around the country to
eventually make this a nation-wide phenomenon.
Audition Notices
The Essential Theatre will hold non-union General Auditions for the 2012 Essential Theatre Play Festival on Saturday, March 10, from Noon till 5:30 p.m. Auditions will be held on the top floor of the building that Horizon Theatre is located in (1083 Austin Avenue N.E., Atlanta, GA 30307.) WE WILL NOT BE IN HORIZON THEATRE, simply in the same building they are in, in a room directly across from Horizon’s office, which you’ll find as soon as you get to the top of the stairs. Prepare two contrasting contemporary monologues (whichever contrast you prefer) not running more than 4 minutes in total length. To make an appointment, e-mail pmhardy@aol.com or call 404-212-0815 (we prefer e-mails). Our mailing address is Essential Theatre, 1414 Foxhall Lane #10, Atlanta, GA 30316. Our website is www.EssentialTheatre.com. The 2012 Festival will run from July 6 – August 5 at Actor’s Express, three World Premiere shows running in rotating repertory (with separate casts). All roles will be paid with a stipend.
The Essential Theatre will hold non-union General Auditions for the 2012 Essential Theatre Play Festival on Saturday, March 10, from Noon till 5:30 p.m. Auditions will be held on the top floor of the building that Horizon Theatre is located in (1083 Austin Avenue N.E., Atlanta, GA 30307.) WE WILL NOT BE IN HORIZON THEATRE, simply in the same building they are in, in a room directly across from Horizon’s office, which you’ll find as soon as you get to the top of the stairs. Prepare two contrasting contemporary monologues (whichever contrast you prefer) not running more than 4 minutes in total length. To make an appointment, e-mail pmhardy@aol.com or call 404-212-0815 (we prefer e-mails). Our mailing address is Essential Theatre, 1414 Foxhall Lane #10, Atlanta, GA 30316. Our website is www.EssentialTheatre.com. The 2012 Festival will run from July 6 – August 5 at Actor’s Express, three World Premiere shows running in rotating repertory (with separate casts). All roles will be paid with a stipend.
