2025 Essential Theatre Play Festival

Midtown ATL

William Breman Jewish Heritage Center

Kindertransport Diane Samuels

31-Jul-25

7PM

Midtown ATL

Alliance Theater Coca-Cola Stage

Duel Reality

Feb 5-Mar 1, 2026

Various

$60+

Midtown ATL

Alliance Theater Coca-Cola Stage

Fiddler on the Roof

Sep 4-Oct 5, 2025

Various

Midtown ATL

Alliance Theater Coca-Cola Stage

Basura

May 30-Jul 12, 2026

Various

Eastside ATL

7 Stages Theatre

Day

28-Aug-25

7:30PM

Eastside ATL

7 Stages Theatre

I'm Not Supposed to Talk About This

25-Aug-25

7:30PM

Eastside ATL

7 Stages Theatre

Bare Essentials Play Reading Series: The Interim by Caroline Donica

26-Aug-25

7:30PM

Eastside ATL

7 Stages Theatre

How to Make a Home

23-Aug-25

2:00PM

Eastside ATL

7 Stages Theatre

Bare Essentials Play Reading Series: Snowblind by Laura King

19-Aug-25

7:30PM

Eastside ATL

7 Stages Theatre

King of Caribou Lake

21-Aug-25

7:30PM

Eastside ATL

7 Stages Theatre

2025 10 Minute Play Bootcamp Showcase

16-Aug-25

2:00PM

Eastside ATL

7 Stages Theatre

Only an Actor

18-Aug-25

7:30PM

Eastside ATL

7 Stages Theatre

Bare Essentials Play Reading Series: Ladies of the by Hailey Sipes

12-Aug-25

7:30PM

Eastside ATL

7 Stages Theatre

Someone Else's Child

14-Aug-25

7:30PM

Eastside ATL

7 Stages Theatre

A Very Special Hospital

Aug 7-31, 2025

8PM, 2PM

Downtown ATL

Rialto Center for the Arts at Georgia State University

A Father's Love

11-Oct-25

7:30PM

Downtown ATL

The Balzer Theater at Herren’s

Aint No Mo

July 29-Aug 24, 2025

Various

Northeast ATL

The Warehouse

These Shining Lives (Staged Reading)

Aug 1-2, 2025

8PM

Downtown ATL

The Shakespeare Tavern Playhouse

The Venetians by Matt Barbot

Aug 23-Sep 7, 2025

7:30PM, 2:30PM

Downtown ATL

The Shakespeare Tavern Playhouse

William Shakespeare's Long Lost First Play (abridged)

Aug 2-17, 2025

7:30PM, 2:30PM

Southwest ATL

Southside Theatre Guild

Southside Theatre Guild Adult Improv Workshop

Sunday in August

3PM-5:30PM

Southwest ATL

Southside Theatre Guild

Southside Sidekick Improv

Monthly thru August

7:30PM, 7PM

Downtown ATL

Fox Theater

NUTCRACKER! Magical Christmas Ballet

Dec 23-24, 2025

3PM, 7PM, 1PM

Savannah & Vicinity

Johnny Mercer Theatre

WBC Presents Cinderella

19-Oct-25

3PM

$40+

Northwest ATL

Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre

The Nutcracker

Dec 6-27, 2025

Various

Northwest ATL

Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre

Paw Patrol Live!: A Mighty Adventure

Sep 6-7, 2025

Various

Northwest ATL

Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre

The Marriage of Figaro

Mar 14-22, 2026

7:30PM, 8PM

Northwest ATL

Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre

Twilight of the Gods

May 30-Jun 7, 2026

2PM, 5:50PM

Northwest ATL

Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre

La Traviata: The Atlanta Opera

Nov 8-16, 2025

3PM, 7:30PM

Northwest ATL

Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre

La Belle et la Bete

15-Nov-25

7:30PM

Northeast ATL

Byers Theatre

Mean Girls The Musical

May 1-17, 2026

TBA

Northeast ATL

Byers Theatre

The Wizard of Oz

Dec 12-28, 2025

TBA

Northeast ATL

Byers Theatre

The Producers: The Mel Brooks Musical

Sep 5-21, 2025

TBA

Marietta

Earl and Rachel Smith Strand Theatre

Bright Star: 2025 Strand Theatrical Season

Weekends Sep 5-21, 2025

3PM, 8PM

$100+

Northeast ATL

DoubleTree by Hilton Atlanta Perimeter

Play and Eat Dinner Theater

Monthly

7:30PM

Northeast ATL

Stage Door Theatre

ORANGE

Aug 9-24, 2025

7:30PM, 2:30PM

Marietta

Marietta Theatre Company

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Nov 6-15, 2025

2PM, 8PM

Marietta

Marietta Theatre Company

Disaster!

Jul 31-Aug 9, 2025

2PM, 8PM

Downtown ATL

State Farm Arena

Disney Descendants/Zombies

2-Sep-25

7PM

Northwest ATL

Actor's Express: King Plow Arts Center

The Thin Place

Oct 2-26, 2025

2PM, 7:30PM, 8PM

Northwest ATL

Actor's Express: King Plow Arts Center

A Strange Loop

Jul 24-Aug 31, 2025

2PM, 7:30PM, 8PM

Decatur

Onstage Atlanta Theatre Company

The Rocky Horror Show

Aug 1-17, 2025

3PM, 8PM

Southwest ATL

Southside Theatre Guild

Newsies

Jul 24-Aug 3, 2025

2:30PM, 8PM