The week of July 20-26 will be an exciting one for WTP as we present Pamela Turner's Faces and Essential Shorts during Essential Theatre's 11th Annual Festival of Plays at Actor's Express, and hail the return of the Atlanta 24 Hour Plays on July 26 at Academy Theatre.

Wednesday, July 22nd, Pamela Turner's FACES, a WTP First Draft on Demand Reading.  

FACES is a multi-dimensional play inspired by the first-ever face transplant conducted in France in 2005. This play has received early-stage development assistance from Sabina Maja Angel (CineMajik.design), Del Hamilton (7 Stages Theatre), and Mirla Cristi (University of Georgia).

With Daniel Burnley, Suehyla El-Attar, Megan Hayes, Nadir Mateen, Stacy Melich, Tiffany Morgan and Laurence Ruth.  

WHEN: July 22, 2009
TIME: 7:30 p.m.
PLACE: Actor's Express, King Plow Arts Center, Atlanta, Georgia
TICKETS:  $5 donation at door.

Thursday, July 23rd, WTP offers ESSENTIAL SHORTS, a collection of short plays and monologues written by WTP members Nick Boretz, John Drago, Hank Kimmel, Sharon Mathis, Topher Payne, Sandra Sparks, Pamela Turner and more!

WHEN: July 23, 2009
TIME: 7:30 p.m.
PLACE: Actor's Express, King Plow Arts Center, Atlanta, Georgia
TICKETS:  $5 donation at door.

AND THEN YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS???

WTP brings back THE 24-HOUR PLAYS to Atlanta!! 
 
One of the most popular kamikaze events in Atlanta theatre history is returning, presented by Working Title Playwrights, with producing partner The Academy Theatre.  About 100 bold artists will convene at the Academy Theatre to write, direct, and perform eight short plays in the span of 24 hours.
 
It’s bold.  It’s risky.  The mantra of the 24-Hour Plays has always been: This ain’t theatre for crybabies.
 
On  Saturday, July 25, 2009, 12 writers will meet at 10pm at The Academy Theatre.  Paired randomly, they will have until dawn to come up with six 12-minute scripts.  Six directors come in at 9am and cast their plays from sixty headshots submitted by our brave thespians.  Then it’s a marathon day of rehearsing, staging, costuming, and setting tech for an 8:00 p.m. curtain on Sunday, July 26th.  The show ends at 10pm, exactly 24 hours after the writers first convened.

The Atlanta 24-Hour Plays were introduced in ten years ago as a benefit for Synchronicity Performance Group and Plain Sight Productions, produced in conjunction with Horizon Theatre’s New Horizon series.  The event was an immediate success, serving to introduce a legion of rising artists to the Atlanta community, and forging new partnerships and collaborations.  Working Title Playwrights is honored to continue this extraordinary tradition with the support and encouragement of Synchronicity and Plain Sight.

THIS IS A FUND RAISING EVENT FOR WORKING TITLE PLAYWRIGHTS.  All proceeds from the door to toward making new plays happen ... by developing playwrights ... in Atlanta!

TIME:  8 p.m.
WHEN:  Sunday, July 26, 2009
WHERE:  Academy Theatre, 119 Center St., Avondale Estates, Ga
TICKETS:  $15 minimum donation at the door.

For reservations or more information, please contact Jill Patrick at 404.441.2716 or email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .