10 Student Plays. 5 Theatre Companies.
Hilarity and Drama Ensue at the Play/Write Showcase on May 9th.
Come see Cripple Creek members launch the work of New Orleans' future playwrights!
NEW ORLEANS – On Monday, May 9th at 7:00 p.m., Goat in the Road Productions (GRP) and Dillard University present their annual event, the Play/Write Showcase at Dillard’s Samuel DuBois Cook Theatre located at 2601 Gentilly Blvd. The Showcase is comprised of 10 student plays written by 5th – 7th graders from New Orleans schools and presented by five local performance groups: Cripple Creek Theatre Co., Dancing Grounds, Dillard Theatre Ensemble, KM Dance Project, and Lux et Umbra. These companies’ adult performers will take the students’ words from the page to the stage, celebrating the work that all of the 215 students involved in the Play/Write program have done over the past year. Tickets are $10 at the door or can be purchased online at www.goatintheroadproductions.org.
This is GRP’s seventh year conducting Play/Write. The program consists of yearlong playwriting residencies conducted in six New Orleans schools: Renew Cultural Arts Academy, St. Mary’s Academy, Success Preparatory Academy, The International School of Louisiana, Young Audiences Charter School, and Warren Easton Charter High School. During these residencies, each student writes an original play, 10 of which are chosen for the Showcase. This event creates a direct relationship between writing dramatic scripts in the classroom and the real world application of that writing; a theatre production. In addition to the evening performance that is open to the public, the students will come to Dillard University’s Cook Theatre on the same day for a 10 a.m. matinee performance. Every student will receive a formatted and professionally printed copy of his/her play.
Since 1869, Dillard University has been committed to providing students with a quality four-year liberal arts education. Dillard is a fully accredited private, historically black university. In 2010, U.S. News & World Report ranked Dillard among the nation’s Top 10 HBCUs, based on comprehensive undergraduate studies. Dillard was also awarded a Top 10 Ranking in 2010 for liberal arts schools in the social mobility category by Washington Monthly.
Goat In the Road Productions is a New Orleans based performance ensemble, dedicated to the production of original and invigorating new works or theatre, dance, performance art, and educational programming. For more information visit
www.goatintheroadproductions.org.
Hilarity and Drama Ensue at the Play/Write Showcase on May 9th.
Come see Cripple Creek members launch the work of New Orleans' future playwrights!
NEW ORLEANS – On Monday, May 9th at 7:00 p.m., Goat in the Road Productions (GRP) and Dillard University present their annual event, the Play/Write Showcase at Dillard’s Samuel DuBois Cook Theatre located at 2601 Gentilly Blvd. The Showcase is comprised of 10 student plays written by 5th – 7th graders from New Orleans schools and presented by five local performance groups: Cripple Creek Theatre Co., Dancing Grounds, Dillard Theatre Ensemble, KM Dance Project, and Lux et Umbra. These companies’ adult performers will take the students’ words from the page to the stage, celebrating the work that all of the 215 students involved in the Play/Write program have done over the past year. Tickets are $10 at the door or can be purchased online at www.goatintheroadproductions.org.
This is GRP’s seventh year conducting Play/Write. The program consists of yearlong playwriting residencies conducted in six New Orleans schools: Renew Cultural Arts Academy, St. Mary’s Academy, Success Preparatory Academy, The International School of Louisiana, Young Audiences Charter School, and Warren Easton Charter High School. During these residencies, each student writes an original play, 10 of which are chosen for the Showcase. This event creates a direct relationship between writing dramatic scripts in the classroom and the real world application of that writing; a theatre production. In addition to the evening performance that is open to the public, the students will come to Dillard University’s Cook Theatre on the same day for a 10 a.m. matinee performance. Every student will receive a formatted and professionally printed copy of his/her play.
Since 1869, Dillard University has been committed to providing students with a quality four-year liberal arts education. Dillard is a fully accredited private, historically black university. In 2010, U.S. News & World Report ranked Dillard among the nation’s Top 10 HBCUs, based on comprehensive undergraduate studies. Dillard was also awarded a Top 10 Ranking in 2010 for liberal arts schools in the social mobility category by Washington Monthly.
Goat In the Road Productions is a New Orleans based performance ensemble, dedicated to the production of original and invigorating new works or theatre, dance, performance art, and educational programming. For more information visit
www.goatintheroadproductions.org.
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