Internationally traveled puppet theater, creating spell binding performances for over 25 years. Specializing in folk lore presented through a wide variety of puppet techniques, artistic director Karen Konnerth writes or adapts stories, builds puppets and stages, and presents with live voice,… read more
The mission of 3 Ring Circus Arts Education Center, a non-profit, 501(c)3 organization, is to provide arts education and community development through the arts. Visual arts, film, theater, music, and other forms of creativity are featured at the Education Center's homebase, The Big Top. 3 Ring Circus strives to inspire… More >
Southern Rep's Education branch, Academy SRT, offers a dynamic Fall Session of workshops not only specializing in acting, but also writing, and theatrical creation! Courses are offered from August thru November and include Writing for Solo Performance for teens and adults; Marketing the Actor for all ages; Story Theatre Ensemble… More >
The Actor’s Theatre of New Orleans was formed in July 2005 and was the brainchild of René J. F. Piazza. Actor’s Theatre is a collaborative effort of members of the theatre community, as well as a few outsiders. The mission of the Actor’s Theatre of New Orleans is To produce… More >
American Theatre Project (ATP) has as its mission to produce and present professional theater, providing exposure for artist through presentations which heighten the American experience and broaden the concept of the African American presence and influence on world aesthetics. ATP produces for a broad range of audiences, providing professional theatrical… More >
Anthony Bean Community Theater and Acting School was established the Spring of 2000 to meet the demands of New Orleans area residents interested in learning and participating in dramatic art. Other than ABCT, professional theater companies that provide an open enrollment school for children and adults are a non-existent breed… More >
CONNECT. COLLABORATE. CHANGE. Artfully AWARE (AfA) is an international not for profit organization that connects communities, collaborates with local partners and generates positive change in peoples lives through advocacy events and innovative community development projects. Our philosophy is to inspire each one of us to recognize our power as an… More >
ArtSpot Productions is an ensemble of artists dedicated to creating meticulously LIVE theater in New Orleans. Our productions are a sincere blend of disciplines developed through ensemble authorship, physically rigorous training, original music, interactive sculptural environments, and extended research and rehearsal. We practice social justice and shared power in our… More >
The Backyard Ballroom is a performance space and affiliated performing group in the Bywater dedicated to the development of original theater and musicals, produced by writers, musicians and performers from New Orleans. Emphasis is on the offbeat and the bold. "The Backyard Ballroom is an independent performance space that promotes… More >
Our mission is to promote & showcase through live performance Louisiana's most precious natural resources; its talented Performing Artist, its art and culture and its colorful history. This new, already-acclaimed regional theater --- dedicated to only Louisiana works --- sits hanging over the water in historic old Lockport, a picturesque… More >
Brown Improv is New Orleans' longest running improv group. Founded by various funny people in 1994, Brown has featured an assortment of outstanding personalities in comedy, including Ken Jeong, Mike Weldon, Ken LaFrance, PH Fred and more. Brown has performed at a number of venues throughout the city - Le… More >
Bustout Burlesque is an authentic 1950s-style burlesque show, recreating the glamorous nightclub entertainment found on Bourbon Street decades ago. It brings back sexy, glamorous, and risque New Orleans-style entertainment with elegance, flair, and wit. Glamorous girls, a comic emcee, a sexy songstress, along with mood lighting, props, and a live… More >
Internationally traveled puppet theater, creating spell binding performances for over 25 years. Specializing in folk lore presented through a wide variety of puppet techniques, artistic director Karen Konnerth writes or adapts stories, builds puppets and stages, and presents with live voice, offering 1. Magical touring performances for festivals, schools, libraries,… More >
Located on the campus of Loyola University New Orleans, the Center is a function of four institutions of higher learning in New Orleans The University of New Orleans, Dillard University, Loyola University, and Delgado Community College. The Center is dedicated to helping musicians, artists, arts educators and arts entrepreneurs create… More >
Creative Arts of St. Tammany Talent & Theater (CAST) has a mission is to raise the level of performance art in St Tammany Parish. Since 2004, CAST has helped children and teens improve school performance, increase communication skills and boost self confidence and esteem. CAST students receive lead roles in… More >
Crescent City Lights Youth Theater began in 1993 is New Orleans' only year round children's theater presenting 3 to 4 musicals per year at the NORD Ty Tracy Theatre located in the basement of the historic Gallier Hall, 545 St. Charles Ave. The theater company has staged over 30 musicals… More >
Crescent Theatre Collective was founded in April, 2010. The mission of CTC is to participate in sustaining the tradition of quality theatre in the New Orleans Region. In our attempt to achieve this goal, we are committed to - producing an entertaining roster of classical, modern, and contemporary plays; -… More >
A new theatre company based in New Orleans, LA. producing all forms of live theatre, including plays, musicals, spoken word pieces, new productions, and classics. Delta Productions goals are to tell great stories, participate in the revitalization of New Orleans through development of the cultural economy, and to engage our… More >
FOUR HUMOURS is a young New Orleans troupe that places primacy on the writer and the actor over the director, devoted mostly to new or unusual work. The first season (the Season of Exile) credits were "Kennedy's Children," "The Third Degrees of J.O. Breeze," "L@L Love at the Lounge," "The… More >
Goat In The Road Productions is a young, New Orleans-based nonprofit organization dedicated to producing original, innovative theatre, dance and performance art in site-specific locations and unconventional spaces. Goat In The Road Productions is committed to collaborating with interdisciplinary artists to develop multi-media projects. Through such creative partnerships, Goat In… More >
Producing parades in the St. Claude neighborhoods since 2008! Named for the original St. Claude designation, "Bons Enfants" (good children in French), the club is dedicated to revitalizing the St. Claude area through celebration and cultural preservation. Goodchildren produces two parades annually, the Easter Parade and the Fringe Festival Parade.… More >
The Jefferson Performing Arts Society is a non-profit professional arts organization whose mission is to promote arts performance, training, and outreach by providing a diverse range of quality programs that entertain, educate and enrich the cultural and economic vitality of Jefferson Parish, Greater New Orleans and the Gulf South. JPAS… More >
The Mission of Junebug Productions is to produce, tour and present artwork of the highest quality that encourages and supports African Americans in the Black Belt South who are working to improve the quality of life available to themselves and others who are similarly oppressed and exploited. Junebug Productions is… More >
The Department of Theatre Arts and Dance presents a series of theatrical performances that are a part of the Montage Fine and Performing Arts Series. From comedy to the classics, The Theatre at Marquette and The Lower Depths Theatre offer a variety of theatrical genres. The Dance program showcases two… More >
The Marigny Theatre has developed a rich history by hosting over 100 productions since its debut in 2000. Once the local spot for GLBT theatre, the new management associated with AllWays Lounge has broadened the scope of works at the theatre to represent New Orleans' diverse theatre community. Annually, the… More >
Mondo Bizarro has been creating daring, multidisciplinary art and fostering creative partnerships in local, national and international communities for over six years. Their work is intentionally enterprising, ranging from physical theater to large-scale community festivals; from social media to site-specific productions. Mondo Bizarro believes that every community has a unique… More >
The National Comedy Company performs audience interactive, unscripted comedy theatre. You have complete control over some of the funniest people in New Orleans’ like Who's Line is it Anyway with a 504 twist! Members of the National Comedy Company have shared the stage with such talents as Ben Stein, Ryan… More >
The New Orleans Actors Resource Center is a non-profit, membership-based organization comprised of four programs developed for the advancement, exposure and ongoing education of actors in the New Orleans Metropolitan area The Actors' Co-Op, The Workshop Series, an Actors Library and Acting Classes. Programs The Actors’ Co-Op supports actors by… More >
The New Orleans Center for Creative Arts is a regional, pre-professional arts training center that offers secondary school-age children intensive instruction in dance, media arts, music (classical, jazz, vocal), theatre arts (drama, musical theatre, theatre design) , visual arts, and creative writing, while demanding simultaneous excellence. NOCCA was founded in… More >
New Orleans Fringe Inc. nurtures emerging performing arts in New Orleans by organizing events that create opportunities for artists to develop and present innovative theater. They bring fearless performers to fearless audiences. Goals * Encourage artistic expression by embracing wild, weird, fresh, and original theater * Connect the arts community… More >
The New Orleans Shakespeare Festival at Tulane is committed to reimagining, rebuilding and engaging The Gulf South region through the works and words of William Shakespeare. By an intermingling of artistic and educational programs, the festival seeks to create a center of entertainment and learning that speaks both through the… More >
The NOLA Project is a theatre company dedicated to a renewed and strengthened theatre scene in New Orleans. It began when a group of actors studying at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts wanted to create a theatre with the highest dramatic standards in a city ripe for… More >
It is the mission of the Rivertown Repertory Theatre Guild to provide the highest quality theatrical productions in a season of musicals and plays that foster a high quality of cultural life in the community, maximizing the impact of art for all patrons and fostering an understanding of art’s value… More >
Running With Scissors is a New Orleans-based theatre troupe that's fast become a city-wide favorite! With numerous successful productions under its belt--including Texas Chainsaw 90210, The Scooby Witch Project, Gilligan's Island Survivor, Kiki le Bonbon's Cabaret Oh-La-La, Camille, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Grenadine McGunkle's Double-Wide Christmas, Hell's Belles, Pop… More >
Slow Burn Burlesque is a burlesque troupe based in New Orleans, Louisiana. Outrageous, smoldering, and burning hot, Slow Burn is igniting the New Orleans burlesque scene. With sexy, satirical, and over the top acts that are drenched in sensuality and overflowing with subversive humor, Slow Burn puts on a show… More >
Southern Rep Theatre, New Orleans’ professional theatre, focuses on world and regional premieres by American playwrights. Southern Rep has also teamed up with Le Chat Noir to present Southern Rep@Le Chat Noir. As of Summer 2010, Southern Rep will take on a role as a Resident Producer at Le Chat… More >
The mission of the St. Tammany Art Association is to provide quality programming and cultural enrichment to the community, to support established artists, promote emerging artists, and produce educational arts related activities for adults and children and in doing so, enhance life in St. Tammany Parish. The St. Tammany Art… More >
Stage to Stage, Inc. provides educational and performance programs to the families of the Greater New Orleans area that change young people’s lives by fostering performing arts, life skills, teamwork, and job skills in a nurturing multi-cultural environment through instruction by professional in the theater arts. Stage to Stage produces… More >
Summer Lyric Theatre is a musical theatre performing organization based on the campus of Tulane University. Summer Lyric's mission is to preserve one of America's greatest art forms by producing the highest quality musical theatre. Our theatre exists to support and expand musicians, actors, singers, dancers, technical artists and most… More >
The College of Music and Fine Arts at Loyola University serves as the preeminent center of fine and performing arts study among all Jesuit colleges and universities throughout the United States offering professional and liberal arts programs within a rigorous academic environment. Students are prepared for fine and performing arts… More >
The Elm Theatre was founded in 2010 with the focus on strong ensemble acting as well as telling stories with a fearlessness and honesty that connects with our audience. The Elm’s goal is to show the strength, courage and resiliency of the human spirit. Acting classes, corporate training, and space… More >
The Porch is a cultural organization committed to the Seventh Ward area. We seek to promote and sustain the cultures of the neighborhood, city, and region and to foster exchange between cultural groups. the Porch is a place where all can come to do and share their culture, and to… More >
Theatre 13 was founded in 2009 by New Orleans theatre artists Gary Rucker and Kelly Fouchi as a side project to the already successful FourFront Theatre, which they co-founded in 2008. The mission of Theatre 13 is to bring new and exciting productions to the New Orleans area while providing… More >
Theatre UNO is a part of the University of New Orleans' Department of Film, Theatre, & Communication Arts. Theatre UNO is dedicated to producing quality theatre each season, with a focus on entertaining audiences and giving UNO students a well rounded theatre education filled with opportunities to participate in multiple… More >
The Theatre Program offers two undergraduate degrees the Bachelor of Arts and the Bachelor of Fine Arts. The BFA can be in either the design/technical area or in acting and candidates apply at the end of the sophomore year. No audition is required for admission into the B.A. program. Both… More >
Young Audiences of Louisiana (YALA) is the largest and longest-running arts education organization in the state of Louisiana. Since it's inception in 1962 Young Audiences has adapted and evolved to serve the ever-changing needs of students in our community. YALA is a leading resource for arts-education providing residencies, performances, and… More >
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Arts Council Of New Orleans
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New Orleans, LA 70112
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