The St. Bernard Showcase is presented by Goat in the Road and the Meraux Foundation

St. Bernard Play/Write Showcase
Wednesday, April 24 at 7 pm
Nunez Community College Auditorium
(3710 Paris Rd., Chalmette, LA)
FREE! Family-friendly!
Reservations are suggested

 At the Showcase, eight plays written by fifth students at St. Bernard schools will be performed by local theatre companies.

These companies’ adult performers will bring the students’ words from the page to the stage, celebrating the creativity of all 175 students involved in the Play/Write program this year.  

Performed by:
Goat in the Road
Prescription Joy
The Coffee House Players

The Play/Write program consists of yearlong playwriting classes. Over the course of the year, each student writes eight original scripts and chooses one to expand into a full-length play. Eight of these plays are chosen for the Showcase. All students will attend the Showcase event during a morning field trip, where they will receive a formatted and professionally bound copy of their script.  The evening Showcase performance is open to the students’ families and the public.

Goat in the Schools Public Performance
Saturday, March 2 from 10 - 10:45 am
Catapult (609 St. Ferdinand St.)
FREE!

Fun for the whole family!
Especially good for 4 - 10 year olds

Starring: Eleanor Humphrey, Dylan Hunter, Alexandria Miles,
and KC Simms
Directed by Richon May
Stage Managed by Kit Sternberger

The 2023 - 24 show features:
Survival of the Treacherous Biomes by Niyah Guillory
Bathroom Troubles by Zoe Ford
Alien Takeover by Skylee Barcelona
The Rainy Rejection by Randy Joseph

Come out and celebrate Halloween Goat style with as many rounds of spooky bingo as you can stand!

This year’s bingo will be hosted by the hilarious Ian Hoch (WWL Radio) and will support GRP’s 15th season.


Goat in the Road’s Spooky Bingo Night! 
Friday, October 27th 7pm - 10pm
609 St. Ferdinand St.
Tickets: $20 - $60


Spooky Bingo Night will feature:

• 30 rounds of BINGO with prizes from local businesses

• Free food!

• A mini haunted house

• A costume contest

• A donation bar with specialty seasonal cocktails

Kids 12 and under are admitted free!
Two free bingo cards if you arrive in costume!

AND first week of tickets are $5 off, just use the promo code: EARLY BIRD

Ticket Packages

Bingo Basic ($20 Package): Dinner + 5 bingo cards 

Bingo Plus ($40 Package): Dinner + 10 bingo cards + a drink

Bingo Boingo ($60 Package): Dinner + 15 bingo cards + a drink + a limited release Goat in the Road swag item 

Goat in the Road and the Meraux Foundation are excited to announce the first ever Play/Write Showcase in St. Bernard Parish!

St. Bernard Play/Write Showcase
Wednesday, April 19 at 7 pm
Nunez Community College Auditorium
(3710 Paris Rd., Chalmette, LA)
FREE! Family-friendly!
Reservations are suggested

At the Showcase, eight plays written by fifth-grade students from St. Bernard Parish Public Schools will be performed by local theatre companies.

The Play/Write performance groups are:

Goat in The Road -- Prescription Joy -- Coffee House Players

These companies’ adult performers will bring the students’ words from the page to the stage, celebrating the creativity of all 150 students involved in the Play/Write program this year.  

Participating schools include:

Arabi Elementary -- Arlene Meraux Elementary -- Chalmette Elementary

JF Gauthier Elementary -- Joseph Davies Elementary -- Lacoste Elementary

This is GRP’s 14th year conducting the award-winning Play/Write program, however, it is the first time that the program has been brought to St. Bernard students through funding provided by the Meraux Foundation. We are thrilled!

Another Goat in the Schools Public Show!!!

Friday, March 31 at 5 pm
Catapult (609 St. Ferdinand St.)
as part of Catapalouza
(Catapult's 10 year anniversary celebration hosted by Mondo Bizarro)
Free and family-friendly! No reservations required!

Come on out and see:
- The Ice Cream Machine
- Hot Pocket Factory
- Survival of the Treacherous Biomes
- Bathroom Troubles

Come enjoy Goat in the Road's annual (sort of) Bingo Night!

The hilarious Ian Hoch (WWL Radio) will be GRP’s host-with-the-most during this St. Patty’s Day turn-up that includes food, wine, beer, specialty drinks, great prizes, acerbic wit, and over 30 bingo rounds all night long!

Friday, March 17
7 - 10 pm
Catapult (609 St. Ferdinand St.)
Tickets $20 - $60
Kids 12 and under are admitted for free.

All proceeds from the Bingo Night event will support GRP’s two educational programs: Play/Write and Goat in the Schools.

-Play/Write is a year-long playwriting class offered to over 600 middle school students in public/charter schools throughout the Greater New Orleans area. The program is the winner of the 2017 Monte Meacham award from the American Alliance for Theater and Education.

-Goat in the Schools is a touring production of student-written plays that reaches over 2,000 students each year.

Please come out and enjoy this family-friendly event!

FREE Family Show!

Saturday, March 4
10 - 11 am
Catapult (609 St. Ferdinand St.)
FREE! NO RESERVATIONS REQUIRED!

Great for the whole family and particularly kids ages 4 - 10.

We are pleased to be presenting a free-to-the-public performance of our Goat in the Schools program this weekend: four shows written by middle school students, performed by professional actors, that will make you laugh and cry (with laughter).

Goat in the Schools features some of the best performers in the city, including Dylan Hunter, Nicholas Javon, Alexandria Miles, and Maggie Tonra.

2022 Play/Write Showcase
Monday, August 29 & Tuesday, August 30 at 7 pm
University of New Orleans’ Robert E. Nims Theatre (2000 Lakeshore Dr.)
FREE! Family-friendly!

Monday, August 29
8 plays from the International School of Louisiana & St. Mary’s Academy
performed by
Intramural Theater
KM Dance Project & Dancing Grounds
Beabourg Theatre

Tuesday, August 30
8 plays from Young Audiences Charter School Kate Middleton & Lawrence D. Crocker campuses
performed by
Prescription Joy
Maggie Tonra Presents
Goat in the Road

Play/Write consists of yearlong playwriting and theatre classes. Over the course of the year, each student writes eight original scripts, and chooses one to expand into a full length play. 16 of these plays are chosen for the Showcase. All students will attend the Showcase event during a morning field trip, where they will receive a formatted and professionally bound copy of their script. The evening Showcase performances are open to the students’ families and the public.

Reservations are not necessary for admittance.

The original event in May was canceled due to COVID but we are overjoyed to announce the show will go on!

2022 Play/Write Showcase
Monday, August 29 & Tuesday, August 30 at 7 pm
University of New Orleans’ Robert E. Nims Theatre (2000 Lakeshore Dr.)
FREE! Family-friendly!

16 student-written plays from the 2021-22 Play/Write program will be performed by local theatre and dance companies.

Monday, August 29

8 plays from the International School of Louisiana & St. Mary’s Academy

performed by

Intramural Theater

KM Dance Project & Dancing Grounds

Beabourg Theatre

8 plays from Young Audiences Charter School Kate Middleton & Lawrence D. Crocker campuses

performed by

Prescription Joy

Maggie Tonra Presents

Goat in the Road

Play/Write consists of yearlong playwriting and theatre classes. Over the course of the year, each student writes eight original scripts, and chooses one to expand into a full length play. 16 of these plays are chosen for the Showcase. All students will attend the Showcase event during a morning field trip, where they will receive a formatted and professionally bound copy of their script. The evening Showcase performances are open to the students’ families and the public.

Pirate Improv Show #2!
Saturday, April 16 at 2:30 pm
Doors open at 2 pm
Catapult (609 St. Ferdinand St.)
FREE!

With 2 new pirates!
Featuring the original pirates: Grace Blakeman, Chris Kaminstein, and Lauren Malara, and now with two new crew members, Mary Jacobs and Ian Hoch, this unique every time, improvised show takes audiences on a journey of daring and delight with five not-so-brave pirates in search of treasure.

This free, family friendly show is great for audiences of all ages, but will bring particular joy to those ages 5 - 12.

Sick Notes: Release Party
with performance by Les Cenelles
Friday, April 8 from 7 - 10 pm
Beauregard-Keyes House (1113 Chartres St.)
Tickets: $20

On Friday, April 8th Goat in the Road invites you to come in-person (IN PERSON!) to celebrate the release of our very first multimedia online experience, Sick Notes: Letter from an Epidemic.  The night will feature select readings by the Sick Notes actor/creators, snacks and adult beverages, a champagne toast, and a performance by our favorite string ensemble, Les Cenelles. While the website is already live and viewable, we are taking the opportunity to celebrate Sick Notes in-person, in the beautiful location where it was filmed.

The Music:
Les Cenelles is a contemporary string ensemble exploring the Creole diaspora through melody and memory.  The group honors their cultural ancestors, and preserves the plurality of their experiences, through a prismatic and contemporary lens. Featuring Goat in the Road ensemble members Denise Frazier and Peter Bowling.

What is Sick Notes?
Sick Notes is a unique digital experience that combines performance, historical fiction, and digital video in order to bring to life the 1878 New Orleans Yellow Fever Epidemic. The project, a series of fictional letters written by New Orleans residents at the time, reflects our society’s response to public health emergencies. Digital visitors can explore the website, following different characters through their journey of the outbreak. Each character represents a different piece of 19th century New Orleans: Adeline, who runs a boarding house; Joe, her partner; Eleanor, the milliner downstairs; Moss, the conman; Caolfhoinn, the Irish domestic; and Carlota, a Cuban woman headed back to her country of origin. You can check out the full experience at sicknotes.org.

Sick Notes: Release Party
with music by Les Cenelles
Friday, April 8 from 7 - 10 pm
Beauregard-Keyes House (1113 Chartres St.)
$15 - 30 sliding scale

 On Friday, April 8th Goat in the Road invites you to come in-person (IN PERSON!) to celebrate the release of our very first multimedia online experience, Sick Notes: Letter from an Epidemic.  The night will feature select readings by the Sick Notes actor/creators, snacks and adult beverages, a champagne toast, and a performance by our favorite string ensemble, Les Cenelles. While the website is already live and viewable, we are taking the opportunity to celebrate Sick Notes in-person, in the beautiful location where it was filmed. Tickets available at www.goatintheroadproductions.org.

The Music:
Les Cenelles is a contemporary string ensemble exploring the Creole diaspora through melody and memory.  The group honors their cultural ancestors, and preserves the plurality of their experiences, through a prismatic and contemporary lens. Featuring Goat in the Road ensemble members Denise Frazier and Peter Bowling.

What is Sick Notes?
Sick Notes is a unique digital experience that combines performance, historical fiction, and digital video in order to bring to life the 1878 New Orleans Yellow Fever Epidemic. The project, a series of fictional letters written by New Orleans residents at the time, reflects our society’s response to public health emergencies. Digital visitors can explore the website, following different characters through their journey of the outbreak. Each character represents a different piece of 19th century New Orleans: Adeline, who runs a boarding house; Joe, her partner; Eleanor, the milliner downstairs; Moss, the conman; Caolfhoinn, the Irish domestic; and Carlota, a Cuban woman headed back to her country of origin. You can check out the full experience atsicknotes.org.

Join Goat in the Road on Saturday, March 19 at 3 pm for a free public performance of Goat in the Schools: Imaginary Bunny! featuring four hilarious and adventure-filled plays written by middle school students, starring professional actors! 

Goat in the Schools (GITS), now in its fifth year, is excited to make its triumphal return after time off due to COVID. GITS is on the road to local NOLA schools this spring, and is stopping by Catapult to share this student-written magic with the community at large!

Saturday, March 19 at 3 pm (last 45 minutes)
Doors at 2:30 pm
Catapult (609 St. Ferdinand St.)
Family-friendly (best suited for ages K - 5)
FREE and snacks and beverages will be available!

Proof of vaccine or negative COVID test from the last 72 hours (for ages 5+) required at the door. Due to the young age of our audience, masks will be required inside Catapult.

This year’s show:
Sick Day by Kacie Watts
The Essay by George Figueroa-Vasquez
The Ice Cream Machine by Gina Miclisse
Hot Pocket Factory by Zayda Jones

Starring: Julie Dietz, Dylan Hunter, Tenaj Jackson, and Matt Thekkethala
Stage managed by Kit Sternberger
Directed by Mary Guiteras
Costumes by Ellen Bull
Props by Destany Gorham
Sound by Steve Gilliland

Goat in the Road is excited to announce its first in-person show in a LONG time!

PIRATE IMPROV SHOW
Saturday, October 30 at 3 pm and 4 pm
Showtime: 35 minutes
Parleaux Beer Lab (634 Lesseps St.)

FREE OF CHARGE!

Featuring Grace Blakeman, Chris Kaminstein, and Lauren Malara in this unique every time, improvised show that will take you on a journey of daring and delight with three not-so-brave pirates in search of treasure.

This family friendly show is great for audiences of all ages, but will bring particular joy to those ages 5 - 12.

And because it’s Halloween, you are invited to join in the fun! Come in costume (any costume!), and expect to receive your fair share of bootie!

Twelfth Annual (Virtual) Play/Write Showcase
Streaming for free on the GRP website

The Showcase is the culmination of yearlong classes taught both virtually and in-person by GRP teaching artists with fifth and sixth grade students at three schools:

The International School of Louisiana
St. Mary’s Academy
Young Audiences Charter School 

Each of the 300 participating students wrote a full-length play that will be published by GRP, and 14 of these plays will be performed at the Showcase.

This year’s Play/Write producers are:

Beaubourg Theatre - Dancing Grounds  -  the Goat in the Road Ensemble –

KM Dance Project  -  Intramural Theater  -  No Lye Comedy – the Radical Buffoons - Vagabond Inventions

These companies’ adult performers will take the students’ words from the page to the stage, celebrating all the work that students involved in the Play/Write program have done over the past year.

For more info about Play/Write, visit this page!

A family friendly scavenger hunt around the Marigny/Bywater!

Groups of up to 6 people, with sliding prices of $10 - $60 (we suggest $10 per person). Only one group member is required to sign up! Masks are required for check-in.

More info here!

Friday, November 15
Catapult (609 Saint Ferdinand St.)
Tickets $10 - $30
Kids under 12 are admitted for free!

Hosted at GRP's new home (Catapult) by the hilarious Ian Hoch, Goat in the Road’s annual Bingo Night Fundraiser features free, delicious food, a cash bar, great prizes, acerbic wit, and Bingo rounds (over 30!) all night long.

Come out to this family-friendly event and play one game or play them all!

Proceeds from the event will support GRP’s 2019 – 20 season.