The New Play Bacchanal
January 4 - 7
A subscriber bonus!! Subscribers will receive a pass to all that the Bacchanal offers—a feast of workshops, readings, and one-of-a-kind events that all celebrate world premiere new plays! Featuring a new play by the winner of the annual Southern Rep Ruby Prize, named in honor of civil rights veteran Ruby Bridges. The award includes $10,000 and workshops in New Orleans and New York City, and supports a new play by a woman of color playwright.
Get the BACCHANAL PASS for just $15!
Revised New Play Bacchanal Schedule below:
Wednesday, January 4th
Wednesday at 5pm - FREE
OPENING NIGHT SOIRÉE!
Join us before the reading at 5pm for an informal reception. Light refreshments will be served.
Wednesday at 6pm - tickets $5
MARILYN/GOD WILL MARILYN MONROE GET INTO HEAVEN?
In honor of Southern Rep's 25th Anniversary a reading by our founder!" by Rosary O’Neill.
Directed by Sarah Zoghbi
Featuring: Rebecca Elizabeth Hollingsworth and Jim Wright
Wednesday at 8:00pm - tickets $5
GEMMA & JACK
By Southern Rep's 6x6 Playwrights: Our formidable 6x6 writers join forces! In this world premiere collaboration, 8 playwrights imagine the evolution of a relationship over 30 years. (Performs again Thursday at 8pm and Friday at 10:30pm.)
Directed by Aimee Hayes
Featuring: Kerry Cahill and Garrett Prejean
Thursday, January 5th
Thursday at 6pm - FREE EVENT!
PANEL: Mash up?
A discussion about Devised Work, Musical Theatre and Straight Plays.
Thursday at 8:00pm - tickets $5
GEMMA & JACK
See Wednesday at 8pm for description. (Performs again Friday at 10:30pm.)
Friday, January 6th
Friday at 6pm - tickets $5
MERIT
By Lenelle Moïse (Ruby Prize Winner).
In a fictional college town in Vermont, Mona is the only student of color (and Southerner) in her graduate program. When she befriends her distinguished professor, the two must find a balance between curiosity and propriety, professionalism and desire.
Directed by Aimée Hayes
Featuring: Kesha Bullard, Lance Nichols, Veronica Hunsinger Loe, Liam Kraus, Evan Cleaver, Troi Bechet, and Monica Harris
Friday at 8:30pm - FREE
SPECIAL EVENT: HEAL ME TELEVISION
by Martha Wollner
Featuring Clarke Peters and Yolonda Ross of HBO's "Treme"
With: Kerry Cahill, Todd D'Amour, Katherine Hebert, Helen Jaksch, Ann Mahoney Kadar, Tari Hohn Lagasse, Kelley O'Donnell, Liann Pattison, Dane Rhodes, Bob Scully, and Andy Vaught
Friday at 10:30pm - tickets $5
GEMMA & JACK
See Wednesday at 8pm for description.
Saturday, January 7th
Saturday at 11:00am - FREE EVENT!
PANEL: NEW ORLEANS MASTERS
A conversation with local Master Performers RICKY GRAHAM, JANET SHEA & CAROL SUTTON: Enjoy a question-and-answer session with these iconic actors as we explore their lives, creative chops and professional trajectory in the New Orleans Theatre.
Saturday at 12:30pm - FREE EVENT!
YO NOLA Students present: WORKS IN PROGRESS
This performance by 4th and 5th graders who take park in Southern Rep's unique YO NOLA program will be followed by a Talkback and Cookies & Punch Party.
Saturday at 1:30pm - tickets $5
YOU FOR ME FOR YOU
By Mia Chung (Ruby Prize Finalist).
In this intriguing comedic satire of East meets West, two sisters pay a smuggler to help them to escape North Korea.
Directed by Lydia Fort
Featuring: Joy Chun, Alex Galick, Helen Jaksch, Wendy Miklovic, Thanh Phan, Michael Aaron Santos, and Jamie Wax
Saturday at 3:30pm - tickets $5
TAKARAZUKA!!!
By Susan Soon He Stanton (Ruby Prize Finalist).
A Japanese allfemale theater troupe reenacts lavish Broadway-style Western musicals. Part ghost story, part love story, all wrapped up in a musical extravaganza!
Directed by Beau Bratchaer
Featuring: Thanh Phan, Francesca McKenzie, Trey Burvant, Alex Galick, Joy Chun, and Amy Le
Saturday at10:30pm - tickets $5
ALTERNA-ENDING PLAY SLAM
After watching the Saints (Who Dat?!!), come join New Orleans' best theatre makers as they perform twist endings to familiar works. Hilarious fun!
Saturday at 11:30pm - tickets $5 - FREE BEER!
TOGA PARTY
Join the revelry - eat, drink, dance & costume! (Sheets will be available for sale at the door for the unadorned.) Your $5 entry gets you FREE BEER AND A FEAST!
Get the BACCHANAL PASS for just $15!
SOUTHERN REP CANNOT MAKE REFUNDS FOR ANY REASON. Subscribers may change their dates FREE OF CHARGE at any time before the date of the performance. Simply call the box office to reschedule - that's one of the beauties of being a subscriber. If you are a single ticket buyer and need to exchange a ticket, you may do so, subject to a $5 per ticket exchange fee and availability via the box office.
In deference to other audience members, late seating is at the discretion of the management. Thanks for being a part of Southern Rep!
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