Cripple Creek Theatre Company
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The Cripple Creek Theatre Company is a grassroots, non-profit theatre company in New Orleans, LA, Louisiana
, United States
known for producing productions with large, diverse casts. The company was founded in December 2005 by Andrew Kingsley and Andrew Vaught for the purpose of instigating action toward social and economic justice in the South. The founders both attended Kenyon College
in Gambier, Ohio
where they studied American history and theater. The theatre has been identified a driving force in the recovering city.
and klansman David Duke
. The production, performed in Washington Park in the Marigny
, employed the device of invisible theatre. The City of New Orleans
refused access to the Moon Walk adjacent Jackson Square
because of the controversial subject matter.
Bury the Dead, an anti-war zombie play. The production was nominated for three Ambie Awards, including best drama. Andrew Vaught was nominated for best direction and Andrew Kingsley for best lighting lighting design.
The company's production of the Inspector General by Nikolai Gogol
and adapted by Andrew Kingsley was taped by CNN. The play coincided with the establishment of the City of New Orleans
' Office of the Inspector General. Robert A. Cerasoli
addressed the audience following many performances.
The theatre was asked to restage its inaugural production, Tennessee Williams' 'Kingdom of Earth' at the Tennessee Williams Festival in the spring of 2009.
Louisiana
Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
known for producing productions with large, diverse casts. The company was founded in December 2005 by Andrew Kingsley and Andrew Vaught for the purpose of instigating action toward social and economic justice in the South. The founders both attended Kenyon College
Kenyon College
Kenyon College is a private liberal arts college in Gambier, Ohio, founded in 1824 by Bishop Philander Chase of The Episcopal Church, in parallel with the Bexley Hall seminary. It is the oldest private college in Ohio...
in Gambier, Ohio
Gambier, Ohio
Gambier is a village in Knox County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,871 at the 2000 census.Gambier is the home of Kenyon College and was named after one of Kenyon College's early benefactors, Lord Gambier....
where they studied American history and theater. The theatre has been identified a driving force in the recovering city.
The Cripple Creek Theatre Co. is a professional, nonprofit theatre incorporated in New Orleans, Louisiana dedicated to producing dramatic works of cultural, historical, and political relevance in order to provoke the general public into social action. It is devoted to high standards of production for a diverse audience. The purpose of the Cripple Creek Theatre Co. is to write, develop, and perform plays for the benefit of the public.
Productions
In March of 2007, the theatre produced The Green, Gold and Purple Shuffle a satire of Louisiana politics featuring former governor Edwin EdwardsEdwin Edwards
Edwin Washington Edwards served as the Governor of Louisiana for four terms , twice as many terms as any other Louisiana chief executive has served. Edwards was also Louisiana's first Roman Catholic governor in the 20th century...
and klansman David Duke
David Duke
David Ernest Duke is a former Grand Wizard of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan an American activist and writer, and former Republican Louisiana State Representative. He was also a former candidate in the Republican presidential primaries in 1992, and in the Democratic presidential primaries in...
. The production, performed in Washington Park in the Marigny
Marigny
-People:* Enguerrand de Marigny, , chamberlain and minister of Philip IV the Fair* Philip de Marigny, half-brother of the other; Archbishop of Sens...
, employed the device of invisible theatre. The City of New Orleans
City of New Orleans
The City of New Orleans is a nightly passenger train operated by Amtrak which travels between Chicago, Illinois and New Orleans, Louisiana. Before Amtrak's formation in 1971, the train was operated by the Illinois Central Railroad along the same route . The train currently operates on a 19½ hour...
refused access to the Moon Walk adjacent Jackson Square
Jackson Square
Jackson Square may refer to:United States* Jackson Square, New Orleans* Jackson Square, San Francisco* Jackson Square, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts** Jackson Square * Jackson Square * Jackson Square Park, New York City...
because of the controversial subject matter.
Bury the Dead, an anti-war zombie play. The production was nominated for three Ambie Awards, including best drama. Andrew Vaught was nominated for best direction and Andrew Kingsley for best lighting lighting design.
The company's production of the Inspector General by Nikolai Gogol
Nikolai Gogol
Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol was a Ukrainian-born Russian dramatist and novelist.Considered by his contemporaries one of the preeminent figures of the natural school of Russian literary realism, later critics have found in Gogol's work a fundamentally romantic sensibility, with strains of Surrealism...
and adapted by Andrew Kingsley was taped by CNN. The play coincided with the establishment of the City of New Orleans
City of New Orleans
The City of New Orleans is a nightly passenger train operated by Amtrak which travels between Chicago, Illinois and New Orleans, Louisiana. Before Amtrak's formation in 1971, the train was operated by the Illinois Central Railroad along the same route . The train currently operates on a 19½ hour...
' Office of the Inspector General. Robert A. Cerasoli
Robert A. Cerasoli
Robert A. Cerasoli is a former member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, the former Inspector General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and the former Inspector General of the City of New Orleans...
addressed the audience following many performances.
The theatre was asked to restage its inaugural production, Tennessee Williams' 'Kingdom of Earth' at the Tennessee Williams Festival in the spring of 2009.