This weekend and next weekend there are two theater productions of WONDERFUL plays that I encourage you to attend. If you do go, you'll get credit if you write a response of two pages.
The first is Waiting for Godot, which will be performed this weekend on a rooftop in the Lower Ninth Ward and next weekend on a rooftop in Gentilly. The play is about two people who talk as they wait for Godot (who never shows up). The actor starring in this play is Wendell Pierce from HBO's The Wire. The play is free. I'll be going on Friday, so I can give you directions.
http://www.neworleans.com/option,com_jcalpro/Itemid,88889349/extmode,view/extid,5243/
The second play you should see is The Laramie Project. This is being put on at Loyola University on Nov. 2, 3, 8, 9, and 10 at 8 pm, and on Nov. 4 and 11 at 2 pm. I saw this a few years ago at UNO (the same theater company did that one as are doing the one at Loyola), and it was the best play I ever saw. It is powerful, creative, compelling, tragic, and uplifting all at once. This will set you back only $8. Call 865-2074 for ticket information (pay and reserve so you don't miss out).
www.montage.loyno.edu
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im gonna be there at Loyola, whose comin? im waiting, so excited.
they have a huge article on waiting 4 gaudot in the lagniappe in the living section of the friday paper
what days are you going shay?
Nov. 2, 3, 8, 9, and 10 at 8 pm, and on Nov. 4 and 11 at 2 pm. I saw this a few years ago at UNO (the same theater company did that one as are doing the one at Loyola), and it was the best play I ever saw. It is powerful, creative, compelling, tragic, and uplifting all at once. This will se
Take I-10 E toward Slidell across the industrial Canal
Take exit 236B to merge onto N Claiborne Ave/LA-39 S 0.6 mi
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Those directions are to tonight's performance in the 9th ward. Parking might be tight, so go early. Be careful when you're going back to your cars.
Next week is at Robert E. Lee and Pratt Drive.
http://creativetime.org/programs/archive/2007/chan/actor_bios.html
http://www.artsjournal.com/culturegulf/2007/10/waiting_in_the_ninth_ward_for.html
http://www.foundla.com/blog/2007/05/10/waiting-for-godot-in-the-9th-ward/
http://blog.nola.com/living/2007/11/for_new_orleanians_waiting_for.html
If we cannot make it to either one of those dates is there any other way we can get extra credit?
I went to see both plays this weekend and loved both. I think that you all would enjoy the story of "The Laramie Project" better, but the experience of "Waiting for Godot" was really cool. If you go to "Godot" you need to get there before 7. The gates open at 7 for the free tickets, but the line was really long and I only got one because I saw someone I knew who knew Jeff Glasier (StM '01) who's working on the production. The play starts at 8:00.
You won't have any trouble getting in to "The Laramie Project."
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