GALLATIN ALLEY: AN IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE
The year is 1870.  Enter a concert saloon in one of New Orleans’ first vice and music districts. Some musicians play their nightly gig. Sidle up to the bar, wander the rooms, or investigate the artifacts in the space. As the evening progresses, follow John Baptiste Jourdain, the city’s first Black detective, as he sets out to solve a beguiling murder case.

GALLATIN ALLEY & RECONSTRUCTION
Detective Jourdain is an overlooked figure in New Orleans history.  He was from a trailblazing family of Black politicians during Reconstruction, an era marked by violent and lasting debates over who 'belonged' in American democracy,

GALLATIN ALLEY: THE PROCESS
In 2023 - 24, GRP began creating the show in collaboration with Caroline Leffert and Eileen Tomczuck, two scholars from the Mellon Graduate Program in Community-Engaged Scholarship at Tulane University. Ms. Leffert and Ms. Tomczuck worked with the GRP team to compile the initial research on Gallatin Street.

From January - March 2025, GRP is working with a group of 10 performers to host its first workshop for the show. Here are the details:

Gallatin Alley: first workshop showing
Thursday, March 20 and Friday, March 21 at 7 pm
Saturday, March 22 at 4 pm and 7 pm
BK House (1113 Chartres St.)
Free with reservations (coming soon)