Happy Holidays from Goat in the Road!

December 2020

AND HERE’S TO A FANTASTIC 2021!

We at Goat in the Road hope you are finding ways to celebrate and relax this time of year!

Like so many of you, the Goats are continuing to figure out how life works during this time, and what it means to be a theatre company without in-person events. In our educational and theatrical work we are continuing where we can, and pausing where we must. This break in the action has given us time to take a deep look at our company; we have been listening to our community and ensemble about what is working and what we can do better, and striving to make our organization more equitable and just.

Here’s what we’ve been up to:

• Our 12th year of Play/Write, serving 300 fifth & sixth grade students. We are teaching classes both virtually and in-person and working towards our May 2021 Showcase!

•A 5-class Digital Play/Write program that can be done by students anywhere in the country (and beyond!). This fall’s program will culminate in Play/Write Celebration Awesome Wow! on Dec. 16, a virtual showcase of student written work performed by GRP ensemble members.

• Virtual education for adults. This fall, GRP co-Artistic Director Chris Kaminstein led “Finish the Thing”, a playwriting class designed to help writers and creators in all stages do exactly that! The class was a huge success and we’ll be offering another one this spring.

• Lots of internal company work. This includes diversity, equity, and inclusion training, strategic planning, and a deep look at our current policies and operating practices in rehearsal and beyond from an anti-racist and equity lens.

• Celebrating Roleplay! This fall we learned that the cast of last year’s show, created in partnership with Tulane University, won a 2019 Big Easy award for Best Ensemble. We are extremely proud of the student actors and are so happy that all their hard work is being celebrated!

Not only are we taking this moment to reflect on where we are and where we want to go, but also all we feel grateful for. We are deeply missing you, our community of collaborators, audience members, volunteers, and donors. We are confident that when our nation has found a way through this pandemic, live events will play a key role in our community and national catharsis.

Hello from the faraway Goats! Clockwise from upper left: Darci, Francesca, Leslie, and Jeremy.

We will be there with you when that time comes (we can’t wait!).

Please consider a contribution to GRP this holiday season.

All donations are tax-deductible.

Much love, the Goats

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