“a fearless experimental theatre company”
- Ned Moore, Culturebot

History

Since its 2008 inception Goat in the Road Productions (GRP) has created over twenty original plays for adult audiences and reached thousands of New Orleans students with its educational programming. The company’s shows are inspired by local partnerships and developed with an ensemble of creators. Each piece begins with research and uses history and science to comment on current social trends. In recent years, collaborators have included the BK House, Hermann-Grima & Gallier Historic Houses, Tulane University Department of Theatre & Dance, and local musician Aurora Nealand.

GRP’s Play/Write program, which consists of yearlong theatre and playwriting classes and a Showcase of student written works, began in 2010. In the 2023 - 24 school year, Play/Write works with 500 students in the Greater New Orleans area. In 2016, GRP expanded its youth programming with Goat in the Schools, a touring show that brings four student-written works to cafeterias, gymnasiums and libraries all over New Orleans.

Awards
2023 Big Easy Theatre Award for Best Play (The Family Line)
2023 Big Easy Theatre Award for Best Director (Chris Kaminstein & Richon May Wallace, The Family Line)
2020 Big Easy Theatre Award for Best Ensemble (Roleplay)
2019 Big Easy Theatre Award for Best Play (The Stranger Disease)
2019 Big Easy Theatre Award for Best Director (Chris Kaminstein & Kiyoko McCrae, The Stranger Disease)
2019 Big Easy Theatre Award for Best Ensemble (The Stranger Disease)
2019 Big Easy Theatre Award for Best Original Work of Theatre (The Stranger Disease)
2019 History in Progress Award from the AASLH Leadership in History Awards, and an Award of Excellence
2018 Arts Education Award from the Foundation for Entertainment, Development and Education
2017 Monte Meacham Award from the American Alliance for Theatre & Education 
2015 Big Easy Theatre Award for Best Original Work - Devised (Numb)
2015 Big Easy Theatre Award for Best Ensemble (Numb)
2015 Big Easy Theatre Award for Sound Design (Kyle Sheehan - Numb)

Production History 

2023 - 24

• Goat in the Schools, multiple schools (New Orleans, LA)

• Top 5 Survival Moves, Contemporary Arts Center (New Orleans, LA)

• Play/Write Showcase in St. Bernard, Nunez Community College (Chalmette, LA)

• Play/Write Showcase in Orleans, University of New Orleans Robert E. Nims Theatre (New Orleans, LA)

• Pirate Improv Show, St. Bernard Parish Library (Chalmette, LA)

2022 - 23

• The Family Line, the BK House (New Orleans, LA)

• Roleplay, Tulane University’s Albert Lupin Memorial Theater (New Orleans, LA)

• Goat in the Schools, multiple schools (New Orleans, LA)

• Play/Write Showcase in St. Bernard, Nunez Community College (Chalmette, LA)

• Play/Write Showcase in Orleans, University of New Orleans Robert E. Nims Theatre (New Orleans, LA)

• Pirate Improv Show, multiple venues (New Orleans, LA)

2021 - 22

• Play/Write Showcase, University of New Orleans Robert E. Nims Theatre (New Orleans, LA)

• Goat in the Schools, multiple schools (New Orleans, LA)

• Pirate Improv Show, multiple venues (New Orleans, LA)

2020 - 21

• Play/Write Showcase, online

2019 - 20

• Roleplay, Tulane University’s Albert Lupin Memorial Theater (New Orleans, LA)

• Goat in the Schools, multiple schools (New Orleans, LA)

• The Uninvited, Gallier House (New Orleans, LA)

• Play/Write Showcase, online

2018 - 19

• Goat in the Schools: Grandmas Can’t Behave (New Orleans, LA)

• KindHumanKind, Contemporary Arts Center (New Orleans, LA)

• Play/Write Showcase, Dillard University (New Orleans, LA)

2017-18

• Goat in the Schools: My Best Friend is an Alien, multiple schools (New Orleans, LA)

• Shakesbeer: Romeo & Juliet, Parleaux Beer Lab (New Orleans, LA)

• Shakesbeer: Romeo & Juliet, Twelve Mile Limit (New Orleans, LA)

• Foreign to Myself, Robert E. Nims Theatre at the University of New Orleans (New Orleans, LA)

• The Stranger Disease, Madame John's Legacy (New Orleans, LA)

• The Distance of Sound at the FORGE Festival, The Fortess of Lushington (New Orleans, LA)

• The Night With Mr. Bismuth at the FORGE Festival, The Fortress of Lushington (New Orleans, LA)

2016-17

• Goat in the Schools: Snowman, Monster, Dog, Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre (New Orleans, LA)

• Numb, Catapult (New Orleans, LA)

• Numb, Mascher Space Cooperative (Philadelphia, PA)

• Numb, JACK (Brooklyn, NY)

• Play/Write Showcase, Dillard University's Cook Theatre (New Orleans, LA)

• Foreign to Myself, The Contemporary Arts Center (New Orleans, LA)

2015 - 16

• Uncle Vanya: Quarter Life Crisis, The Ether Dome (New Orleans, LA)

• Our Man at the FORGE Festival, The Theatre at St. Claude (New Orleans, LA)

• Play/Write Showcase, Dillard University's Cook Theatre (New Orleans, LA)

• Haydn Seek, Marigny Opera House (New Orleans, LA)

• Our Man, Kleinua Theatre at University of Southern Illinois at Carbondale (Carbondale, IL)

2014 - 15

• Numb, The Ether Dome as part of the New Orleans Fringe Festival (New Orleans, LA)

• This Sweaty City, Episode 3: The Teetotaler, The Shadowbox Theater (New Orleans, LA)

• Play/Write Showcase, Dillard University's Cook Theatre (New Orleans, LA)

• Instant Misunderstanding, Marlboro College (Marlboro, VT)

• Instant Misunderstanding, Lyndon State College (Lyndonville, VT)

2013 - 14

• This Sweaty City, Episode 2: G.E. Bulova Electric Clock Radio, Luthjen's Dance Hall as part of the New Orleans Fringe Festival (New Orleans, LA)

• This Sweaty City, Episode 1: Dead Man Waking Up, The Shadowbox Theater (New Orleans, LA)

• Play/Write Showcase, Dillard University’s Cook Theatre (New Orleans, LA)

2012 - 13

• Instant Misunderstanding, New Orleans Fringe Festival (New Orleans, LA)

• Instant Misunderstanding, North American Cultural Laboratory (Highland Lake, NY)

• Instant Misunderstanding, KO Festival (Amherst, MA – Rehearsal Residency)

• Play/Write Showcase, Dillard University’s Cook Theatre (New Orleans, LA)

2011 - 12

• The Future is a Fancyland Place, The Allways Lounge and Theater (New Orleans, LA)

• Our Man, The Berkshire Fringe Festival (Great Barrington, NY)

• Our Man, Underground Arts (Philadelphia, PA)

• Our Man, Bloomsburg Theater Ensemble’s Mitroni Theater (Bloomsburg, PA)

• Borders, in collaboration with Artzenico, The Shadowbox Theater (New Orleans, LA)

• Play/Write Showcase, Dillard University's Cook Theatre (New Orleans, LA)

• Our Man, Trouser House (New Orleans, LA)

• Interstate Fringe Production of Our Man, FrenetiCore Theater (Houston, TX)

• Interstate Fringe Production of Our Man, Michalopoulos Studio (New Orleans, LA)

2010 - 11

• Our Man, New Orleans Fringe Festival (New Orleans, LA)

• The Don Effect, The Candle Factory (New Orleans, LA)

• Play/Write Showcase, Contemporary Art Center’s Freeport-McMoRan Theater (New Orleans, LA)

• The Meese Papers, Allways Lounge and Theater (New Orleans, LA)

• Smash, Gris-Gris Lab (New Orleans, LA)

2009 - 10

• Major Swelling’s Salvation Salve Medicine Show, New Orleans Fringe Festival (New Orleans, LA)

• Rinse and Repeat, Contemporary Art Center (New Orleans, LA)

• Whatever Just Happened, Didn’t Happen, Allways Lounge and Theater (New Orleans, LA)

• Whatever Just Happened, Didn’t Happen, State of the Nation (New Orleans, LA)

• Play/Write Showcase, Contemporary Art Center’s Freeport-McMoRan Theater (New Orleans, LA)

2008 - 09

• The Calculus of Hope, New Orleans Fringe Festival (New Orleans, LA)

• Rinse and Repeat, On Piety (New Orleans, LA)