Play/Write
Check out this video made by Bruce France Media that features the 2022 - 23 Play/Write program!
Ms. Richon teaches at St. Mary’s Academy during the 2022 - 23 Play/Write program.
Success Preparatory Academy students in the 2016 - 17 program.
Students at St. Mary's Academy in the 2017 - 18 Play/Write program.
Ms. E. teaches at Lacoste Elementary in the 2023 - 24 school year.
Ms. Richon helps a student with writing at Young Audiences Charter School during the 2023 - 24 Play/Write program.
Goat in the Road ensemble performs in the 2024 Play/Write Showcase at UNO
Dancing Grounds + KM Dance Project perform in the 2024 Play/Write Showcase.
A student from Young Audiences dons a costume for performance time.
* represents a current school partner
Dillard Players perform A Pencil and Eraser Story by Brycen Punch.
Intramural Theater performs The Government by Bryce Castine.
“5th-grade playwrights in St. Bernard see their works performed by local pros”, Barry Lemoine, Nola.com, May 24, 2024
“Written by NOLA 10-year-olds: The Play/Write Showcase”, WGNO, May 11, 2023
"Kids' Words Take the Stage with Goat in the Road Productions", Mary Rickard, NolaVie, May 24, 2018
"Goat in the Road and Play/Write", Rob Florence, The Dramatist, June 4, 2017
"Goat in the Road and Dillard University introduce young playwrights", Sue Strachan, www.nola.com, May 17, 2017
"Acting Up in the Play/Write Showcase", Sue Strachan, The Times Picayune, May 16, 2015
"Students in Goat in the Road's Play/Write Showcase Speak Up", Chelsea Lee, NolaVie, May 6, 2015
"Pros Perform Student Works", Katie Walenter, The Advocate, June 5, 2013
“Students Bring Work to Life Through Theater“, Leigh Ann Stuart, Times Picayune, May 27, 2012
“GRP’s ‘Play/Write’ Puts Student Writers in Spotlight“, Francesca McKenzie, Cripple Creek Theatre Co. Blog, May 7, 2012
by Josh Brasted
Please contact Eleanor, GRP’s Education Director,
at eleanor@goatintheroadproductions.org
for more information about Play/Write!
The 2024 - 25 Play/Write program is made possible by the generous support of the Meraux Foundation and the New Orleans Theatre Association, as well as the Ruth U. Fertel Foundation, the Pavy-Deblois Foundation, the Starseed Foundation, the Keller Family Foundation, and a grant from Cox Communications. Play/Write is also made possible by a Community Arts Grant made possible by the City of New Orleans and administered by the Arts Council New Orleans, as well as by a grant from the Louisiana Division of the Arts, Office of Cultural Development, Department of Culture, Recreation & Tourism, in cooperation with the Louisiana State Arts Council, and the National Endowment for the Arts, a Federal agency.