A post-show audience discussion that is the entire show
When: June 21—24 at the Contemporary Arts Center; June 28—July 1 at Lusher’s Lion’s Gate Theater; July 5–8 at The George and Joyce Wein Jazz & Heritage Center
Where: 900 Camp St, New Orleans, LA 70130; 5624 Freret St.
New Orleans, LA 70115; 1225 N Rampart St, New Orleans, LA 70116
Price: $20—$35
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TALKBACK gives audiences a peek into the inner workings of grassroots American theatre companies (which both Larimer and Kaminstein have experience running The NOLA Project and Goat in the Road Productions, respectively) by imagining what would happen at a post-show audience discussion if everyone involved in the production told the absolute, unfiltered truth.
The show will begin with the conclusion of a fictional play, then quickly move into that sometimes-enlightening, sometimes-painfully-awkward phase known to many theatergoers as “the talkback.” During this time, actors and other creative staff come back on stage to answer audience questions about the piece. “What is really fun about this experience is that audience will start the show by filling in some mad-libs that then become the basis for the questions asked to the actors. The audience members themselves will ask the questions, and our characters on stage will answer. It should be fun and different and kind of absurd each performance,” says Artistic Director A.J. Allegra.
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