NEW ORLEANS (press release) – The Delgado Community Theatre Department will present “The Groundling” written by Mark Palmieri.
“The Groundling” opens Wednesday, Nov. 20, at the Timothy K. Baker Theatre, Building 1, first floor, on Delgado’s City Park Campus. The production will run one week only: through Sunday, Nov. 24. Curtain times for Wednesday through Saturday performances are at 7:30 p.m. and for the Sunday matinee at 2:30 p.m.
The Thursday, Nov. 21, performance will include American Sign Language interpreters.
Playwright Marc Palmieri will attend the Nov. 22 performance and offer a post-show Q&A session for students and attendees.
Ticket prices are $12 for general admission and $10 for Delgado students and employees and senior citizens. For reservations and/or additional information, visit the production webpage or call 504-671-6360.
Production Synopsis: After stumbling upon an outdoor production of a Shakespeare play in Manhattan, Long Island landscaper Bob Malone returns home inspired to write a play about his troubled marriage. He hires two reluctant New York theatre professionals to spend a week at his home and stage the play in his garage, with a cast of colorful locals. “The Groundling” is a comedy exploring the meaning of the final moments of Shakespeare’s “Love’s Labour’s Lost” and how the power of theatre can affect the most unsuspecting, and perhaps most deserving, of us all.
The production staff includes costume design by Aaron Brewer and scene, lighting and sound design by Tom Dawson.
“The Groundling” will be directed by James Means and performed by students and alumni from Delgado’s theatre program and community members.
Learn more about Delgado’s theatre program.
