PAST PRODUCTIONS OKRA

Past Productions - Okra

December 12th - February 15th, 2009!

Read the TIMES PICAYUNE interview with playwright (and Lafourche native) ANNE GALJOUR here!

ABOUT THE PRODUCTION

An exciting theatrical event is coming to Lockport, Louisiana. Lafourche Parish natives have joined forces to bring Anne Galjour's award winning hit Cajun comedy, OKRA to Lockport. South Louisiana natives and Nicholls State University alumnus Perry Martin and Anne Galjour both received National acclaim through theatre. Mr. Martin as director of the Off-Broadway hits, The Kingfish & A Different Woman and the 4 year tour of Earl Long in Purgatory and Ms. Galjour's Off-Broadway hits, Hurricane & Alligator Tales.

ABOUT OKRA

"Steamy Cajun nights, food from heaven & a Mother from hell!"

OKRA takes a comical look at the never-ending question – What is stronger in the mother / daughter relationship, love or loathing?

A Cajun comedy by Anne Galjour

What happens when Lillian Bourgeois smothers her daughters with vinegar and love? They cook up hilarious dreams and schemes to stop their mama from throwing their inheritance down the video poker machine. This tasty Cajun comedy has more twists and turns then an alligator in a death roll. With food playing an important supporting role, the play allows the audience to savor the smell of coffee, shrimp Creole and gumbo cooked on stage in a setting so intimate you can reach out and touch the actors – but please don't.

OKRA AWARDS

2004 Bay Area Theatre Critic's Circle Award for Best Original Script.

2005 Vle la Vie Marquee Award for Best Comedy.

OKRA REVIEWS

"OKRA doesn't only make you see and hear its characters, we smell and sometimes taste them too." The San Francisco Chronicle

"Okra is long on charm, a crowd pleaser…a down-home, crab boil-flavored knockabout." Gambit Weekly

"A big fat flavorable hit!" Times Picayune

BY Anne Galjour

Anne Galjour's one woman plays have been produced at Berkeley Rep, Seattle Rep, Manhattan Theatre Club, Actors Theatre of Louisville and numerous theatre festivals around the country. Her playwriting credits include BIRD IN THE HAND, which premiered at Central Works Theatre Company, OKRA, which premiered at Brava Theater Center, then moved to Southern Rep and later to True Brew Theatre in New Orleans where it was playing to sold out houses till Hurricane Katrina hit, and THE QUEEN OF THE SEA, which was commissioned and produced by Berkeley Repertory Theatre. Her newest untitled solo work is commissioned by the Hopkins Center at Dartmouth College and The Flynn Performing Arts Center. It will have its world premiere and tour this Fall in New England. She is the recipient of numerous national and local awards and teaches in the Creative Writing Department at S. F. State University.