Cripple Creek Theatre Company
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A grassroots, non-profit theatre company in New Orleans, LA, Louisiana, United States. The company was founded in December of 2005 by Andrew Kingsley and Andrew Vaught for the purpose of instigating action toward social and economic justice in the South. The founders both attended Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio where they studied American history and theater. The theater is in residence at the North Rampart Community Center in New Orleans' historic French Quarter.
The company's production of the Inspector General by Nikolai Gogol and adapted by Andrew Kingsley featured New Orleans' Inspector General Robert Cerasoli and was taped by CNN.
The company also runs the Louisiana Stage Writers' Workshop which encourages playwright development in New Orleans.
Mission: "The Cripple Creek Theatre Co. is a professional, nonprofit theatre incorporated in New Orleans, Louisiana dedicated to producing dramatic works of cultural, historical, and political relevance in order to provoke the general public into social action. It is devoted to high standards of production for a diverse audience. The purpose of the Cripple Creek Theatre Co. is to write, develop, and perform plays for the benefit of the public."
