People To Watch 2006
New Orleans Magazine, 03-09-06 22:49
BY: MORGAN PACKARD AND SARAH RAVITS N PHOTOGRAPHS BY JEFFERY JOHNSTON

"Think of what follows as a New Orleans All-Star team of the future. Mostly, we define “People to Watch” as new faces who are doing something interesting with their lives that is worthy of our awareness or, in some cases, familiar faces moving in a different direction. Our team is a combination of promising rookies and of veterans playing new positions. Barring injuries or scandals, the season should be a good one. Now, please rise for our national anthem.

Theatre Louisiane, the itinerant group of New Orleans-based artists, recently returned from Montreal, where they toured dis+graced, a multimedia performance featuring text from Euripides’ Medea and letters of Josephine Bonaparte, a piece that originally debuted in New Orleans at the Zeitgeist theater. Amy Woodruff, the artistic director who founded the group in 1999, compiled the script, designed the set and costumes, and also starred as the main characters in their first, one-actor show. Each project, she says, is a learning experience. Her husband, Blake Buchert, a cartographer, is on the board of directors and is chairman of the Board of Trustees for the company, which was incorporated as a non-profit theater in the state of Louisiana in 2001. The self-described group of “allied artists” will begin working on their next project this winter. Woodruff and Buchert, along with Chrispin Barnes and Jennifer Buras, the current resident artists, also look forward to developing more touring opportunities. “We would love to see our work represent Louisiana in a positive light to other parts of the country and the world,” says Woodruff. — S.R."

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