About

Through the creation of new works, high quality performances of relevant great works, and by serving as a resource to area students and artists, The NOLA Project hopes to be one of the standard bearers of New Orleans’ artistic renaissance, sharing its work in the city and bringing word of the city’s revived arts scene to the rest of the country.

WHO WE ARE

The NOLA Project is a theatre company made up of actors inspired by the energy of New Orleans. While studying at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, Artistic Director Andrew Larimer assembled a company to create in New Orleans a theatre with the highest dramatic standards. The company enlisted the expertise of James Tripp, Head of Acting a the Stella Adler Studio of Acting in New York, to advise and direct for the company. Additional actors from New York and New Orleans actors were brought in to create a versatile stable of talented actors in New Orleans to produce with the highest standards the great classical and contemporary plays. The company’s goal is to create a repertory theatre in New Orleans while develop ongoing theatrical relationships between New Orleans and the rest of the country and world. We also plan to create original works in New Orleans and tour them, bringing the New Orleans experience to the world.

OUR AWARDS

  • 2010 Storer Boone Award for Best Original Play:  ’Taste’ by Gabrielle Resiman
  • 2010 Storer Boone Award for Best Comedy:  ’Mr. Marmalade’
  • 2010 Storer Boone Award for Best Actress in a Comedy:  Natalie Boyd for ‘Mr. Marmalade’
  • 2010 Storer Boone Award for Best Director of a Comedy:  Andrew Larimer for ‘Mr. Marmalade’
  • 2010 Big Easy Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy:  A.J. Allegra for ‘Mr. Marmalade’
  • 2010 Big Easy Award for Best Actress in a Comedy:  Natalie Boyd for ‘Mr. Marmalade’
  • 2010 Ambie Award for Best Ensemble:  ’Taste’
  • 2009 Storer Boone Award for Theatre of the Year: The NOLA Project
  • 2009 Storer Boone Award for Best Musical: ‘Assassins’
  • 2009 Storer Boone Award for Best Children’s Play: James Bartelle for ‘A Kingdom of Statues’
  • 2009 Storer Boone Award for Best Director of a Musical: A.J. Allegra for ‘Assassins’
  • 2009 Storer Boone Award for Best Actor in a Musical: Jimmy Murphy for ‘Assassins’
  • 2009 Storer Boone Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical: Lisa Picone for ‘Assassins’
  • 2009 Storer Boone Award for Best Musical Direction: Jefferson Turner for ‘Assassins’
  • 2009 Storer Boone Award for Best Set Design: Eli Grove & Kyle Herbert for ‘Assassins’
  • 2009 Storer Boone Award for Best Costume Design: Cecile Casey Covert for ‘Assassins’
  • 2009 Storer Boone Award for Best Actress in a Drama: Ashley Ricord in ‘Side Man’
  • 2009 Big Easy Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Musical: Jimmy Murphy for ‘Assassins’
  • 2009 Big Easy Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical: Lisa Picone for ‘Assassins’
  • 2009 Big Easy Award for Best Director of a Musical: A.J. Allegra for ‘Assassins’
  • 2009 Big Easy Award for Best Original Work: ‘What, Has This Thing Appeared Again Tonight?’
  • 2009 Ambie Award for Best Actress in a Drama: Ashley Ricord for ‘Side Man’
  • 2009 Ambie Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Musical: Richard Alexander Pomes for ‘Assassins’
  • 2008 Big Easy Award for Best Comedy: “The Lieutenant of Inishmore”
  • 2008 Big Easy for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy: James Bartelle
  • 2008 Marquee Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy: James Bartelle
  • 2008 Ambie Award for Best Comedy: “The Lieutenant of Inishmore”
  • 2008 Ambie Award for Best Special Effects: “The Lieutenant of Inishmore”
  • 2008 Storer Boone Award for Best Comedy: “The Lieutenant of Inishmore”
  • 2008 Storer Boone Award for Best Director of a Comedy: Noel Wilson
  • 2008 Storer Boone Award for Best Actor in a Comedy: Pete McElligott
  • 2008 Storer Boone Award for Best Children’s Play: “The Wind In The Willows”
  • 2008 Storer Boone Award for Best Sound Design: “The Lieutenant of Inishmore”
  • 2006 Storer Boone Award for Best Drama: “The Cripple of Inishmaan”
  • 2006 Storer Boone Award for Best Actress in a Drama: Janet Shea
  • 2006 Marquee Award for Best Drama: “The Cripple of Inishmaan”

FURTHERMORE

The NOLA Project is a nonprofit corporation currently operating under the umbrella of 501(c)(3) Southern Repertory Theatre. We are in the process of applying for our own tax-exempt status.