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The Festival In Da Back

Play In Development with
the National Black Theatre's
I Am SOUL Playwright Residency

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The Festival In Da Back 

written by Brian Egland and produced by the National Black Theatre.  

 

The Festival In Da Back takes place during the 1997 Crawfish Festival in Breaux Bridge and follows the Jolivette family who experience the festival from the front of their home on Dorset Street which was a main road that led to the festival in the back of Breaux Bridge. A festival that celebrated Creole Culture and ended in 2005.

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The Table Read Cast

Ronald Thompson  (Fuzzy)  

Tina Burkhalter  (Joie)   

Brian Egland  (Ozwa)     

Reece Taylor (Ola)

Cheryl Shelton-Sam (Della)  

Duane Terry  (T-Cho)   

Jerry Thibodeaux Jr.  (Pheno)     

Highlight From The Research Event
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Creole Crawfish Queen featured in JET Magazine, Barbra Ann Thibodeaux speaking at

the oral history event on the Creole Crawfish Festival

Physical Media

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1st Draft Reading

The 1st Draft reading of The Festival in da Back was held virtually on February 25, 2024

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