Delgado Presents The Groundling by Mark Palmieri, November 20-24

November 07, 2024

The Groundling opens Wednesday, November 20, 2024 at the Timothy K. Baker Theatre, Building 1, first floor, on Delgado’s City Park Campus, 615 City Park Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70119. The production will run one week only: Wednesday, November 20 through Sunday, November 24. Curtain times for Wednesday through Saturday performances are at 7:30 p.m. and for the Sunday matinee at 2:30 p.m.

The Thursday, November 21 performance will include American Sign Language interpreters.

Playwright Marc Palmieri will attend the November 22 performance and offer a post-show Q&A session for students and attendees. 

Ticket prices are $12 for general admission and $10 for Delgado students and employees and senior citizens. For reservations and/or additional information, visit the production webpage or call 504-671-6360.

Production Synopsis: After stumbling upon an outdoor production of a Shakespeare play in Manhattan, Long Island landscaper Bob Malone returns home inspired to write a play about his troubled marriage. He hires two reluctant New York theatre professionals to spend a week at his home and stage the play in his garage, with a cast of colorful locals. The Groundling is a comedy exploring the meaning of the final moments of Shakespeare’s Love’s Labour’s Lost and how the power of theatre can affect the most unsuspecting, and perhaps most deserving, of us all.

The production staff includes costume design by Aaron Brewer and scene, lighting and sound design by Tom Dawson.

The Groundling will be directed by James Means and performed by students and alumni from Delgado’s theatre program and community members.

Learn more about Delgado’s theatre program.