The NOLA Project is a theatre company made up of actors inspired by the energy of New Orleans. In 2005, while studying at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, Founding Artistic Director Andrew Larimer assembled an ensemble of artists to create a theatre on New Orleans with the highest dramatic standards. The company enlisted the expertise of James Tripp, Head of Acting at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting in New York, to advise and direct the company’s first several productions. Additional actors from New York, New Orleans, and elsewhere were brought in to create a versatile stable of performers to produce great classical and contemporary plays for the community to enjoy.
Today the itinerant company is one of the most-innovative and vibrant nonprofit theatre companies in the entire Gulf South, comprised of 20 theatre artists, with a regular theatrical season and a strong and diverse fan base. The goal of The NOLA Project is to produce the finest and most-exciting theatre in New Orleans, and to put the city of New Orleans on the national map as a major player in the American regional-theatre scene.