New Orleans: Jubilee
Conversation at a family dinner party set on Alabama’s Mobile Bay turns to race and more
When: May 16–26
Where: Catapult, 609 St. Ferdinand St., New Orleans, Lousiana
Price: $25; food will be served
Tags: #sitespecific, #interactive, #food, #dining, #race, #family, #ContentAdvisory (see below)
Jubilee, an immersive original performance, traverses a hundred years in the life of one family on Alabama’s Mobile Bay. Audiences join the actors for a family supper that seeks to untangle the knot of white Southern identity, unspooling threads of personal ancestry, Southern duality, and the ravages of racism. Conceived by NEW NOISE Co-Artistic Directors Philip Cramer and Bear Hebert, and directed by company member Bonnie Jean Gabel, Jubilee features live original music, a dynamic, monumental set, and a shapeshifting ensemble.
Act II of the performance features a literal supper, with conversation hosted by the ensemble.
Jubilee is the final piece in NEW NOISE’s New Southern Hymnal trilogy, following Oxblood (2014) and Runnin Down the Mountain (2013).
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Contact Level: None
Content Advisories: Language, racism.
