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“This is a great creative work of anger, caution and imagination, [with] ingenious design elements, haunting, scene-setting music and Nick [Slie]'s phenomenal performance.”

-- David Cuthbert, Steppin' Out

“A perfect storm of vivid writing [and] spirited acting.”

-- Will Coviello, Gambit Weekly

“Nick Slie plays the title character with … unbridled physicality, sheer desperation, Shakespearean lyricism and even humor.  Loup Garou makes a powerful statement that anyone who loves New Orleans and south Louisiana should see.”

-- Molly Reid, The Times-Picayune

Every half hour, Louisiana loses nearly a football field's worth of coastal marshes to the Gulf of Mexico.  Land loss is ubiquitous, occurring even in interior areas.  Six major hurricanes in the last four years have exacerbated an already dire situation.  In Louisiana, so many of our cultural traditions and industries derive directly from our relationship with the rich waters and swamps that surround us.  What will become of those traditions as the land that nurtures them disappears?

In collaboration with the Gulf Restoration Network and New Orleans City Park, ArtSpot Productions and Mondo Bizarro present Loup Garou, an environmental performance that explores the deep interconnectedness between land and culture in Louisiana.   Loup Garou is part performance, part ritual, part howl to the world about southeast Louisiana’s plight.  Join us as we sing a song of love and hope for our precarious homeland.

This program is made possible by the generous support of New Orleans City Park, and by a grant from the Louisiana Division of the Arts, Office of Cultural Development, Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism, in cooperation with the Louisiana State Arts Council.  The grant is administered through the Arts Council of New Orleans.  ArtSpot Productions is supported in part by a Community Arts Grant made possible by the City of New Orleans as administered by the Arts Council of New Orleans, and by a grant from the Louisiana Division of the Arts, Office of Cultural Development, Department of Culture, Recreation & Tourism, in cooperation with the Louisiana State Arts Council.  Funding has also been provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, a Federal agency.