If you need information on scheduling a tour for your school, library or community group or would like information on upcoming productions or tickets please call us at 225-587-6996 or email us at info@playmakers.net.
Mission Statement
Playmakers of Baton Rouge, Inc.'s mission is to provide entertaining educational experiences for young audiences through quality professional theatre.
Playmakers Facts
Louisiana's only professional theatre for young audiences: Performs to approximately 33,000 children & adults each season
- Presents professional performances each season
- Provides admission-free performances to 85% of audiences through the touring company performances.
- Presents original works each season
- Playmakers is a member of ASSITEJ, Theatre for Young Audiences/USA
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Playmakers Staff:
Shawn Halliday (Producing Artisitic Director) has worked in professional theatre for the past fourteen years in a variety of capacities. He has worked as an actor at The Colorado Shakespeare Festival, The Kansas City Repertory Theatre, The Unicorn, The Coterie, Swine Palace, and Playmakers of Baton Rouge, as well as a North American tour with the Seem to Be Players. While based in Kansas City, Shawn was a regular performer at Comedy City (a local improvisation club) and toured shows with Paul Mesner Puppets. He has also designed and built puppets for original works in theatre and dance as well as conducted improvisation workshops for a variety of professional groups. Shawn has over ten years experience working as a scenic carpenter in several professional scene shops. For Playmakers, he directed the spring touring productions of The Adventures of Bookman and The Phenomenal Anitomacal Adventure as well as the season productions of Rapunzel and the Witch and Click, Clack, Moo; Cows That Type. He has designed the sets for If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, Sleeping Beauty, and Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type. Shawn is also the Head of the Performing Arts Department at Episcopal. Shawn Halliday holds a Master of Fine Arts, with an emphasis in Acting, from Louisiana State University.
Karli Henderson (Managing Director) has been the Business Manager for Playmakers for the last two years and has additionally functioned as the Education Director and the Administrative Assistant. As a stage manager, Karli has worked regionally at Kansas City Rep, The New Theatre Restaurant and Shakespeare Santa Cruz. She was also the Touring Technical Director for a national tour with the Seem-to-Be Players. Here at home in Baton Rouge, she has been the resident production stage manager at Swine Palace for the last six seasons as well as the stage manager for the annual production of Baton Rouge Ballet Theatre’s The Nutcracker: A Tale from the Bayou. After receiving her B.A. in theatre from LSU, Karli continued to Kansas City to obtain her M.F.A. in theatre technology from the University of Missouri, Kansas City.
Todd Henry (Education/ Touring Director) is a graduate of the LSU Theatre Department and a rostered artist with the Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge. At LSU he studied under John Dennis, Walt Wilson (Shakespeare & Co), and Barry Kyle (RSC) and was seen on stage in productions including Inherit the Wind, Galileo, Summer and Smoke, Two Gents, Accidental Death of the Anarchist, The Rivals, and Merchant of Venice to name a few. After graduation he spent 7 years in Los Angeles where he worked with such theatre companies as The Evidence Room, Blank the Dog, and LA Connection Comedy Theatre and appeared in several commercial, music video, TV and film projects. Over the last 4 years he has been teaching throughout Baton Rouge and New Orleans and most recently served as the State Coordinator for the National Poetry Out Loud Initiative. Todd is excited to be back in Baton Rouge and to be a part of the ever expanding arts community.
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Playmakers of Baton Rouge Board of Directors
Kerry David, President
Melissa Cresson, Past-President
Parker Kilgore, President-Elect
Rebekah Summerville, Treasurer
Jennifer Hicks, Secretary
Jamie Haeuser
Erica Malone
Chris Krejci
Cindy Seghers
Julia George Moore
Nicole Hidalgo
Playmakers Administrative offices are located:
Playmakers of Baton Rouge
The Reilly Theatre
Tower Drive
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
225-578-6996
Playmakers’ Mailing Address:
Playmakers of Baton Rouge, Inc.
P.O. Box 4286, Baton Rouge, LA 70821
You can email Playmakers at info@playmakers.net
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