Louie Crowder is a New Orleans playwright. His work focuses on cultural preservation and the contemporary gay experience in the south. He has consistently contributed to and participated in the cultural renaissance of Post-Katrina New Orleans, creating a disarmingly powerful and mystical body of work that speaks to the soul of the city. His most recent play, "The First Snuff Film I Ever Saw Was in Charleston, South Carolina," premiered at The Fresh Fruit Festival in NYC July 2013.
Mr. Crowder has a great talent for introspection and writes speeches which reflect his interest and concern about the uncertainty and unfairness of life, [speeches] full of well-crafted and beautiful lines. . . . [His] works are always curiously compelling, and this one [Bring Down Glory: The Disaster Number 1604 Series] does not disappoint. --Patrick Shannon III, Ambush Gay News Review
Despite the sexual orientation of the couples and easily depicted affection, the evening is more inclusively humanistic than gay. Here [Cobalt Blue: The Disaster Number 1604 Series] sexuality informs the play, but the play is not about sexuality. . . . Crowder's writing has merit and promise. . . . --David Cuthbert, New Orleans Times Picayune
Cover photograph © 2013 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
ISBN 978-1-938144-19-6
$12.00 Stonewall/BrickHouse Books ISBN: 978-1-938144-19-6
Baltimore Magazine's BEST of BALTIMORE 2013 WINNER
Louie Crowder is a New Orleans playwright. His work focuses on cultural preservation and the contemporary gay experience in the south. He has consistently contributed to and participated in the cultural renaissance of Post-Katrina New Orleans, creating a disarmingly powerful and mystical body of work that speaks to the soul of the city. His most recent play, "The First Snuff Film I Ever Saw Was in Charleston, South Carolina," premiered at The Fresh Fruit Festival in NYC July 2013.
Mr. Crowder has a great talent for introspection and writes speeches which reflect his interest and concern about the uncertainty and unfairness of life, [speeches] full of well-crafted and beautiful lines. . . . [His] works are always curiously compelling, and this one [Bring Down Glory: The Disaster Number 1604 Series] does not disappoint. --Patrick Shannon III, Ambush Gay News Review
Despite the sexual orientation of the couples and easily depicted affection, the evening is more inclusively humanistic than gay. Here [Cobalt Blue: The Disaster Number 1604 Series] sexuality informs the play, but the play is not about sexuality. . . . Crowder's writing has merit and promise. . . . --David Cuthbert, New Orleans Times Picayune
Cover photograph © 2013 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
ISBN 978-1-938144-19-6
$12.00 Stonewall/BrickHouse Books ISBN: 978-1-938144-19-6
Baltimore Magazine's BEST of BALTIMORE 2013 WINNER
