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My newest entry in the Required Reading series was heavily influenced by a thrilling production of “Jelly’s Last Jam,” at Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre. Check out the essay as we explore the plays of an artist whose combined work as writer and director might make him the most influential (and under-recognized) theatre-maker of the […]

Click this link to read the new essay up at PerformInk. Summary: JM Barrie is the worst. No, damnit, the WORST! Glad we cleared that up.

Pictures of Marilyn is still receiving positive notices as the New Orleans critics present their end-of-year superlatives. Ted Mahne of the Time-Picayune named us one of the ten best musicals of 2016. We also got high praise from Alan Smason on WYES’ Steppin’ Out.  Here’s to hoping the project finds more productions in the future!

Our short video Here Comes Santa Claus, co-written and directed by my good friend, Danny Caporaletti, made its international debut on Christmas day, a very nice present for our naughty little film. The film showed in Berlin at Kino Moviemento, the oldest cinema in Germany. It was part of the first Weihnachtsfilmfestival, which translates to “Christmasfilmfestival.” […]

Click the publication links for press on “Pictures of Marilyn,” running October 12 – November 27 at BB’s Stage Door Canteen.   “Pictures of Marilyn will forever stay etched into the memories of local theater lovers.” Crescent City Jewish News   “The touching finale is both celebratory and poignant.” New Orleans Times-Picayune   “It strikes the […]

For one day only, I’ll be performing slapstick sketches with my dear old friend Sammich the Tramp at New Orleans’ historic Orpheum Theatre. This beautiful hall was built for vaudeville in 1923 and played host to Harry Houdini and countless other great stars of yesteryear. We’re putting on a series of vignettes and narration, written […]

So, I’m directing these young actors in one of my grad school classes, and I’m exhausted, and it’s the end of the semester, and it’s festival season, and life, and blah blah blah, but every time I leave a rehearsal I’m energized. And there’s something about directing young people that reminds me of the theatrical concepts […]

This fall I will be returning to BB’s Stage Door Canteen at the National WWII Museum to direct “Pictures of Marilyn,” a new musical for which I also wrote the book. All audition info is listed below. PICTURES OF MARILYN Written and Directed by Cavan Hallman Rehearsals begin: September 12, 2016 Show Runs: Friday and […]