Back on Stage performers
President: Linda Broussard
985-345-7154
Community plays are thriving with Tangipahoa Parish's local ‘Back on Stage' performers. This group of local amateur actors showcases their talent four plays per year. From musicals to comedies, the Back on Stage performers produce and direct nationally known plays at their theater in Hammond. Tickets are reasonably priced for an evening of outstanding entertainment.
The Octavians
www.theoctavians.com
Executive/Artistic Director: Anna Pfeil, 985-634-8122, anna@theoctavians.com
Assistant to the Director: Beth Sanders, beth@theoctavians.com
The Octavian Foundation for the Arts
47219 Conrad Anderson Dr.
Hammond, LA 70401
Providing an artistic outlet for the young as well as the young at heart, the Octavians are one of the newest performing arts companies in the Hammond area. Workshops are designed for students in grades 3 through adults. Quality performances which are based on children's literature, fairy tales, and folk tales are produced on a quarterly basis. Attention to detail and excellence in education make the Octavians' productions a must-see event.
The Columbia Theater
www.columbiatheatre.org
220 East Thomas Street
Hammond, LA
985-543-4366
985-543-4371 box office
The vintage theater, once regarded as the "jewel in the crown" of Hammond's downtown, has been saved from decades of neglect and restored to its former grandeur and elegance by the efforts of Southeastern Louisiana University, the City of Hammond and the Hammond Downtown Development District. It reopened its doors in January 2002.
The theater contains seating for 900 - approximately 500 orchestra (floor) seats and 400 balcony seats. The stage, which originally accommodated vaudeville acts, was enlarged to suit the needs of today's performing artists by removing original upstage dressing rooms and extending the rear wall. The Columbia Theater features a number of performances throughout the year and is also host to a variety of dance recitals, ceremonies, and private events.
Southeastern Louisiana University Fanfare
www.columbiatheatre.org/fanfareMain.php
Since 1986, FANFARE, Southeastern Louisiana University's unique and exciting festival of the arts, humanities and sciences sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences, has offered the very best in music, dance, theatre, lecture, films, exhibits and children's events.
Not only has FANFARE entertained an ever growing number of appreciative arts lovers, but the month-long, 50-plus event festival held each October has also worked hard to build audiences for the future through our education outreach programs and school performances.
