About TPI

Our Mission & History

Expanding the Arts. Enhancing the Experience.

Thibodaux Playhouse, Inc. (TPI) was founded in 1960 as a non-profit community theatre dedicated to producing quality entertainment for the citizens of Thibodaux, Louisiana, and the surrounding areas.

Over its 60-year history, Thibodaux Playhouse has produced hundreds of shows and performed at various venues. This all changed in 1992 when the Playhouse found their home in what is known today as Jean Lafitte National Historical Park & Preserve, a branch of the United States National Park Service. More than twenty years later, and Thibodaux Playhouse is still the primary resident of Jean Lafitte’s Wetlands Acadian Cultural Center Theatre. The bulk of the planning and rehearsals, however, take place off site at Thibodaux Playhouse, Inc.’s Headquarters located at 902 Jackson St. (The Studio) in Thibodaux.

Thibodaux Playhouse produces four to five mainstage productions in their season, which extends from September to August. Additionally, the Playhouse hosts various workshops, productions, and classes through its outreach programs TPI Junior, TPI Teen, and TPI Field Trip.

Board of Directors

Thibodaux Playhouse, Inc. is run by a Board of Directors elected annually by the general membership. The Board is charged with the management of all of affairs of the organization, beginning with a rigorous planning process formed at their monthly meetings. In addition, standing committees are in place to plan and evaluate the organization’s efforts, needs, and programs.

From left to right (front row): Hannah Adams, Gregory Autin, Damon Stentz, Melinda Adams, Alissa Griffin, Tony Rouse, Daisy Cheramie, Nancy LaBauve; (back row): Kyle Davis, Jessica Vicknair, Erica Annis, Westley Annis, Sophie Benoit, Kristen Rodrigue, Mason Clark, Carlotta Toups, Dylan Stentz

Not Pictured: Madison Anderson, Brittany Bourque, Stephen Donovan, Leah LeBeouf

Executive Board Members
President Melinda Adams
Vice President Damon Stentz
Corresponding/Social Secretary Mason Clark
Recording Secretary Alissa Griffin
Treasurer Westley Annis

Executive Producer Erica Annis

Board Members
Hannah Adams, Madison Anderson, Gregory Autin, Brittany Bourque,
Daisy Cheramie, Kyle Davis, Stephen Donovan, Leah LeBeouf,
Marie Horomanski, Nancy LaBauve, Geralyn Percle, Sheela Plater,
Kristen Rodrigue, Tony Rouse, Andrea Stentz, Carlotta Toups,
Jessica Vicknair

Junior Board Members
Sophie Benoit
Dylan Stentz
Phoebe Volquardt

Questions? Comments? Concerns? CONTACT US via phone or email!

Box Office: 985-446-1896
To email, simply click on the name of any Executive Board Member.

A Place to Call Home

On July 11, 2013, Mayor Tommy Eschete proclaimed Thibodaux Playhouse, Inc. the Official Community Theatre of the City of Thibodaux.

Through the years, Thibodaux Playhouse has performed at various venues including Nicholls State University (1960-1967), the old Park Inn Restaurant (1967-1973), the old Dixie Movie Theatre (1973-1983), and finally, the Percy-Lobdell Building (1983-1992), which would go on to become part of the Martha Sowell Utley Memorial Community Center. Years later, this building would become Jean Lafitte National Historical Park & Preserve, a branch of the United States National Park Service and Thibodaux Playhouse’s current home.

In September of 2020, the Playhouse said goodbye to it’s old rehearsal facility, 1120 Caroline St. (The Temple), and purchased a new one, 902 Jackson St. (The Studio), allowing them to stay in line with their vision of Expanding the Arts and Enhancing the Experience.

However, this purchase won’t serve to undermine the Playhouse’s long-term vision. In March of 2014, TPI revealed plans for the construction of its very own theatre. Recognizing that the construction of a new, state-of-the-art facility is a long-term project, the success of TPI’s vision, greatly depends upon generous donations from community members, local businesses, corporate sponsorships, and grants awarded for the purpose of outfitting the new facility.

CLICK HERE to help support the cause.

Production Archive

1960-2021

1^st Season (1960-1961)
Born Yesterday
The Desperate Hours
Lullaby

2^ndSeason (1961-1962)
Bus Stop
The Shop at Sly Corner
Send Me No Flowers

3^rdSeason (1962-1963)
Witness for the Prosecution
Sabrina Fair
All the King’s Men
Dear Delinquent

4^thSeason (1963-1964)
My Three Angels
Harvey
The Teahouse of the August Moon
The Great Big Doorstep

5^thSeason (1964-1965)
Pygmalion
Rebecca
Arsenic and Old Lace

6^thSeason (1965-1966)
The Solid Gold Cadillac
The Man
Mary, Mary
Pools Paradise

7^thSeason (1966-1967)
Poor Richard
Janus
The Fantasticks
Barefoot in the Park
Dirty Work at the Crossroads

8^thSeason (1967-1968)
Never Too Late
Little Me
The Bad Seed
The Odd Couple
The Great Big Doorstep

9^thSeason (1968-1969)
Generation
Murder, My Sweet Matilda
Everybody Loves Opal
Deadwood Dick, or a Game of Gold

10^th Season (1969-1970)
The Armored Dove
The Rainmaker
The Busy Body
Don’t Drink the Water

11^th Season (1970-1971)
Born Yesterday
Please Communicate
The Impossible Years
Anastasia
Charley’s Aunt

12^th Season (1971-1972)
Dracula
Sunday in New York
A Shot in the Dark
Plaza Suite

13^th Season (1972-1973)
The Best Man
Wait Until Dark
Forty Carats
The Lion in Winter

14^th Season (1973-1974)
Damn Yankees
The Curious Savage
Cactus Flower
Beginner’s Luck

15^th Season (1974-1975)
South Pacific
The Owl and the Pussy-Cat
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
A Majority of One

16^th Season (1975-1976)
Love in E-Flat
My Three Angels
The Chalk Garden
Finishing Touches
Plaza Suite (Act 3 only)

17^th Season (1976-1977)
Finian’s Rainbow
The Moon Is Blue
Hocus Pocus
Everybody’s Girl

18^th Season (1977-1978)
Carousel
The Paisley Convertible
Murder Once Removed
Butterflies Are Free

19^th Season (1978-1979)
The King and I
The Tender Trap
The Glass Menagerie
The Man in the Dog’s Suit

20^th Season (1979-1980)
The Fantasticks
6 Rms Riv Vu
The Mousetrap
A Visit To A Small Planet

21^st Season (1980-1981)
Annie Get Your Gun
Night Watch
Here Lies Jeremy Troy
The Pajama Game

22^nd Season (1981-1982)
Tribute
Night of January 16^th
Never Too Late
Two by Two

23^rd Season (1982-1983)
Same Time, Next Year
Guest in the House
Move Over, Mrs. Markham
Oklahoma!

24^th Season (1983-1984)
Chapter Two
Christmas Trilogy
Deathtrap
The Unexpected Guest
Dirty Work at the Crossroads

25^th Season (1984-1985)
Vanities
The Unexpected Guest
The Gingerbread Lady
I Do! I Do!

26^th Season (1985-1986)
The Human Voice
Catch Me If You Can
The Miracle Worker
A Thousand Clowns
Deadwood Dick, or a Game of Gold

27^th Season (1986-1987)
The Rule of Three
God’s Favorite
A Man for All Seasons
Joseph …. Technicolor Dreamcoat

28^th Season (1987-1988)
Crimes of the Heart
Play On!
Dead on Nine
Annie
Creeps by Night

29^th Season (1988-1989)
Everybody Loves Opal
Pack of Lies
Dead Man’s Hand
Oliver!

30^th Season (1989-1990)
Harvey
The Dining Room
Total Recall
Bye Bye Birdie

31^st Season (1990-1991)
Love, Sex, and the IRS
Our Town
A…My Name is Alice

32^nd Season (1991-1992)
*No Season. The Wetlands Acadian Cultural Center Theatre was under construction.

33^rd Season (1992-1993)
The Great Big Doorstep
Murder Room
The Diary of Anne Frank
Nunsense

34^th Season (1993-1994)
I Never Sang for My Father
A Christmas Carol
You Can’t Take It with You
This is My Land….My People

35^th Season (1994-1995)
Blue Plate Special
Greater Tuna
A Piece of My Heart
Nonc Ramo’s Gumbo

36^th Season (1995-1996)
Cole
Christmas is for Children
Columbo
Steel Magnolias

37^th Season (1996-1997)
South Pacific
Driving Miss Daisy
Arsenic and Old Lace
Run for Your Wife

38^th Season (1997-1998)
Brigadoon
Smoke and Mirrors
Blithe Spirit
Murder at the Howard Johnson’s

39^th Season (1998-1999)
Damn Yankees
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
6 Rms Riv Vu
Foxfire

40^th Season (1999-2000)
Some Enchanted Evening
Noises Off
Daddy’s Dyin’: Who’s Got the Will?
Brighton Beach Memoirs

41^st Season (2000-2001)
Nonc Ramo’s Gumbo
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Pygmalion
Nunsense

42^nd Season (2001-2002)
The White Liars and Black Comedy
Too Soon for Daises
Sylvia
Hello, Dolly!

43^rd Season (2002-2003)
The Nerd
Mullet Songs
A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur
Smoke on the Mountain

44^th Season (2003-2004)
All I Need I Learned in Kindergarten
The 3-D Radio Show
Not Now, Darling
The Fantasticks

45^th Season (2004-2005)
I Take This Man
A…My Name is Alice
The Butler Did It, Again!
The Pajama Game

46^th Season (2005-2006)
80%
Everybody Loves Opal
It Runs in the Family
The Spitfire Grill

47^th Season (2006-2007)
Murder Most Fouled-Up
The Odd Couple (Female Version)
If the Shoe Fits
Lucky Stiff

48^th Season (2007-2008)
The Seven Year Itch
The Bad Seed
Rumors
Three on a Bench
The Last Five Years

49^th Season (2008-2009)
Bless Me, Father
Don’t Drink the Water
Enchanted April
Sanders Family Christmas

50^th Season (2009-2010)
Born Yesterday
Greater Tuna
Curious Savage
Annie

51^st Season (2010-2011)
All the Great Books (Abridged)
Crimes of the Heart
Never Get Smart with an Angel
Funny Thing … on the Way to Forum

52^nd Season (2011-2012)
Lend Me a Tenor
Deathtrap
5 Women Wearing the Same Dress
25^th Annual Putnam County…

53^rd Season (2012-2013)
The Mousetrap
Barefoot in the Park
God of Carnage
Little Shop of Horrors

54^th Season (2013-2014)
The 39 Steps
Boeing, Boeing
Harvey
Clue: The Musical

55^th Season (2014-2015)
The Man Who Came to Dinner
The Complete Works… (Abridged)
The Dixie Swim Club
The Producers

56^th Season (2015-2016)
Drinking Habits
Always a Bridesmaid
The 3-D Radio Show
Sweeney Todd

57^th Season (2016-2017)
Unnecessary Farce
One Slight Hitch
The Savannah Sipping Society
Oliver!

58^th Season (2017-2018)
Knickers!
Gladys in Wonderland
Mama Won’t Fly
Leader of the Pack

59^th Season (2018-2019)
Steel Magnolias
Christmas Belles
Leading Ladies
Bonnie & Clyde

60^th Season “ACT I” (2019-2020)
The Odd Couple
A Christmas Carol
Southern Hospitality
*Season cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic

60^th Season “ACT II” (2020-2021)
You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown
The Sunshine Boys
Happily Ever After

61^st Season (2021-2022)
A Streetcar Named Desire
Beauty and the Beast
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Mamma Mia!

Our Mission & History

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A Place to Call Home

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