Gallatin Alley represents the most ambitious immersive theater project ever attempted in New Orleans:
a year-round cultural destination that will reshape how audiences experience storytelling.

Gallatin Alley follows New Orleans' first Black detective, John Baptiste Jourdain, as he investigates a murder in the notorious Gallatin Street vice district in 1867. The show will take place in a music hall and gambling den and audiences will not just watch, but uncover clues themselves as Jourdain questions the patrons and staff alike to uncover a mystery that reaches far outside of Gallatin to the soul of the city itself.

Creation of Gallatin Alley began in January 2025 and will continue until the project premieres in January 2028.

Goat in the Road hosted the first rehearsal workshop and performance in March 2025.

Gallatin Alley: first workshop showing
Thursday, March 20 and Friday, March 21 at 7 pm
Saturday, March 22 at 4 pm and 7 pm
BK House (1113 Chartres St.)

Photos by Josh Brasted

The Creative Team
Lead Team:
Shannon Flaherty, Chris Kaminstein, April Louise, & Richon May

Directed by: Chris Kaminstein & Richon May
Stage Manager: Kit Sternberger
Set Design: Owen Ever
Costume Design: Erin Routh Smith
Lighting Design: Rachel Levy

Performers
Shannon Flaherty
Eleanor Frederic-Humphrey
Ian Hoch
Dylan Hunter
April Louise
Jessica Lozano
Alexandria Miles
Naysan Mojgani
Lisa Shattuck
KC Simms

Gallatin Alley is supported by a partnership with the BK House. It is also made possible by support from the New Orleans Theatre Association, the Harper Family Foundation and Tulane University’s Mellon Graduate Program in Community-Engaged Scholarship. Additional funding comes from a Community Partnership Grant from the Jazz & Heritage Foundation and the Gustaf W. McIlhenny Foundation.