Ryan Tramonte is the General Manager of French Art Network and Rue Royale Art Partners of New Orleans. With galleries in Carmel by the Sea, California; Santa Fe, New Mexico; New Orleans and Key West, Florida; the company’s family of galleries represents 54 artists from across the globe. With his office in the center of the French Quarter at 541 Royal Street, Ryan has managed to surround himself with some of the most beautiful aspects of New Orleans, its artists. Artists mold the way we think and live on a daily basis, they are one of society’s most prized possessions. Ryan, himself works in all mediums, but centers his work on painting and collage.
Swimming Upstream, a look into the real-life stories of women who survived Hurricane Katrina
HOWLIN' WOLF - 907 South Peters Street, New Orleans Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 8:00pm
The New Orleans performance will feature stars Shirley Knight & Jasmine Guy, along with the original cast of local actors Troi Bechet, Asali Njeri DeVan, Anne-Liese Juge Fox, Karen-kaia Livers and singers Gabrilla Ballard, Michaela Harrison, and Leslie Blackshear Smith...
Swimming Upstream NEW ORLEANS (11/10/08) - The international activist organization V-Day and New Orleans's award-winning Ashé Cultural Arts Center have partnered with acclaimed Broadway director Kenny Leon to bring Swimming Upstream, a look into the real-life stories of women who survived Hurricane Katrina, will be back home in New Orleans for one special performance on Tuesday, November 18, 2008 after a 10-day run in Atlanta. This performance is part of Ashé's Tenth Anniversary celebration.
When: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 Time: 8:00 p.m. Where: HOWLIN' WOLF - 907 South Peters Street, New Orleans (formerly the Praline Connection in the Warehouse District) Swimming Upstream, a powerful and intimate production, transforms consciousness and moves people's hearts through the telling of raw, lyrical, soulful stories of women who have lived through the flood with grace, rage, humor and great resiliency.
The play was originally incubated and coordinated by V-Day Founder/Artistic Director Eve Ensler, creator of The Vagina Monologues, and Carol Bebelle, co-founder and executive director of the Ashé Cultural Arts Center. Together, Bebelle and Ensler worked with sixteen writers to produce a fluid piece of storytelling containing humor and music that comes from the hearts of New Orleanians. Swimming Upstream premiered to great acclaim and an audience of thousands at the Louisiana Superdome as part of V- Day's tenth anniversary in April, 2008.
The writers who brought these stories to life are New Orleanians Carol Bebelle, Troi Bechet, Reverend Lois Dejean, Asali Njeri DeVan, Anne-Liese Juge Fox, Adella Gautier, Briceshanay Gresham, Herreast Harrison, Karen- kaia Livers, Tommye Myrick, Cherise Harrison Nelson, Kathy Randels, Dollie Rivas, Dina Roudeze, Karel Sloane- Boekbinder, and Carol Sutton.
The New Orleans performance will feature stars Shirley Knight & Jasmine Guy, along with the original cast of local actors Troi Bechet, Asali Njeri DeVan, Anne-Liese Juge Fox, Karen-kaia Livers and singers Gabrilla Ballard, Michaela Harrison, and Leslie Blackshear Smith; and other surprise guest celebrities. This project was incubated and coordinated by Ashé Cultural Arts Center & V-Day, the global movement to end violence against women and girls, with Eve Ensler, playwright of The Vagina Monologues.
Special rates available for groups of 10 or more. Call (504) 569-9070. Tickets: Available at www.howlin-wolf.com under Calendar of Events and at Ashé Cultural Arts Center, 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd. Cost: $30 General Admission; $20 Students and Seniors
Ryan Tramonte is the General Manager of French Art Network and Rue Royale Art Partners of New Orleans. With galleries in Carmel by the Sea, California; Santa Fe, New Mexico; New Orleans and Key West, Florida; the company’s family of galleries represents 54 artists from across the globe. With his office in the center of the French Quarter at 541 Royal Street, Ryan has managed to surround himself with some of the most beautiful aspects of New Orleans, its artists. Artists mold the way we think and live on a daily basis, they are one of society’s most prized possessions. Ryan, himself works in all mediums, but centers his work on painting and collage.