In anticipation of ArtSpot’s latest theatrical offering, Kiss Kiss Julie, NoDef's Helen Jaksch sat down for a series of phone and email conversations with performer Ashley Sparks to get a sense of the show’s process and what to expect of this sexy and curious deconstruction of August Strindberg’s Miss Julie.

NoDef Theatre Writer Helen Jaksch heads to the CAC for the first of four March installments of the Skin Horse Theatre's stage adaptation of Lewis Carroll's The Hunting of the Snark.

NoDef's drama scribes discuss the state of New Orleans theatre, the rapidly evolving scene's prospects for further national recognition and consider the purpose of the form in this town.

‘Tis the season for brutal choices.

NoDef Theatre Writers Jim Fitzmorris and Helen Jaksch explore both sides of the holiday spirit with reviews of two yuletide productions: Mid City Theatre's rendition of The Santaland Diaries, and Ricky Graham Productions' The Pecan Cracker.

Fringe Fest is over, but the New Orleans theatre community chugs on. Down in the Bywater, a performance collective known as Skin Horse is keeping their production of Sarah going well past the theatrical smorgasboard of mid-November. Today, Helen Jaksch reviews the site-specific work.

In this second round of reviews from Day 2 of the New Orleans Fringe theatre festival, NoDef's team ran into zombies, dance, an empty refrigerator, and much more. All of the plays reviewed here play at least three more times throughout the weekend, so check them out when doin' your cipherin' on which of the 70 shows to choose.

On the second day of Fringe Fest action, NoDef's reviewers encountered circus tricks, a dandy take on New Orleans, an ex-Angola inmate and a baroness - undressed. Here's the lowdown:

In the second act of reviews of the opening night of the New Orleans Fringe Fest, NoDef's crack team of stage savants check out a circus, a sexed-up Streetcar, spaghetti western slapstick, and, as ever, girls and hip-hop.

The New Orleans Fringe Festival is here. November 16-20, 2011. Just left of center and off the beaten path, this festival boasts “wild, weird, fresh, and original theatre”.