Waiting for Godot in New Orleans
Project Added: December 7, 2020
![Outside an older looking white house, a person in a suit sits on the stairs to the front door. Another person leans out a second floor window looking for something.](/system/files/styles/project_database_node_header/private/2021-08/Waiting%20for%20Godot%20-%20Olivia%20Cintron.jpg?itok=z5weG-8f)
Waiting for Godot
Lee Celano, New York Times
Arts-and Intersections:
Public WelfareCollaborators:
Location:
New Orleans, LouisianaRegion:
Genre/Discipline:
Theater & performancePopulation Density:
UrbanLarge Intended Impact Area:
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Project Website:
https://creativetime.org/programs/archive/2007/chan/welcome.htmlOVERVIEW
An outdoor performance of Samuel Beckett's play, Waiting for Godot, was Paul Chan's response to the symmetry between the reality of New Orleans post-Katrina which expresses the cruel and funny things people do while they wait for help, for food, for tomorrow.