Ganking Mr. Guidry

Le Petit Theatre in association with HEC Communications LLC

presents

Ganking Mr. Guidry

By Harold Ellis Clark

with generous support provided by Whitney Plantation and the Carol Sutton Memorial Grant

Ganking Mr. Guidry, set during the 1878 Louisiana sugarcane harvesting season, surrounds five workers who band together to stand against injustice.

Clark began writing the play after a reluctant visit to the Whitney Plantation (Wallace, LA) in 2018. This special limited engagement of the world premiere of Harold Ellis Clark’s play runs for only five performances, August 13-16 at Le Petit Theatre. Early bird pricing is available now through June 14th.

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Runs August 13 – 16, 2026: Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 7:30 PM; Saturday matinee at 2:00 PM; Sunday matinee at 3:00 PM

Approximate run time: TBD

MEET THE AUTHOR | Harold Ellis Clark

Harold Ellis Clark

Since he began writing plays in 2010 after nearly two decades of penning several unpublished novels and screenplays, Harold Ellis Clark, a native of New Orleans (Algiers, LA), has garnered numerous honors for his work, including Ganking Mr. Guidry (2026 Carol Sutton Memorial Grant – New Orleans, LA); Back in the Day (2023 Sherri Marina Memorial Grant – New Orleans, LA and a 2023 Finalist, Trustus Playwrights’ Festival – Columbia, SC); Indoctrination (2019 Finalist, Todd McNerney Playwriting Award – Columbia, SC); Run No More (2018 Featured Finalist, Blue Ink Playwriting Award – Chicago, IL); Madame Thames’ Spirit Bar (2016 Finalist, Stanley Drama Award – New York, NY); Uncle Bobby ‘63 (2015 Finalist, Stanley Drama Award – New York, NY); Tour Detour (2013 Finalist, Stanley Drama Award – New York, NY); Fishers of Men (2013 Winner, UpStage Theatre’s Emerging Playwright Project Award – Baton Rouge, LA); and We Live Here (2013 Winner, New Works@The Works National Playwriting Competition Award – Memphis, TN). He served from August 2002 to January 2020 as host/producer of WYLD-FM’s Sunday Journal with Hal Clark, five-time winner of the Best Radio Talk Show Award at the annual Press Club of New Orleans’ Excellence in Journalism Galas. 

Groups of 10 or more receive a 20% discount. For group sales use code GROUP before choosing your seats where it says “Apply Promo Code” or contact the Box Office at boxoffice@lepetittheatre.com or 504.522.2081 x1. You can also click here to have the discount directly applied.

Support for Le Petit Theatre Provided by Joy and Boysie Bollinger, The Adelaide Wisdom Benjamin Foundation, The Rosemary B. and Brunswick G. Deutsch Foundation for Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre, The Favrot-Van Horn Fund, The Eugenie and Joseph Jones Family Foundation, The Le Petit Theatre Endowment Fund from the Greater New Orleans Foundation, The Harold W. Newman Endowment Fund, The New Orleans Recreation and Culture Fund, The New Orleans Theatre Association (NOTA), The Elizabeth Porch Schwartz Endowment Fund, The Selley Foundation, and The Shubert Foundation. Sponsored in part by WWNO 89.9 FM, the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation, Inc., and Entergy New Orleans.