Founded in 1992, Swine Palace is a non-profit, an Equity affiliated professional theatre company supporting the educational mission of the Louisiana State University School of Theatre. Recent productions such as THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME, AIRLINE HIGHWAY, THE MOUNTAINTOP and ARCADIA have all contributed to Swine Palace’s mission to produce plays of social relevance. In 2007, Swine Palace produced the world premiere of COCKTAIL, written by Vince LiCata and Obie award-winning theatre artist Ping Chongtoured Wendy Wasserstein's THE HEIDI CHRONICLES to the Shanghai Dramatic Arts Centre and the Bejing Central Academy of Drama becoming one of only a handful of American companies to perform at either of these prestigious institutions and the first to bring a professional production of a Wendy Wasserstein play to China. Swine Palace is a past recipient of the Louisiana Governor’s Arts Award for Outstanding Large Arts Organization and the YWCA Racial Justice Award, given to an individual, organization or business for exceptional or creative contributions to the elimination of racism. Over the course of 27 seasons, we have produced over 85 professional productions (including several World and American premieres). As a learning laboratory for Louisiana performing artists, we take great pride in the fact that individuals associated with Swine Palace have also performed at prestigious theatre companies and in feature films, radio and television.