We're trying to recreate the culture that existed before.

Each piece really tells a story. They are a little look a another culture and people. And when you walk in, the show is breathtakingly beautiful.

There are a lot of projects that are planned and have been approved and others in the works. We're trying to come in and make this a better community with the necessary services.

There is a tremendous amount of land out that way, and we're trying to establish public and private partnerships to make sure infrastructure is in place.

I'm trying to take culture and put it onstage, demonstrate it is capable of sustaining you. There is no idea that can't be contained by life: Asian life, European life, certainly black life. My plays are about love, honor, duty, betrayal - things humans have written about since the beginning of time.

This festival is trying to celebrate the Cajun culture and showcase it.