Artistic director is Barry Kyle, formerly with Britain's Royal Shakespeare Company. Also in Baton Rouge, the Old State Capitol building is worth a look, with its art deco interiors and exteriors. Visit the Chapel of the Madonna near Nottoway Plantation, which was built in 1902. The African-American culture is very much alive in Louisiana. In New Orleans, for example, traditional jazz funerals are still carried out, and the Mardi Gras Indians are alive and well.
Some museums preserve Louisiana industry.
The preceding is only a sliver of what Louisiana offers.