The Cripple Creek Theatre Company is a grassroots, non-profit theatre company in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, known for producing productions with large, diverse casts. The company was founded in December 2005 by and for the purpose of instigating action toward social and economic justice in the South. The founders both attended Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, where they studied American history and theater. The theatre has been identified a driving force in the recovering city.