Vernel Bagneris

b. 31 July 1949, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Bagneris was raised in an area of the city peopled by Creoles and rich with music. He studied at Xavier University, after which he briefly taught English in high school, but never lost hold of his attraction to and feeling for the music and the colourful culture of which he was to prove himself an important part. He abandoned teaching and after spending some time acting at the Mickery Theatre in Amsterdam, Bagneris began to direct his energies towards developing theatrical ventures in his home town, forming the New Experience Playe...