Katy Perry Candy Darling Mary Magdalene
Feb 13 – Mar 7, 2026
“What about all the in-betweens?”Rock and roll was invented by corporations to sell cars and sex to teenagers. Indie rock was invented by teenagers who...
Review: THE COAST STARLIGHT at Main Street Theater
by Brett Cullum - February 16, 2026
The show introduces us to a half dozen stories from one car, and it’s an interesting look at how humans interact, or in some cases, don’t....
Review: LOVERLY: THE BROADWAY OF LERNER AND LOEWE (AND LANE) at OVATIONS
by Brett Cullum - February 12, 2026
You are in a room with eight excellent performers doing songs purely for the joy of getting to sing them for an audience....
Review: GRAND HORIZONS at Mildred's Umbrella
by Brett Cullum - February 11, 2026
It’s funny, it’s clever, but it sometimes seems to get too caught up in itself as a script. Yet the acting here is top-notch, and the Mildred’s Umbrella production is a wonder in such a small space. Jennifer Decker’s direction is sublime, and she has a solid cast....
Review: HANSEL AND GRETEL at Houston Grand Opera
by Armando Urdiales - February 01, 2026
What did our critic think of HANSEL AND GRETEL at Houston Grand Opera?...
Review: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST at Company OnStage
by Jonathan Netek - February 01, 2026
Wilde’s wit shines at Company OnStage....
Review: REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES at Alley Theatre
by Brett Cullum - January 30, 2026
It’s funny, it’s warm, and you walk away feeling as if you saw a community revealed....
Review: WATER FOR ELEPHANTS at Broadway At The Hobby Center
by Jonathan Netek - January 28, 2026
A true circus act, WATER FOR ELEPHANTS has it all....
Review: THE BRIDE OR DOES THIS DRESS MAKE ME LOOK MARRIED? at STAGES HOUSTON
by Brett Cullum - January 24, 2026
Denise Fennell Pasqualone shares so much of herself in THE BRIDE that it just feels like a hug from the actress. There are laughs, teary moments, and even a random game show thrown in for good measure....
Review: THE BLUEST EYE at The Ensemble Theatre
by Jonathan Netek - January 24, 2026
The first of three regional premieres at The Ensemble Theatre’s Rooted in Destiny season....
Review: STAR WARS IN CONCERT: RETURN OF THE JEDI at Houston Symphony
by Armando Urdiales - January 10, 2026
The Houston Symphony’s presentation of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi in concert was a breathtaking reminder of how timeless and transportive John Williams’ score is. Performed live under conductor Steven Reineke, the orchestra did more than accompany the film. It became its pulsing soul. Each no...
Past Shows
Beautiful Princess Disorder
Nov 21 – Dec 13, 2025
A fuzzy-edged sibling drama for the only child. WORLD PREMIERE.
ENDGAME by Samuel Beckett
Sep 19 – Oct 11, 2025
“You’re on earth. There’s no cure for that.”An apocalypse has engulfed the world outside. A single interior stands shelter to the blind tyrant Hamm, his...
Another Ding Dang Tamarie Show
Jun 27 – Aug 2, 2025
For 28 straight years Tamarie Cooper has created all-new, smash-hit musicals. Maybe that’s why everyone’s always saying, “It wouldn’t be summer in Houston without a...
Frozen Section
Apr 4 – Apr 19, 2025
A post-apocalyptic comedy with a side of existential dreadThe Catastrophic Theatre presents the World Premiere ofFROZEN SECTION by Lisa D’Amour, Directed by Jason Nodler.“Welcome to Tyler’s, where a stranger is...
Miss LaRaj's House of Dystopian Futures
Feb 7 – Mar 1, 2025
In a world where civilization and the environment that birthed it has been decimated by myriad human-made cruelties, the question remains: will humans ever learn?In...
LOVE BOMB
Nov 15 – Dec 7, 2024
An experimental new musical featuring songs from 1970’s icon, Melanie. You’re invited into the dance hall where there’s nothing people won’t do to find love.
Spirits to Enforce
Sep 20 – Oct 12, 2024
A group of telefundraisers attempt to raise money for an upcoming production of Shakespeare’s The Tempest, to be performed by local superhero team “The Fathom...
Tamarie's Texas Toast!
Jun 21 – Aug 3, 2024
The Catastrophic Theatre presents the World Premiere of TAMARIE’S TEXAS TOASTby Tamarie Cooper and Patrick ReynoldsJune 21 through August 3 at MATCH(Midtown Arts & Theatre Center...
CLEANSED
Apr 5 – Apr 27, 2024
Regional Premiere of Sarah Kane’sCLEANSEDApril 5 through April 27"LOVE ME OR KILL ME"Written by the most notorious playwright of the late 20th century, CLEANSED is perhaps the...
It Is Magic
Feb 9 – Mar 2, 2024
IT IS MAGIC by Mickel Maher,Directed by Jeff Miller“Things are getting crazy at the local Playhouse…”Deb and Sandy are auditioning Tim for the role of...
The Turn of the Screw
Nov 17 – Dec 9, 2023
(World Premiere) The Turn of the Screw is a new environmental and multimedia theatrical adaptation of the celebrated Gothic ghost story of the same name by...
Waiting for Godot
Sep 29 – Oct 14, 2023
WAITING FOR GODOTby Samuel Beckett"We are all born mad. Some remain so."Beckett’s absurdist, tragicomic masterwork in which two penniless tramps stand waiting on a country...
Tamarie's Totally True Revue (plus lies too!)
Jun 22 – Aug 5, 2023
Tamarie and her cast of musical comedy maniacs are back for the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth in the 26th installment...
A Maroon's Guide to Time and Space
May 26 – Jun 17, 2023
A Groundbreaking, Mind-expanding Exploration of Afrofuturism“This is not a play.”The latest new work from Houston writer, actor, and director Candice D’Meza is a multidisciplinary, immersive...
Eddie Goes to Poetry City
Feb 10 – Mar 4, 2023
Eddie Goes to Poetry Cityby Richard Foremandirected by Greg Dean“You’re a mirror, Eddie.”Eddie dreams of escape—from cruel co-workers, a doctor who is not a doctor,...
They Do Not Move
Jan 9 – Feb 6, 2023
The Catastrophic Theatre is pleased to open up some treasures from their video vault for you to explore!First up, the world premiere of Brian Jucha’s THEY...
THEY DO NOT MOVE
Nov 18 – Dec 10, 2022
Using found text, music, stylized physicality, and an abundance of pop culture references They Do Not Move winds its way through an imagined American future in which...
Tamarie 20/20
Jun 25 – Aug 9, 2020
After a 2019 hiatus, Tamarie and her merry band of misfits are back again with an all-new, ridiculous, riotous musical! Escape the summer heat with...
Fefu and Her Friends
Apr 3 – Apr 26, 2020
"Life is theatre. Theatre is life. If we're showing what life is, can be, we must do theatre."A signature work of feminist theatre by a...
The Book of Grace
Feb 14 – Mar 8, 2020
"Sometimes the Alien is right in your own home. Sometimes right in your own blood. And you've got to build a wall around it."Grace is...
Baby Screams Miracle
Nov 22 – Dec 15, 2019
"The weather has been bad since the beginning of time."With BABY SCREAMS MIRACLE, The Catastrophic Theatre introduces Houston audiences to one of the most exciting...
Tragedy, A Tragedy
Sep 27 – Oct 20, 2019
"It's the worst world in the world here tonight, Frank."Reporting live on an unfolding crisis, Frank in the Studio is aided by his team of...
Speeding Motorcycle
Jun 28 – Aug 4, 2019
An all-time Catastrophic favorite returns! The original rock opera, based entirely on the songs of legendary outsider musician and artist Daniel Johnston, was originally performed...
Toast
Apr 12 – May 5, 2019
TOAST takes audiences on a raucous and mind-bending journey through Dantes Nine Circles of Hell! This original, collectively-realized work brings together eight members of Catastrophics...
Bootycandy
Feb 15 – Mar 10, 2019
Robert OHaras semi-autobiographical and wildly subversive comedy tells the story of Sutter, a young gay black man on an outrageous odyssey through his childhood home,...
First Suburb
Nov 15 – Dec 9, 2018
Five preteens teeter on the brink of adolescence when a shocking and violent act interrupts their insular world of personal struggles and triumphs. Catastrophic favorite...
Buried Child
Sep 9 – Oct 1, 2016
Buried Child is a play by Sam Shepard first presented in 1978. It won the 1979 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and launched Shepard to national...
Buried Child
Sep 9 – Oct 1, 2016
Buried Child is a play by Sam Shepard first presented in 1978. It won the 1979 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and launched Shepard to national...
Tamarie For President (Greatest Hits, Vol. 2)
Jul 8 – Aug 6, 2016
Ronnie Blaine, Tamarie Cooper, Patrick Reynolds; lyrics: Tamarie Cooper, Miriam Daly, Joe Folladori, DeWitt Gravink, Patrick Reynolds....
Tamarie For President (Greatest Hits, Vol. 2)
Jul 8 – Aug 6, 2016
Ronnie Blaine, Tamarie Cooper, Patrick Reynolds; lyrics: Tamarie Cooper, Miriam Daly, Joe Folladori, DeWitt Gravink, Patrick Reynolds....
Everything Will Be Different: A Brief History of Helen of Troy
Nov 20 – Dec 12, 2015
Teenage Charlotte's beautiful mother is dead. Turning for comfort to the story of Helen of Troy, Charlotte is convinced that beauty, desire and fame can...
The Danube
Sep 25 – Oct 17, 2015
American businessman Paul visits Budapest and quickly falls in love with native Eve. As the play makes its way through a militaristic fever-dream, the characters...
The University of Tamarie
Jul 17 – Aug 29, 2015
This summer, school's in session at the University of Tamarie! Tamarie takes on the Texas State Board of Education, drama departments, high school memories, schoolyard...
The Hunchback Variation
Apr 10 – May 2, 2015
In The Hunchback Variations, noted composer Ludwig Van Beethoven and noted hunchback Quasimodo team up to chair a panel on sound design. More specifically they...
The Blackest Shore
Feb 13 – Mar 7, 2015
Stuart, 16, is making a movie: graphic violence, extreme sex, the walking dead. Of course it's also a love story. And it's all true. In...
Marie and Bruce
Nov 22 – Dec 14, 2013
The Catastrophic Theatre’s love of Wallace Shawn is well documented by its hit productions of Our Late Night and The Designated Mourner, each of which...
The Pine
Sep 27 – Oct 19, 2013
This one’s been a long time in the making and we’ve been talking it up since The MAP Fund awarded Catastrophic a grant to commission...
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