FeaturedRhinoceros
A subversive comedy filled with biting wit and nightmarish anxiety.
The Catastrophic Theatre
3400 Main StreetHouston, TX 77002
Upcoming Shows
Review: PROOF at 4th WALL THEATRE COMPANY
4TH Wall does wonderful work here, and I really admire David Auburn’s script more for what it doesn’t do rather than what it does. It never really boils over into any sort of climax and refuses to offer an easy solution for anyone’s relationship in the show. …
Review: THORNFIELD at ZOOM SHAKESPEARE PRODUCTIONS
It is painstakingly faithful to the book, save for some extra beats that make Jane a more modern-minded woman. Rebecca Bernstein’s performance is wonderful and a career-high for her so far. Luke Hales is the right Rochester, and Todd Thigpen is a delicious Mason.…
Review: COLLECTIVE RAGE at MILDRED'S UMBRELLA
I never thought I would have such a good time watching five women talk about their sexual organs, but I absolutely understood every moment as if I had been lucky enough to have been assigned female at birth.…
Review: MYSTIC FAMILIAR at THE PHOENIX GROUP
It deserves a large run, but the Stinson House space makes it all so immediate. You will feel lucky if you get through the door.…
Review: XANADU at The Garden Theatre
The thing about this cast is they are having fun and putting the play in play, and the comedy in musical comedy. It’s a blast of nitrous oxide, a giggle when you need it, and a surprisingly inspiring take on the creative forces of having questionable taste.…
Review: A NICE INDIAN BOY at Aerial Roots Theatre
A NICE INDIAN BOY is one of the most fun romantic comedies that I have seen in years. It is such a nice surprise, and it really captures the heart of the team putting it on!…
Review: LATE NITE CATECHISM: SISTER ROLLS THE DICE at Stages Houston
Would you believe me if I told you the hottest theater ticket in Houston this summer was to see a nun teach a class? Denise Fennell first debuted as Sister in LATE NITE CATECHISM at Stages Houston during 2007. Since then, the actress has had one of the longest relationships between any Houston theat…
Review: THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN at THE ALLEY THEATRE
This company is having a great time with a thriller, and it shows. I always feel like the “Summer Chills” is when these actors get to play!…
Review: THE GONDOLIERS at Gilbert And Sullivan Society Of Houston
A delightful evening of wit, charm, and impeccable musicianship awaits audiences at the Gilbert and Sullivan Society of Houston's production of The Gondoliers. Long before Broadway became synonymous with the American musical, W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan were redefining what musical storytelling…
Review: CHALLENGING BROWN at Shabach Enterprises
You will leave with many questions about how we deal with our past and how we can move forward socially while personally constrained.…
Past Shows
40 total · showing 1–10
FeaturedTamarie's Greatest Hits, Volume 3
As every good Houstonian knows, Tamarie Cooper creates wholly original, full-scale musicals every dang summer—a Houston institution featuring wildly irreverent scripts, riotously funny songs, wackadoodle dances, spectacular sets, large casts of quadruple-threat performers, a...
FeaturedTHE DESIGNATED MOURNER
Jack, his former wife Judy, and her famous poet father Howard relate the story of an authoritarian country which has targeted its cultural intelligentsia for imprisonment and execution. Shawn's 1996 cautionary tale feels more and more prophetic, challenging us to consider how...
FeaturedKaty Perry Candy Darling Mary Magdalene
“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 weren’t into cars or sex. Pop music is a CIA plot, like MK Ultra and Abstract Expressionism. Gender is a pyramid scheme...
FeaturedBeautiful Princess Disorder
A fuzzy-edged sibling drama for the only child. WORLD PREMIERE.
FeaturedENDGAME by Samuel Beckett
“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 weary attendant Clov, and Hamm’s parents Nagg and Nell. Hamm is paralyzed from the waist down; he can’t stand up. Clov...
Another Ding Dang Tamarie Show
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 Tamarie Cooper Show .” She’s back at it with her merry band of musical maniacs! How does she do it? How does she...
FeaturedFrozen Section
A post-apocalyptic comedy with a side of existential dread The Catastrophic Theatre presents the World Premiere of FROZEN SECTION by Lisa D’Amour, Directed by Jason Nodler. “Welcome to Tyler’s, where a stranger is just a friend waiting to happen.” Meet the idiosyncratic...
FeaturedMiss LaRaj's House of Dystopian Futures
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 this post-apocalyptic riff on “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” Fred’s long since gone and Nature itself is now the...
FeaturedLOVE BOMB
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.
FeaturedSpirits to Enforce
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 Town Enforcers.” Things aren’t looking good at the phone bank. They haven’t raised a dime, rehearsals are a disaster...
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2026 Accordion Kings & Queens Miller Outdoor Theatre (10/10-10/10) |
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An Old-Fashioned Family Murder Theatre Southwest (9/11-10/03) PHOTOS |
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The Sound of Music The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts (9/29-10/04) |
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Cleopatra Midtown Arts (10/03-10/03) |
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Rumors Lyndall Finley Wortham Theater (10/30-11/08) |
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HisStory by Hilary Bluestein-Lyons Theatre Suburbia (1/08-2/06) |
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Christmas Belles by Jones, Hope & Wooten Theatre Suburbia (11/06-12/05) |
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Agatha Christie’s Death on The Nile Alley Theatre (4/09-4/25) |
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Hänsel & Gretel Moores Opera House (2/04-2/07) |
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Oh, Mary! Theatre Under The Stars (4/27-5/09) |
