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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 21–30
Tamarie 20/20
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 Tamarie as she dives deep into TAMARIE 20/20. So what the hell is the title about? Is it a riff on a long running investigative...
Fefu and Her Friends
"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 giant of the avant-garde. Set in the 1930s, a group of eight women gather at the country home of their brillian and eccentric friend, Fefu. As...
The Book of Grace
"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 a waitress who lives in a small border town in south Texas with her husband Vet, a border patrol agent. She encourages Vet's troubled son Buddy...
Baby Screams Miracle
"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 young playwrights in American theatre, Clare Barron. A catastrophic storm engulfs the home of a small, religious...
Tragedy, A Tragedy
"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 field reporters: John in the Field, Constance at the Home, and Michael, the Legal Adviser. As the impending event approaches and chaos...
Speeding Motorcycle
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 to rave reviews in 2006 and received glowing coverage in the New York Times. SPEEDING MOTORCYCLE...
Toast
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 acting company with groundbreaking director Brian Jucha, a key collaborator of Catastrophics...
Bootycandy
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, his church, dive bars, motel rooms, and his grandmothers nursing home. At times poignant, shocking, hilarious...
First Suburb
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 Chana Porter takes us back to the early ’90s in a suburban planned community, the first of its kind in...
Song About HImself
Mickle Maher; dir: Jason Nodler.
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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) |
