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 fact it's more horribly true than anyone, even Stuart, can rightly comprehend.
The existentialists ask, 'What does it mean to exist? What is our purpose in being?' 'American Falls,' Miki Johnson's drama which showcases eight people living in a small town-six alive, two dead-is an existentialist exercise.
Catastrophic is pleased to once again introduce Houston audiences to a fresh voice in American theatre. As it did with Mickle Maher (The Strangerer and Spirits to Enforce) and Miki Johnson (American Falls and Fleaven), Catastrophic will produce 2 plays by Mark Schultz in a single season, beginning with the world premiere of The Blackest Shore and ending with Everything Will Be Different.
The Echo Theater Company presents six world premieres in 'The Echo One Acts 2014'. See several new plays by hot, award-winning American playwrights - all in a single evening, running today, August 2 through the 24th, 2014.
Tamarie Cooper gives Houston Christmas in July with A VERY TAMARIE CHRISTMAS and it is definitely a treat! She is at it again with her original summer musical, and this year with a book by Patrick Reynolds, music by Miriam Daly and Joe Folladori, and lyrics by Tamarie Cooper, Miriam Daly, Joe Folladori, Miki Johnson, and Patrick Reynolds, she has conceived an effervescent spectacle full of mirth and some of that good old Christmas spirit. It is never early to get in the mood for one of the great holidays ever, right?
The Echo Theater Company presents six world premieres in 'The Echo One Acts 2014'. See several new plays by hot, award-winning American playwrights - all in a single evening, running August 2 through the 24th, 2014.
Catastrophic Theatre presents A Very Tamarie Christmas, by Tamarie Cooper, Patrick Reynolds, and friends, from today, July 18 to August 30. All tickets are Pay-What-You-Can.
Catastrophic Theatre presents A Very Tamarie Christmas, by Tamarie Cooper, Patrick Reynolds, and friends, from July 18 to August 30. All tickets are Pay-What-You-Can.
Miki Johnson took Houston audiences by storm when The Catastrophic Theatre premiered her first play AMERICAN FALLS. Now, The Catastrophic Theatre and Miki Johnson are back at it with the riveting and gut wrenching world premiere of her tautly constructed new drama CLEAN/THROUGH. The 60-minute one-act play is a deeply traumatizing experience that leaves audiences profoundly devastated and hopeful all at the same time.
Catastrophic's most ambitious season to date features more plays, more new plays, and more regional premieres of critically acclaimed plays by contemporary playwrights. The six-play season includes two world premieres by resident playwright Miki Johnson, the third installment of our highly popular series of avant-garde classics, Tamarie Cooper's 17th original musical, and Houston premieres by Lisa D'Amour and Will Eno.
The Catastrophic Theatre is pleased to announce the world premiere of The Pine, a new play by the author of past Catastrophic favorites There is a Happiness That Morning Is, Spirits to Enforce, and The Strangerer, Mickle Maher. The Pine opens Friday, September 27 and runs Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 8 pm through October 19 at The Catastrophic Theatre, 1119 East Fwy, 77002.
Tamarie Cooper's OLD AS HELL is meh. NOT! In fact, this year's offering in the cherished tradition of Houston theatre's summer line-up sparkles with clever wit and ebullient hilarity. This may only be my second summer to see a Tamarie Cooper musical, but in so many ways I found this one better than last year's raucously irreverent DOOMSDAY REVUE. Maybe with one Tamarie Cooper show under my belt, I had a better idea of what to expect. Maybe like a good wine Tamarie Cooper is only getting better with age. Or maybe it's both. Regardless, I sincerely wish I had been there to see them all.