LOVE BOMB
11/15 - 12/7/2024
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.
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Review: LOVE BOMB at CATASTROPHIC THEATRE
by Brett Cullum - November 17, 2024
LOVE BOMB is a masterpiece of the absurd, but at the same time, it’s a viable Melanie jukebox musical that could command any stage in town. Yet I doubt that any company other than the Catastrophic Theatre will ever dare to do so because it asks much of its audience....
Catastrophic Theatre Presents LOVE BOMB, A New Musical
by A.A. Cristi - October 22, 2024
The Catastrophic Theatre will present LOVE BOMB by Brian Jucha and The Catastrophic ensemble....
Candice D'Meza To Host Local Writing and Performance Workshop In October
by A.A. Cristi - September 19, 2024
Step into a world where imagination meets liberation with Performing the Radical Imagination, an exclusive writing and performance workshop led by Houston's own award-winning actor and playwright Candice D'Meza.
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Interview: JASON NODLER about CATASTROPHIC THEATRE 2024-2025's SEASON!
by Brett Cullum - August 29, 2024
Jason Nodler is the CATASTROPHIC THEATRE's founder, director, and artistic guide. The company was formally launched in this current incarnation in 2007 and rose from the ashes of INFERNAL BRIDEGROOM PRODUCTIONS....
Review: TAMARIE'S TEXAS TOAST is Delicious at Catastrophic Theatre
by Brett Cullum - June 30, 2024
This company is just really strong at putting on funny-as-hell musical sketch comedies. It’s as if SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE were written by Kander and Ebb.
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Feature: COOL SUMMER SHOWS are ALL OVER HOUSTON
by Brett Cullum - June 22, 2024
Houston has several summer traditions that make this time of year even more fun, such as a homegrown musical and one of Agatha Christie’s chilliest thrillers. So let’s rundown some of the highlights coming up as the dog days of summer descend on all of us here in H-Town. Here is your Summer Theater ...
Review: CLEANSED at CATASTROPHIC THEATRE
by Brett Cullum - April 16, 2024
Should you avoid seeing the show? For God’s sake, no. You will miss what is surely going to be one of the most talked about pieces of work in Houston’s theatrical history. Go see it, and make your own call whether you love or hate it. But don’t let them brainwash you into thinking this is only about...
Interview: WALT ZIPPRIAN of CLEANSED at CATASTROPHIC THEATRE
by Brett Cullum - April 06, 2024
What drew me to the show was what drew me to the work that Catastrophic Theatre does in general. They do work that nobody else does. Work that's largely unexplored in our region, or in our country, or whatever. I'm drawn to that kind of stuff, and Sarah Kane has a unique view of love and human relat...
Interview: TAMARIE COOPER of IT IS MAGIC at Catastrophic Theatre
by Brett Cullum - February 09, 2024
If you have ever gone out for a job interview, gone on a first date, or just put yourself out there for something you really wanted. Then you can relate to this play, and you can specifically relate to the power of “No,” which is certainly one of the themes in the play. Mickle's work is always very ...
Review: THE TURN OF THE SCREW messes with the truth at CATASTROPHIC THEATRE
by Brett Cullum - November 22, 2023
But one thing I promise you, you have never seen it done like this before. And you probably won’t ever get another chance to see something quite this inventive in any given year of Houston theater. This is a thrill to witness, and unlike anything out there. It manages to be THE BLAIR WITCH of stage ...
Past Shows
Spirits to Enforce
9/20 - 10/12/2024
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 ...
Tamarie's Texas Toast!
6/21 - 8/3/2024
The Catastrophic Theatre presents the World Premiere of TAMARIE’S TEXAS TOAST by Tamarie Cooper and Patrick Reynolds June 21 through August 3 at MATCH (Midtown ...
CLEANSED
4/5 - 4/27/2024
Regional Premiere of Sarah Kane’s CLEANSED April 5 through April 27 "LOVE ME OR KILL ME" Written by the most notorious playwright of the late ...
It Is Magic
2/9 - 3/2/2024
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 Turn of the Screw
11/17 - 12/9/2023
(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 ...
Waiting for Godot
9/29 - 10/14/2023
WAITING FOR GODOT by Samuel Beckett "We are all born mad. Some remain so." Beckett’s absurdist, tragicomic masterwork in which two penniless tramps stand waiting ...
Tamarie's Totally True Revue (plus lies too!)
6/22 - 8/5/2023
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
5/26 - 6/17/2023
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 ...
Eddie Goes to Poetry City
2/10 - 3/4/2023
Eddie Goes to Poetry City by Richard Foreman directed by Greg Dean “You’re a mirror, Eddie.” Eddie dreams of escape—from cruel co-workers, a doctor who ...
They Do Not Move
1/9 - 2/6/2023
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 ...
THEY DO NOT MOVE
11/18 - 12/10/2022
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 ...
Tamarie 20/20
6/25 - 8/9/2020
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
4/3 - 4/26/2020
"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
2/14 - 3/8/2020
"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
11/22 - 12/15/2019
"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
9/27 - 10/20/2019
"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
6/28 - 8/4/2019
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 ...
TBA
6/28 - 8/4/2019
Imaginists Theatre Collective: -...
Toast
4/12 - 5/5/2019
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
2/15 - 3/10/2019
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, ...
Wakey, Wakey
1/24 - 2/3/2019
Quintero Theatre: Will Eno....
First Suburb
11/15 - 12/9/2018
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 ...
First Suburb
11/16 - 12/9/2018
Chana Porter. World Premiere...
Curse of the Starving Class
9/28 - 10/21/2018
Sam Shepard’s Curse of the Starving Class is a darkly comic look into the world of dysfunctional Tate family, as they struggle amongst themselves for ...
On Tour with Tamarie
6/28 - 8/11/2018
Matchbox3: Tamarie Cooper; dir: Tamarie Cooper....
Leap and the Net Will Appear
2/9 - 3/3/2018
Chana Porter; dir: Tara Ahmadinejad. Matchbox3:...
Evening at the Talkhouse
9/29 - 10/21/2017
Wallace Shawn; dir: Shade Murray....
Tamarie's Merry Evening of Mistakes and Regrets
6/29 - 8/12/2017
Ronnie Blaine, Tamarie Cooper; book: Ronnie Blaine, Tamarie Cooper; lyrics: Ronnie Blaine, Tamarie Cooper; dir: Tamarie Cooper. World Premiere...
Snow White
4/7 - 5/6/2017
Mirror, mirror on the wall, from apple to queen, Ensemble Theatre's Snow White has is it all! From the creators of last year's smash hit ...
Trevor
2/10 - 3/3/2017
Trevor was once a minor celebrity, performing on television opposite the likes of Morgan Fairchild, but lately the spotlight has eluded him. At home he ...
Song About HImself
11/11 - 12/3/2016
Mickle Maher; dir: Jason Nodler....
Song About HImself
11/11 - 12/3/2016
Mickle Maher; dir: Jason Nodler....
Buried Child
9/9 - 10/1/2016
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
9/9 - 10/1/2016
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)
7/8 - 8/6/2016
Ronnie Blaine, Tamarie Cooper, Patrick Reynolds; lyrics: Tamarie Cooper, Miriam Daly, Joe Folladori, DeWitt Gravink, Patrick Reynolds....
Tamarie For President (Greatest Hits, Vol. 2)
7/8 - 8/6/2016
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
11/20 - 12/12/2015
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
9/25 - 10/17/2015
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
7/17 - 8/29/2015
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
4/10 - 5/2/2015
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
2/13 - 3/7/2015
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 ...
clean/through
2/7 - 3/1/2014
Miki Johnson; dir: Jason Nodler....
Marie and Bruce
11/22 - 12/14/2013
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
9/27 - 10/19/2013
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 ...
Videos
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LOVE BOMB
The Catastrophic Theatre (11/15 - 12/7) | |
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Mamma Mia!
Hobby Center for the Performing Arts (4/8 - 4/13) | |
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The Book of Mormon (Non-Equity)
The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts [Sarofim Hall] (1/7 - 1/12) | |
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Mai’s Long Journey
Trini Mendenhall Community Center (12/16 - 12/16) | |
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12 Ways of Christmas
Ensemble Theatre (11/15 - 12/22) | |
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Ain't Too Proud (Non-Equity)
Grand 1894 Opera House (1/17 - 1/18) | |
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Hadestown (Non-Equity)
Lutcher Theater (4/21 - 4/22) | |
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December: a love years in the making
Alley Theatre (1/17 - 2/2) | |
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