Mad Cat Theatre Company Bringing EARTHQUAKE to South Beach Comedy Festival, 4/8

Mad Cat Theatre Company returns to the South Beach Comedy Festival with a new play "Earthquake" written and directed by company member Jessica Farr. In an attempt to crawl out of obscurity and find himself relevant once again, Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Trevor Winston writes a new "hard hitting, important play" bent on changing the lives of its audience members. But as the play passes through the producer's fingers, the rehearsal process, and the egos of those presenting the work onstage, Trevor discovers he is creating "sensationalist disaster porn disguised as altruism." With his eyes set on a successful Broadway opening that doesn't completely overlook his original intentions, Trevor finds himself compromising his work for all the wrong reasons. What happens in the eleventh hour when all of his choices hang in the balance and fate grasps him in its hands? Earthquake may just shake up Broadway after all.

Mad Cat first took part in the festival in 2010 with the reincarnated story of St. Patrick, "Shepherd's Pie" by Ivonne Azurdia and Paul Tei. In 2011 they inaugurated the Gleason Room Backstage at the SBCF with "The Preservation Society" by Paul Tei. Yes, leave it to Mad Cat to turn a wake into a comedy. The troupe returned in 2013 with an eccentric cast that brought fashion icon Isabella Blow back to life in "Charming Acts of Misery", which later developed into the internationally buzzed about "Blow Me" by Jessica Farr. In 2014, the company presented the doozy "Gerald Ford Superfreak" by Jessica Farr, Theo Reyna and Paul Tei. So whether it's how snakes were really driven out of Ireland, figuring how to get a coffin into a comedy festival, helping an ex-president get his freak on, or finding humor in existential plight, Mad Cat is sure to make you laugh, think, and laugh some more, and is thrilled to be back at the 10th Annual South Beach Comedy Festival with its irreverent sense of humor.

Featuring Antonio Amadeo† as Trevor Winston, Noah Levine (company member) as Pete Doherty, Bonnie Sherman† (company member) as The Secretary and Erica Medley, Andres Maldonado as Mario Fuentes, Carey Hart (company member) as Mercedes Rundle, Caiti Wiggins as Arizona Cumin, Michael Gioia as Jack Halloway and The Homeless Guy and Amanda Corbin† as PSM and the actual stage manager for the show.

† Member Actors' Equity Association.

Sound Design by Matt Corey and Costume Design by Karelle Levy (company members).

We wish to express gratitude to the Performers' Union: Actors' Equity Association through Theatre Authority, Inc. for their cooperation in permitting the union Artists to appear on this program. All proceeds benefit Mad Cat Theater Company, Inc.

DETAILS:

ONE NIGHT ONLY BENEFIT PERFORMANCE - WEDNESDAY APRIL 8, 2015 - 8:30 PM

THE GLEASON ROOM BACKSTAGE @ The Fillmore Miami Beach at the Jackie Gleason Theater

1700 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach, FL 33139

Tickets and info at www.madcattheatre.org.

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