Catastrophic Theatre

See Schedule OThe Catastrophic Theatre produced five plays during our 2022/2023 season. Samuel Beckett's Happy Days featured co-artistic directors Tamarie Cooper and Jason Nodler in the roles of "Winnie and director, opening our season to sold-out houses and critical acclaim, a hallmark of a season during which headlines in The Houston Chronicle named us "Houston's boldest theater," "Houston's most adventurous theater, and "Houston's leading avant-garde theater." The world premiere of experimental dance-theatre piece. They Do Not Move was created by Viewpoints-based NYC director Brian Jucha in concert with the Catastrophic ensemble. Founding core artist Greg Dean directed the mind-bending phantasmagoria Eddie Goes to Poetry City by the godfather of experimental theatre, Richard Foreman. The world premiere of A Maroon's Guide to Time and Space by Catastrophic core artist Candice D'Meza was a multimedia exploration of Afrofuturism. Rounding out the season was the world premiere of Tamarie's All-True Revue (plus lies too)!, conceived, directed, choreographed, and starring co-artistic director Tamarie Cooper in the latest installment of her cult-sensation summer musicals. We reached over 5,000 people and employed more than 150 artists. We also worked with local high schools, community colleges, and university undergraduate and graduate programs to provide masterclasses and on-site lectures, personal and professional mentorships, guidance and oversight to graduate students completing their theses, and targeted postshow question and answer sessions with student groups.