Our Late Night reviews

Nodler’s direction holds true to Shawn’s brand of deviant realism, letting the silky prose push forward into the intimate spaces, without neglecting the base humor. It’s a difficult play made oddly beautiful, even serene and tender in parts. Nodler mines the material’s breathing spaces, keeping it authentic, and always human. Dean’s set is impressive and monumental for DiverseWorks, while Kirk Markley’s lighting design adds to the seductive ambiance. With Our Late Night, Catastrophic lives up to its tag line, “We will destroy you,” with yet another winning night of theater.

Judging Catastrophic Theatre's Our Late Night by how well the production realizes the play's intent, you'd have to rate it an undisputed bull's-eye ... Nodler has staged it with finesse, giving the play precisely the seemingly contradictory impact that it requires — that of being subtly shocking. He makes each exchange or monologue register as a contained, pointed vignette ... The Catastrophic family of players is at its best.

Our Late Night isn't so much as a play as it is a dreamy dip into full-on voyeurism ... Never has doing nothing on stage been this sexy ... The cast - superb all - consists of veteran Catastrophic company members along with seasoned newcomers. ... Nodler's direction holds true to Shawn's brand of deviant realism, letting the silky prose push forward into the intimate spaces, without neglecting the base humor. It's a difficult play made oddly beautiful, even serene and tender in parts. Nodler mines the material's breathing spaces, keeping it authentic, and always human.