Our Late Night
Performances
Mar 19, 2010 -
Apr 3, 2010
"Well ... uh. The, uh, ordinary way the we modern Western people tend to think of ourselves, um ... uh, doesn't really ... um, uhh ... take account of, uh, sex. That makes sex very interesting as a subject."- Wallace Shawn
Cast & Personnel
Director
Dramaturgy
Cast
- Carolyn Houston Boone
- Greg Dean
- Miki Johnson
- Jeff Miller
- Karina Pal Montaño-Bowers
- Troy Schulze
- Kyle Sturdivant
Scenic Design
Costume Design
Lighting Design
Sound Design
Stage Manager
Booth Crew
The Play
Jason Nodler directs Wallace Shawn’s Our Late Night, a cocktail party at which no topic, thought or action is taboo. The result is a Jungian pornography; a wickedly funny, often troubling look at what we feel and think but dare not say.
The production of this rarely produced play continues Catastrophic’s tradition of presenting work unlike anything else being produced in Houston. Though its premiere in 1975, under Andre Gregory’s direction, netted an Obie award, the Catastrophic production will be just the fourth professional production of the play in 35 years.
Of the London production, directed by Caryl Churchill, The Guardian wrote, “It is a short play but a savage one… Neurosis, panic and sexual surreality underlie Shawn’s startling vision of New Yorkers at play.”
According to Nodler, “Only Wallace Shawn could write a play like Our Late Night. It is the most subversive play I know. It is also the most truthful. There is no subtext in this play; the characters express the worst of what they feel – as though their bowels and genitals had a direct line to their tongues – and the effect is brutal.”
Our Late Night features Catastrophic company members Greg Dean, Mikelle Johnson, Jeff Miller, Karina Pal Montano-Bowers, Troy Schulze and Kyle Sturdivant, with special guest artist Carolyn Houston Boone.
The Playwright
WALLACE SHAWN is best known for his character roles in such films as The Princess Bride, Toy Story, Young Sheldon, Clueless, Star Trek, and Annie Hall as well as his more serious turns in the films My Dinner with Andre and Vanya on 42th Street, but acting for him is something of a day job. His primary mode of expression is his writing and he is a writer unlike any other.
His plays include What We Did Before Our Moth Days, Grasses of a Thousand Colors, The Fever, The Designated Mourner, Evening at the Talk House, Aunt Dan and Lemon, and Marie and Bruce. He also co-wrote the screenplay for My Dinner with Andre with Andre Gregory, and he scripted and starred in Vanya on 42nd Street, a film adaptation of Anton Chekov’s play Uncle Vanya. His 2014 film A Master Builder was based on the play by Henrik Ibsen.
In the Media
Once Upon a time…Our Late Night
April 1, 2010 |
Eccentric Adventures
| Joel Luks
Capsule Stage Reviews: The New Century, Our Late Night, Speech and Debate
March 25, 2010 |
Houston Press
| Lee Williams
Catastrophic’s Our Late Night: A Review
March 25, 2010 |
Houston Arts Week
| Nancy Wozny
Decadence reigns in disturbing Late Night
March 24, 2010 |
Houston Chronicle
| Everett Evans
An Inconceivable Party
March 23, 2010 |
Houstonist
| David Feil
