Let’s play metaphor. If the theater scene in Houston is a family, then Catastrophic Theatre is like the creatively kooky aunt who takes you under her wing and exposes you to things your family members wouldn’t dare. It’s not that what the others offer isn’t interesting, provoking and even brilliant at times. It’s just that
For a moment, Jason Nodler opens up about life and death, and the effect is, metaphorically speaking, like looking at the workings inside his skull. The playwright, director and co-founder of Houston’s Catastrophic Theatre is actually talking about his father’s head — which has been pocked by melanoma — and not his own, though his