Tamarie Cooper began her season with the Catastrophic Theatre immersed in dirt. She’ll end it traipsing around a surrealist set dreamily singing, dancing and greeting such disparate figures as Tinker Bell and Kenny Rogers. Since its unassuming launch 30 years ago, the Catastrophic Theatre has reveled in making art between such provocative and broad parameters.
Tamarie Cooper is a local theater legend, icon, chanteuse, and diva. And no Houston summer is complete without her annual revue! Every year this is the Catastrophic Theatre production I anxiously wait for, and each time my smile gets bigger and bigger. What Tamarie does (with help from writing partner Patrick Reynolds) is combine her
If you’re one of the people wondering what attending Tamarie’s Totally True Revue (plus lies too!) would be like, Tamarie Cooper’s instructions to new cast members should give you a pretty good idea. “You basically just tell them to check their inhibitions at the door. That the whole process is like a summer camp for